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Rep. Jason Chaffetz Running for Speaker of the House

He has to be better than McCarthy, because everyone, including the homeless feller giving blow-jays under the bridge for a quarter, is better than McCarthy.

Much better, actually. The hobo'll blow you for two bits.

Chaffetz is seizing on McCarthy's Benghazi gaffe:

Chaffetz, chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, strongly criticized House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for connecting the Benghazi Committee investigation to Hillary Clinton’s low polling numbers, which critics argued proves political motivation behind the probe.

"I'm very supportive of Kevin McCarthy, but those statements are just absolutely inappropriate, they should be withdrawn, Mr. McCarthy should apologize. I just, I think it was absolutely wrong,' Chaffetz told MSNBC on Thursday.

I think the liberal shrieking over those comments is, of course, completely contrived, but McCarthy also said a dumb thing. The whole point of RINOs, I thought, was that they were supposedly smarter and more sober than the Crazies and Wacko-Birds of the Tea Party.

Now if that's not true (and by the way: of course that's not true), then why would I want a RINO who's every bit as likely to say something grossly impolitic as a real conservative, while also delivering us liberal policy victory after liberal policy victory?

Posted by: Ace at 05:08 PM




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1 Oneth?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:06 PM (LUgeY)

2 I'll fetch the others.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:07 PM (LUgeY)

3 3rd?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at October 02, 2015 05:07 PM (AkOaV)

4 Nice.

Also, Chaffetz -- he's the one with the weird hair, right?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at October 02, 2015 05:08 PM (AkOaV)

5 Top 10

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 05:08 PM (e3bId)

6 Yes, yes, the gentleman from Utah.

Well, I don't know. I don't think it will really make a difference who is speaker TBH.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at October 02, 2015 05:08 PM (AkOaV)

7 A lot of them have weird hair.

See Gowdy, Paul, etc...

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:08 PM (zyIlW)

8 Also, Chaffetz -- he's the one with the weird hair, right?

Gowdy has the really weird hair...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:09 PM (hUdMz)

9 I hope Chaffetz hits that hard and pounds McCarthy into next week.

IIRC, the election for SoH is next Thursday.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:09 PM (LUgeY)

10 I'm ready, willing, and able.

Posted by: Deez Nuts at October 02, 2015 05:09 PM (TJCSB)

11 Nah, not this guy. I know some things.

Posted by: Secret Service Agent X at October 02, 2015 05:10 PM (O2jYw)

12 10,

Only candidate I'm willing to vote for at this point.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:10 PM (zyIlW)

13

Chaffetz, like in Cesar?

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:10 PM (dFi94)

14 McCarthy needs to apologize on camera while crying hysterically. It's the only way to make sure he's Speaker material.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 02, 2015 05:10 PM (1RNgT)

15 Ace, when you're right, you're right. Now if we could just figure out how to drain the swamp...

Posted by: setnaffa at October 02, 2015 05:10 PM (BtRXi)

16 McCarthy must have quite an impressive dick, judging by the way he keeps stepping on it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 05:11 PM (8ZskC)

17 What district does this guy represent?

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:11 PM (dFi94)

18 Only candidate I'm willing to vote for at this point.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:10 PM (zyIlW)


Oh, come on!

Posted by: SMOD 2016 at October 02, 2015 05:11 PM (0NdlF)

19 Breaking news -- Kevin McCarthy's mouth has resigned, saying it wants to spend more time with the foot that is lodged in it.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 02, 2015 05:11 PM (gyKtp)

20 I'd vote for him!He's a better choice than McCarthy.

Posted by: Carol at October 02, 2015 05:12 PM (sj3Ax)

21 Hello fellow Wacko-Birds, how many time will the RINO McCain step across the Isle in 2016?

Posted by: Killerdog at October 02, 2015 05:12 PM (CanRu)

22 We are your betters! Your betters!

Posted by: turnippatty at October 02, 2015 05:12 PM (JmGFJ)

23 Chaffetz is too emotional--can't they come up with someone else?

Posted by: Your friendly Danube river guide at October 02, 2015 05:12 PM (mcm0N)

24 Frankly I'm amazed that GoFundMe hasn't banned this funding because the guy is probably conservative and might oppose homosexual "marriage."

But, I guess my brain is full like the kid in the Far Side cartoon but I do not understand what McCarthy said that was so bad about Benghazi. Is there some context missing?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:12 PM (39g3+)

25 The fix is already in, rubes.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at October 02, 2015 05:12 PM (TJCSB)

26 17
What district does this guy represent?


Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:11 PM (dFi94)


The Capitol.

