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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 13:01:48 2015 The NY Times seems sad.
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Posted by Dave on Thu Oct 8 15:15:21 2015, in response to Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 13:01:48 2015. Whoa! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:21:05 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Dave on Thu Oct 8 15:15:21 2015. And now Boehner is suspending the election for SOTH. Out of spite, it seems to me, since McCarthy was Boehner's own recommendation. |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 8 15:22:22 2015, in response to Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 13:01:48 2015. "House committee investigating Benghazi had the political aim of damaging Hillary "To say nothing of the EXTEREME disrespect for the 4 who died in Benghazi, he must have had one too many beers (truth serum) before FOX and spilled his cookies. |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Thu Oct 8 15:31:10 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:21:05 2015. What are you even talking about now? One cannot suspend the election for SOTH based purely on spite.Here |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 8 15:38:10 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Oct 8 15:31:10 2015. No point in election since neither of the 2 runner-ups could possibly get 218 votes. Speaker is supposed to represent the entire House, not an extreme faction of the majority party. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:41:22 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Oct 8 15:31:10 2015. In a post-constitutional society, anything's possible. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:42:08 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 8 15:38:10 2015. Speaker is supposed to represent the entire House, not an extreme faction of the majority partyAnd that's why Boehner is out. He didn't represent the entire House. |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 8 15:46:54 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:42:08 2015. What did he represent ? |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 8 15:48:13 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:41:22 2015. Constitution didn't say a thing about political parties, yet everything Congress does and leads depends on them. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Oct 8 16:00:14 2015, in response to Re: Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 8 15:38:10 2015. All the news has been about the tea partiers. What are the 30 or 40 Republicans who might actually lose an election in 2016 going to do? No one can win without some of their votes too. |
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Posted by bingbong on Thu Oct 8 18:53:13 2015, in response to Kevin McCarthy is out, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 13:01:48 2015. One could say they're enjoying this, it's like looking at trainwrecks. OTOH, it IS a trainwreck. Wow. |
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