Posted by: rebel flounder at October 02, 2015 05:12 PM (1DH1V)

27
Googled his picture. Serious overbite going on there.
Like they need to be filed down.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:13 PM (dFi94)

28 "I'm very supportive of Kevin McCarthy, but those statements are just absolutely inappropriate, they should be withdrawn, Mr. McCarthy should apologize. I just, I think it was absolutely wrong,' Chaffetz told MSNBC on Thursday.

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Those statements can't be walked back or withdrawn. The Donks will use them forever. And they are indicative of what is going on in McCarthy's mind. "Victory is me getting the big corner office. Screw the plebes and their petty concerns."

Posted by: The Great White Snark at October 02, 2015 05:13 PM (XUKZU)

29 why would I want a RINO who's every bit as likely to say something grossly impolitic as a real conservative, while also delivering us liberal policy victory after liberal policy victory?
----------------------------------------------------------------
The latter by itself should be enough to disqualify anyone.

In the end, that's the whole point, isn't it? Who cares if they say something grossly impolitic? it's like being afraid they'll commit fashion faux pas.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 05:13 PM (E5UB0)

30 McCarthy didn't just shoot himself in his own foot; he fired so many rounds that he had to reload.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 05:13 PM (8ZskC)

31 The whole point of RINOs, I thought, was that they were supposedly
smarter and more sober than the Crazies and Wacko-Birds of the Tea Party
___
Did someone, hic, say, uh, hic, sober?

Posted by: John Boehner at October 02, 2015 05:13 PM (X7E8f)

32 I would like to put forward my candidacy for Speaker. I promise massive and continual government shutdowns, pressers that make Trump's look like McConnell's, and my whip will literally whip House members.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (awspb)

33 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (GwIKd)

34 Now for the bad part: Chaffetz completely blew his chance to turn public opinion on Planned Infanticide the other day by pulling his verbal punches on the witch that runs it.

So I consider his message discipline only marginally better than McCarthy's. I'd like to sit him down and say, "Look dude, the butchering of babies goes well beyond politics. This is the moral issue of the day, the year and pretty much of all time. It's literally life and death. Most Americans want this shit stopped.

So man up and do your duty to defend the lives of the most innocent and helpless."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (LUgeY)

35 Damn that McCarthy. Just love that boy. He reminds me of me.

*hic*

Posted by: John Boehner at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (8ZskC)

36 In the end, that's the whole point, isn't it? Who cares if they say something grossly impolitic? it's like being afraid they'll commit fashion faux pas.

Well Ace's point - and he's right - is that the GOP establishment keeps telling us that those crazy whacko birds on the far right are lunatics who talk crazy stuff and are unable to politick or anything. So they are better at the job and should be in charge, and stuff.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (39g3+)

37 McCarthy needs to apologize on camera while crying hysterically. It's the only way to make sure he's Speaker material.

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Show everybody he's a modern man.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at October 02, 2015 05:15 PM (XUKZU)

38 Christie cancelled a campaign appearance in NH because he has a declared state of emergency in NJ for a storm that's not going to hit the US.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at October 02, 2015 05:15 PM (AkOaV)

39 Dude looks chinese.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 05:15 PM (E5UB0)

40 McCarthy can't be Speaker after what he said about Benghazi investigation. It proves he's an imbecile.

Posted by: Carol at October 02, 2015 05:15 PM (sj3Ax)

41 Can we just savor that sweetness of knowing that Cantor weeps into his pillow every night due to the bitter knowledge that he lost his place in line.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 05:15 PM (kXoT0)

42 Congressman McCarthy, what about your GAAAAAAAFFFFFFEEEEESSSSS?????!!!!!

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at October 02, 2015 05:16 PM (q20+R)

43 24 >> ...I do not understand what McCarthy said that was so bad about Benghazi.

His words strongly implied that Hillary's dropping poll numbers are due to the efforts of the Benghazi committee. Thus, a partisan witch hunt.

It's not what he said but what can be implied from mentioning both together.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 02, 2015 05:16 PM (gyKtp)

44 See Gowdy, Paul, etc...
Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:08 PM (zyIlW)

thats true...

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at October 02, 2015 05:16 PM (AkOaV)

45 Christie cancelled a campaign appearance in NH because he has a declared state of emergency in NJ for a storm that's not going to hit the US.


It could miss the U.S. and still hit New Jersey, amirite?

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 02, 2015 05:16 PM (8ZskC)

46 2 Bits?

I bet you can find a Hobo to blow you for half that, Ace.

Posted by: Garrett at October 02, 2015 05:16 PM (IA54v)

47 We have to get over this idea that many of the people in Congress are smart, ya know not dumb like everyone says they are, but the truth is most of them are dumb as dogshit.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 02, 2015 05:17 PM (BVZNi)

48 In the link, he also looks a bit like Tim Curry.

Perhaps he's a crossdresser?

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 05:17 PM (E5UB0)

49 At least the guy under the bridge giving BJ's will actually do what you ask him to.

McCarthy, you give money to him and he'll just start half-assed punching you in the arm. I'll suck it, right after I'm done with this. Promise.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 02, 2015 05:17 PM (QFjNO)

50 Has McCarthy decided to update his look to the traditional orange?

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 05:17 PM (kXoT0)

51 His words strongly implied that Hillary's dropping poll numbers are due to the efforts of the Benghazi committee. Thus, a partisan witch hunt.

Oh, not that bad, but it does sound like he's a political imbecile. The Benghazi stuff OUGHT to be hurting her in the polls but I doubt they have made the slightest dent.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:17 PM (39g3+)

52 It's not what he said but what can be implied from mentioning both together.

And that's how the Dims are spinning it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:17 PM (LUgeY)

53 Speaking of dumb as dog shit, I give you Juan Williams

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (BVZNi)

54 Chaffetz. CoC found their new favorite.

Posted by: Golfman at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (48QDY)

55 Yeah.. McCarthy's gotta go.. he ruined the whole witch hunt!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (so+oy)

56 The GOPe is run by such retards (and by "retards" I mean they have Down's Syndrome) that they just go down the list in choosing a successor to any leadership position. They don't bother to vet them properly. It's what gave us Dennis "the pedo" Hastert. It gave us a leader who balled like a baby routinely. It will give us McCarthy for a couple of years.

Posted by: Naes at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (Ypc8j)

57 So man up and do your duty to defend the lives of the most innocent and helpless."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy

Wouldn't even have to go that far.

PP is incorporated. Funding them is corporate welfare.

End corporate welfare! = The kind of populism that wins elections and would actually begin to turn the ratchet of big government backwards.

But no, The GoP knows better.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (JmGFJ)

58 47,

Yet only dumb fucks join the military.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (zyIlW)

59 I like Chaffetz. He's no Trey Gowdy, but he's way better than McCarthy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (FsuaD)

60 I believe Chaffetz is one of the usual targets of Chamber of Commerce GOPe.

Posted by: Carol at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (sj3Ax)

61 I do not understand what McCarthy said that was so bad about Benghazi.

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Not an exact quote but essentially that the Benghazi committee had served its purpose by lowering Hillary's poll numbers. Only we knuckledraggers actually care about the fate of the country and the lives of its citizens.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (XUKZU)

62 I'd like to sit him down and say, "Look dude, the
butchering of babies goes well beyond politics. This is the moral issue
of the day, the year and pretty much of all time. It's literally life
and death. Most Americans want this shit stopped.



So man up and do your duty to defend the lives of the most innocent and helpless."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (LUgeY)
=====================================

That is so good. So good.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:18 PM (dFi94)

63 "Only candidate I'm willing to vote for at this point."


Cold ham sandwich could be a late charger in this on.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:19 PM (LA7Cm)

64 What about Gohmert from Texas?

Posted by: Yo! at October 02, 2015 05:19 PM (GwIKd)

65 Ugh, so Kevin McCarthy basically handed the libs a soundbite that will always "prove" to them that any attack on any member of this administration is merely politically motivated, and that it is excluded a priori that the person could actually have done anything wrong.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 05:19 PM (E5UB0)

66 38 Christie is kind of massive, kind of like a black hole. His presence and the gravitational tug of his donut feed waistline could alter the course of the storm.

Just an observation on my part.

Posted by: Killerdog at October 02, 2015 05:19 PM (CanRu)

67 Oh, backwardsboy. You missed me by that [] much.

Posted by: the hungry, hungry barrel at October 02, 2015 05:19 PM (FsuaD)

68 65 Ugh, so Kevin McCarthy basically handed the libs a soundbite that will always "prove" to them that any attack on any member of this administration is merely politically motivated, and that it is excluded a priori that the person could actually have done anything wrong.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 05:19 PM (E5UB0)

Correct.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at October 02, 2015 05:20 PM (AkOaV)

69
End corporate welfare! = The kind of populism that wins elections and would actually begin to turn the ratchet of big government backwards.

Yeah, there are a lot of ways the Republicans could present their arguments that would be very, very popular but for some reason they canot seem to figure it out.

NOBODY likes cronyism, which has skyrocketed under Obama, but they don't seem to be able to oppose it effectively. Probably because they're some of its biggest beneficiaries.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:20 PM (39g3+)

70 Baltimore Mall Shooting. 7-11.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2015 05:20 PM (Dsvnk)

71 Deck chairs on the SS GOP.

Posted by: Mortimer at October 02, 2015 05:21 PM (0dcbp)

72 Now I am getting Groupon Ads for Hoblows.

Posted by: Garrett at October 02, 2015 05:21 PM (IA54v)

73 Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what your country can do for me.

- Kevin McCarthy

Posted by: The Great White Snark at October 02, 2015 05:22 PM (XUKZU)

74 70
Baltimore Mall Shooting. 7-11.


Yutes shooting yutes? Thins the herd.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:22 PM (FsuaD)

75 40 Judging from the previous crop of Speakers, being an imbecile is pretty much a resume enhancer.

Posted by: antisocialist at October 02, 2015 05:22 PM (eGr8Z)

76 Hoblows are what Ron White would call an "entertainment value"

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:22 PM (39g3+)

77 BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (LUgeY)

Your hash.
hahahahaha

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at October 02, 2015 05:22 PM (hk5Mp)

78
Christie cancelled a campaign appearance in NH because he has a declared state of emergency in NJ for a storm that's not going to hit the US.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes




Ima so a-scared!

Posted by: Gov Chris Christie putting his Springsteen albums in plastic bags.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 05:23 PM (kdS6q)

79 77
BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:14 PM (LUgeY)



Your hash.

hahahahaha



lol

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:23 PM (FsuaD)

80 "Dude looks chinese."

That's what I was thinking. Asian-y.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:23 PM (LA7Cm)

81 I think Chaffetz district is the Western Utah bombing ranges, so a few Mormon polygamists and the guys who work at Dugway. So its pretty much another Left wing fever swamp (without much water).

Posted by: Jean at October 02, 2015 05:23 PM (ztOda)

82 NOBODY likes cronyism, which has skyrocketed under Obama, but they don't seem to be able to oppose it effectively. Probably because they're some of its biggest beneficiaries.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Sadly, I cannot think of reasons why that isn't true.

Well, it was a good run for a republic. Sigh

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 05:24 PM (JmGFJ)

83 Christie cancelled a campaign appearance in NH because he has a declared state of emergency in NJ for a storm that's not going to hit the US.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes




Ima so a-scared!

Posted by: Gov Chris Christie putting his Springsteen albums in plastic bags.

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Is this something a few Obama hugs could straighten out?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at October 02, 2015 05:24 PM (XUKZU)

84 Some people just arent happy without drama. Is it really asked too much not to tear each other apart for once, when the question at hand can be solved quite easily by showing a modicum of respect for the hierarchy within the congressional caucus?

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:24 PM (si637)

85 Posted by: the hungry, hungry barrel at October 02, 2015 05:19 PM (FsuaD)

Alcohol had absolutely nothing to do with that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:25 PM (LUgeY)

86 McCarthy can't be Speaker after what he said about Benghazi investigation. It proves he's an imbecile.

Posted by: Carol at October 02, 2015 05:15 PM

Lately I'd have sworn that was a requirement for the job....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:25 PM (KrAjA)

87 Frankly I'm all for loss of decorum at this point. I'd love to see fistfights and canings and pistols at dawn in congress. Not only do they deserve the punishment, on the whole, but at least they'd be entertaining while dragging the nation down.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:26 PM (39g3+)

88 Posted by: Gov Chris Christie putting his Springsteen albums in plastic bags.

It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`Cause guys like us, weren't exactly born to run.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at October 02, 2015 05:26 PM (XUKZU)

89 Piss off, Joe.

Posted by: Grump928(c) notes at October 02, 2015 05:26 PM (evdj2)

90 Springsteen is one of those singers I just don't get. I never will. People compare him to Bob Dylan but that's an insult to ol' Robbie Zimmerman if I ever heard one.

Posted by: Naes at October 02, 2015 05:26 PM (Ypc8j)

91 #84

Concern: Noted

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:26 PM (FsuaD)

92 87 Frankly I'm all for loss of decorum at this point. I'd love to see fistfights and canings and pistols at dawn in congress. Not only do they deserve the punishment, on the whole, but at least they'd be entertaining while dragging the nation down

Some good old chair throwing would suffice...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:27 PM (hUdMz)

93 And one should add that Congressman Chaffetz' performance in the Planned Parenthood hearings didnt exactly recommend him for higher office!

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:27 PM (si637)

94 If it wasn't a gaffe, why is Kevin running around apologizing to Gowdy et al?

I mean, it's not like we will be seeing any general election ads from Scankles, Inc. doing the sad trombone over MCarthy's "witch hunt" comment.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 02, 2015 05:27 PM (gyKtp)

95 What he said was a big giant gift wrapped present for Hillary and the Dems.I'm not so sure that wasn't exactly what he ibtended.

Posted by: steevy at October 02, 2015 05:27 PM (sPO3u)

96 Your hash.
hahahahaha

Please to be using the soft "G" sound so as not to confuse with oysters. Better with Cool Runnings.

Thanking you.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:27 PM (LUgeY)

97 Obama On Hillarys Syria Strategy Theres A Difference Between Running For President And Being President


Weasel Zippers

The clintons and the Fredos is getting as good as the hatfields and Mccoys

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 02, 2015 05:27 PM (BVZNi)

98 when the question at hand can be solved quite easily by showing a modicum of respect for the hierarchy within the congressional caucus?
Posted by: Begonia

They have done nothing to earn respect, clown.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (JmGFJ)

99 84
Some people just arent happy without drama.


We should hang out.

Posted by: "No Drama Obama" at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (0dcbp)

100 Some people just arent happy without drama. Is it
really asked too much not to tear each other apart for once, when the
question at hand can be solved quite easily by showing a modicum of
respect for the hierarchy within the congressional caucus?

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:24 PM (si637)
=========================================

whu ?

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (dFi94)

101 "...by showing a modicum of respect for the hierarchy within the congressional caucus?"

YHGTBSM.

Tell you what,

When they show respect for the American people, they'll get some in return.

Until then,

Fuck off.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (zyIlW)

102 Begonia Concern Status: Noted.

Posted by: Irony at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (9miVc)

103 "Frankly I'm all for loss of decorum at this point. I'd love to see fistfights and canings and pistols at dawn in congress."



Oh, be still my beating heart.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (LA7Cm)

104 McCarthy can't be Speaker after what he said about Benghazi investigation. It proves he's an imbecile.

That seems to be the sum of it. Not a terribly problematic statement, just really dumb and politically ignorant.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (39g3+)

105 So man up and do your duty to defend the lives of the most innocent and helpless.

Have a few backbenchers beat her senseless in the hallway would be go.

Posted by: Jean at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (ztOda)

106 I dunno. Does this transient fellow have any teeth?

Posted by: derit at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (jT+gh)

107 the
question at hand can be solved quite easily by showing a modicum of

respect for the hierarchy within the congressional caucus


=========================




I do not understand these words.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (dFi94)

108 We should bring back duels. To the death. No seconds.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (FsuaD)

109 93
And one should add that Congressman Chaffetz' performance in the Planned
Parenthood hearings didnt exactly recommend him for higher office!

Easy on the drama , there.


Posted by: Mortimer at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (0dcbp)

110 Honest question: Is this just some red meat for conservatives?
He goes one round, gets just enough votes to stall it then goes "for party unity I bow out."

The establishment says "see we listened" but nothing changes.

Posted by: tsrlbke PhD(c), rogue bioethicist at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (tM4uk)

111 Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM

It's Friday night. You don't have to hold back.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (KrAjA)

112 McCarthy was on Hannity the other day and after listening to Him I decided He's not the brightest tool in the shed...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (hUdMz)

113
Chaffetz would be a pretty good fantasy pick for conservatives. Lots of upside playing what should be a weak pelosi defense. They should put him on their draft list for solid weekly points.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 02, 2015 05:30 PM (ODxAs)

114 And one should add that Congressman Chaffetz' performance in the Planned Parenthood hearings didnt exactly recommend him for higher office!
Posted by: Begonia

I know, right! He was so mean to that nice lady who only wants to protect the right to cut into the faces of live infants and remove their brains.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at October 02, 2015 05:30 PM (awspb)

115 We should bring back duels. To the death. No seconds.


Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM

Make it "to the pain" and I'll subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:30 PM (KrAjA)

116 Speaking of GOPe retards, Colin Powell can go fuck himself.

He's nothing more than a black John McCain...to be commended for his military career, mocked and scorned for his politics.

He's just a closet democrat, period. Fuck him.

Posted by: Blano at October 02, 2015 05:30 PM (CbHz4)

117 84 Not from around here, are you, Begonia?

Posted by: antisocialist at October 02, 2015 05:30 PM (eGr8Z)

118 Meh, not like it matters who's the speaker anyway. Its all a train wreck, who cares what the name of the engineer is when you're barreling down the track on one set of wheels full speed toward another train full of nitrogycerine?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:31 PM (39g3+)

119 This wing of the party is the group that is giving support to Bush, Kasich, Christie, and Rubio. So, this equatesabout 25-30% of the party, and about 10-15% of the country. When are we going to stop allowing their conceit that they represent any meaningful space in terms of actual U.S. voters? They really appeal to a very narrow slice of the electorate.

Posted by: Dave S. at October 02, 2015 05:31 PM (leNBy)

120 Begonia, your concern has been noted.

Now go back to Kos.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:31 PM (FsuaD)

121 "We should bring back duels. To the death. No seconds."


If the possibility of dying were a part of becoming a Congressman, do you think we'd have a whole bunch of different people in D.C.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:31 PM (LA7Cm)

122 121,

Damn skippy.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:32 PM (zyIlW)

123 "112 McCarthy was on Hannity the other day and after listening to Him I decided He's not the brightest tool in the shed..."

But the important question is: how many times did he mention Ronald Reagan?

Posted by: Naes at October 02, 2015 05:32 PM (Ypc8j)

124 That seems to be the sum of it. Not a terribly problematic statement, just really dumb and politically ignorant.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (39g3+)

I won't speak for anyone else, but dumb and politically ignorant problematic statements should be pretty disqualifying for someone that wants to be the Speaker of the House and ranking GOP congressman.

And considering he's had over 3 years to get his thoughts in order on it - pretty damning of his abilities altogether.

He should be primaried for making that statement as the presumed Speaker of the House alone.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at October 02, 2015 05:32 PM (sJuWI)

125
If the possibility of dying were a part of
becoming a Congressman, do you think we'd have a whole bunch of
different people in D.C.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:31 PM (LA7Cm)

The elections would be a hell of a lot more interesting.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:32 PM (FsuaD)

126 Tell you what,

When they show respect for the American people, they'll get some in return.

Until then,

Fuck off.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:28 PM (zyIlW)
_____

The Speaker is elected by the House. This has nothing to do with the American people. I was talking about the behavior of Mr. Chaffetz and Mr. Webster.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:32 PM (si637)

127

OT



I should be unloading my dishwasher and paying my bills, yet here I sit in my pajamas eating pecan pie and responding to people named Begonia on the internet.




What the heck, it's Friday.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (dFi94)

128 Speaking of GOPe retards, Colin Powell can go fuck himself.

I used to have some respect until I saw a pic of him sitting with Farrakhan at a ballgame. A pox on both their houses.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (39g3+)

129 And one should add that Congressman Chaffetz' performance in the Planned Parenthood hearings didnt exactly recommend him for higher office!
Posted by: Begonia

I tend to agree, she didn't crawl out of the room with a podium mike shoved up her ass.

Posted by: Jean at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (ztOda)

130 Kraut:

"Putin taking advantage of Obama's final 16 months."

Yeah, who didn't see that coming?

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (zyIlW)

131 Have a few backbenchers beat her senseless in the hallway would be go.

I just don't get Chaffetz's unwillingness to blast her when he had the chance and the attention of the nation. He could've addressed the prices they get for various body parts and showed some images of PP's butchery, but didn't. He could've reduced her to a blithering idiot because she wouldn't have been able to defend any of it and she knew it. All she could do was parrot the script her advisors wrote for her. Get her away from that and she's toast.

Still, he's better than McCarthy, but that ain't saying much IMO.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (LUgeY)

132 The Speaker is elected by the House. This has nothing to do with the American people.

Well that says a mouthfull right there, doesn't it?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (39g3+)

133 112
McCarthy was on Hannity the other day and after listening to Him I decided He's not the brightest tool in the shed...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (hUdMz)

hannity or mccarthy?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (0O7c5)

134 LONG time lurker. Never commented before.

But the first two graphs of this piece have made me break my silence.

Brilliant.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:34 PM (ivW+N)

135 Meh.

Get ready for the new and improved-

"Gang of Eight Assholes"


in the Senate. Led by John McCain and constructed to kill any and all conservative legislation coming out of the House.

Miss Lindsay will also be there to serve tea and petite fours.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2015 05:34 PM (0cMkb)

136 127 Wait...did you say pecan pie???
I'll be right over.

Posted by: antisocialist at October 02, 2015 05:34 PM (eGr8Z)

137 Well that says a mouthfull right there, doesn't it?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (39g3+)
yes, it does

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:34 PM (0O7c5)

138 "Putin taking advantage of Obama's final 16 months."

Yeah, who didn't see that coming?

That's that flexibility obama promised Putie after the election...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:34 PM (hUdMz)

139

Hi Royce. Do you like pie?

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:35 PM (dFi94)

140 Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at October 02, 2015 05:32 PM (sJuWI)

They talk for a living. You'd think they would be better at it.

Posted by: Golfman at October 02, 2015 05:35 PM (48QDY)

141 134
LONG time lurker. Never commented before.



But the first two graphs of this piece have made me break my silence.



Brilliant.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:34 PM (ivW+N)

Welcome. Come and join us, but make sure to buy the platinum membership.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:35 PM (FsuaD)

142 There were graphs? What kind of sadist fires up Power Point on a Friday?!

Posted by: derit at October 02, 2015 05:35 PM (jT+gh)

143 Welcome, Royce. Grab a beer. Don't cost nuthin'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:36 PM (KrAjA)

144 McCarthy was on Hannity the other day and after listening to Him I decided He's not the brightest tool in the shed...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (hUdMz)

hannity or mccarthy?

I know what You mean but McCarthy made Hannity look brilliant...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:36 PM (hUdMz)

145 Where's the welcoming committee? Don't we have a fruit basket or something for new members?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:36 PM (FsuaD)

146 138 "Putin taking advantage of Obama's final 16 months."

Yeah, who didn't see that coming?

That's that flexibility obama promised Putie after the election...
Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:34 PM (hUdMz)

Who do you want I charge in 16 months?

If we make it that long.

Posted by: Golfman at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (48QDY)

147 I'm all for decorum and dignity. I'm all for the honor of gentlemen and treating the houses of government with respect. I agree that being dignified and adult is good instead of childish squabbling.

But after the last 50 years or more of treating congress like a cross between an EPA hallway and a brothel, there's no dignity left. These men aren't stepping into a position of honor, they're hogs shoving each other around for a bigger part of the trough. Putting a top hat on one of them doesn't dignify anything.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (39g3+)

148 145 Where's the welcoming committee? Don't we have a fruit basket or something for new members?

Well We used to have pudding...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (hUdMz)

149 paraGRAPHS silly goose.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (ivW+N)

150 Where's the welcoming committee? Don't we have a fruit basket or something for new members?


Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:36 PM (FsuaD)

========================

I offered him pie. But then i remembered I ate it all.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (dFi94)

151 118 Meh, not like it matters who's the speaker anyway. Its all a train wreck, who cares what the name of the engineer is when you're barreling down the track on one set of wheels full speed toward another train full of nitrogycerine?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:31 PM (39g3+)

This is just silly. Sorry, but the speaker has tons of power in the house to set schedules, rules, etc.

The reason you have to use those screwy, mercury-filled CFLs is because the bill to allow incandescents was voted on without going through committee - so even though it had majority support in the house, the measure failed because it required 2/3 to pass instead of the normal 1/2.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (sJuWI)

152 Christie has 'suspended' his campaign to deal with this state emergency, to wit, a possible loss of power which would affect his ability to order takeout delivered to the gubner's mansion.

And to which I also reply "What campaign?"

"I'm polling 2-3%, dammit! My daddy does too love me! I need a hug."

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (gyKtp)

153 I would like pie.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (ivW+N)

154 "hannity or mccarthy? "


Seriously, right.



But, McCarthy did sound like a slimey cockweasel. Platitudes and procedures and bullsh!t.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (LA7Cm)

155 You know ... Since I'm an angry son of a bitch that just doesn't care ...

.. Congressman Irony would have had the TV cart ready to go, and instead of grandstanding, used my to to play one of the videos.

Then again, I think they should who 9/11 every day and most people think I'm a belligerent prick. Self included.

Posted by: Irony at October 02, 2015 05:38 PM (9miVc)

156 Where's the welcoming committee? Don't we have a fruit basket or something for new members?


Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:36 PM

I think the Empress usually handles that. Or commands others to handle it. Something like that. Bannion around?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:38 PM (KrAjA)

157 149
paraGRAPHS silly goose.



Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (ivW+N)

I see fresh meat in my future....

Posted by: the hungry, hungry barrel at October 02, 2015 05:38 PM (FsuaD)

158 royce....you graph rolled me! i had to go read the content and click the link...graphs.....there were no graphs!

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:38 PM (0O7c5)

159 139


Hi Royce. Do you like pie?


Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:35 PM (dFi94)


Do you like gladiator movies?

Posted by: rebel flounder at October 02, 2015 05:38 PM (1DH1V)

160 Well We used to have pudding...
Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (hUdMz)

Sorry.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:38 PM (AkOaV)

161 Can I spring for the Brass Membership first?

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:39 PM (ivW+N)

162
I would like pie.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (ivW+N)
=============================
I would have loved to share it with you, truly I would. But I ett it all . gone.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:39 PM (dFi94)

163 "silly goose"....dude are you even moron?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:40 PM (0O7c5)

164 Do you like gladiator movies?

Wanna go camping?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:40 PM (LUgeY)

165 153
I would like pie.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (ivW+N)

You've been here like 5 seconds and you want pie? Well, you seem to be Moron material.

Learn the secret handshake and you're in.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:40 PM (FsuaD)

166 Does anyone know who Presdent obama wants tio be the next speaker of the that house thing? We are all excited to see who he picks because that Boner guy hated blacks, gays, and lesbians and if we pick the right person Russia may also like us better and forget about the Bush lies.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (EIFYf)

167 Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (hUdMz)

He said he was a lurker. Not a Virgin.

Posted by: Golfman at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (48QDY)

168 Can I spring for the Brass Membership first?



Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:39 PM

We're short on brass. A certain Umpqah student's balls cornered the market. How about cardboard? Will cardboard work?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (KrAjA)

169 "Do you like gladiator movies?

Wanna go camping?"



Snort.

Warm welcome the guy's getting.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (LA7Cm)

170 No pie.Pudding.Slightly used.

Posted by: steevy at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (sPO3u)

171 eyeing the newb suspiciously......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (0O7c5)

172 Chaffetz is another crier.
What's with these Modern Men?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (qCMvj)

173 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:41 PM (KrAjA)

::shakes head::

no cardboard either.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, building a fort out of cardboard boxes at October 02, 2015 05:42 PM (AkOaV)

174

you know, I thought someone was goofing around when it came up on Bing that Chaffetz's mother is Kitty Dukakis.

No shit.

Kitty-hide-the-rubbing-alcohol-Dukakis.

Posted by: imp at October 02, 2015 05:42 PM (XIXZz)

175 Do you guys have some kind of insider F5 key? I thought I was quick, but this may be a challenge. On to my first Moron Merit Badge.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:42 PM (ivW+N)

176 This is just silly. Sorry, but the speaker has tons of power in the house to set schedules, rules, etc.

And the engineer of a train can do a lot too. Until its too late to fix anything.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:42 PM (39g3+)

177 Daily mail has pics or some of those killed in Oregon

One was 72yo

Posted by: Yo! at October 02, 2015 05:42 PM (GwIKd)

178 No pie. Pudding. Slightly used.

========================


Ewwwww .....


How are you doing today, steevy? You're in my prayers.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (dFi94)

179 modicum of respect for the hierarchy ... Begonia

Obvious plant is obvious.
...
So is obvious plant joke.

Posted by: DaveA at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (DL2i+)

180 I will then settle for a laurel and hearty handshake.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (ivW+N)

181 Ahaha...

The murdering fuckwit did wash out at Relaxin' Jackson.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=62123

Seems he raised flags at reception and it took a few weeks to get rid of him.

Mental most likely.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (zyIlW)

182 you know, I thought someone was goofing around when it came up on Bing that Chaffetz's mother is Kitty Dukakis.



No shit.



Kitty-hide-the-rubbing-alcohol-Dukakis.


I had no idea. Does Chaffetz like tanks?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (FsuaD)

183 I do not understand these words.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:29 PM (dFi94)
______

Well, Congressman McCarthy is majority leader, isnt he? It is customary that the majority leader follows the Speaker, should the latter retire, resign etc. Mr. Chaffetz could have accepted that and tried to get himself elected to a lower leadership position (like Mr. McCarthy did a few years back), but instead he chose to break party unity for a very slim chance of career advancement.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (si637)

184 All of us think that Al Gore may make a great Speakler of the Horse. He is smart, intellgant, and loves all persons of the US no matter what colo they are. Bush robbed him of the Presidency and we should give him this honor for being screwed by that liar BUSH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at October 02, 2015 05:44 PM (EIFYf)

185 when the question at hand can be solved quite easily by showing a modicum of respect for the hierarchy within the congressional caucus?
Posted by: Begonia

The American people are their employers and a great lot of them should be fired.

Posted by: Cheri at October 02, 2015 05:44 PM (oiNtH)

186 Do you guys have some kind of insider F5 key? I
thought I was quick, but this may be a challenge. On to my first Moron
Merit Badge.



Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:42 PM

Yours is on back order.

#twoweeks

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:44 PM (KrAjA)

187 I think the liberal shrieking over those comments is, of course, completely contrived, but McCarthy also said a dumb thing.

He sounded even dumber trying to defend it last night on Baier, or whoever. My gut was twisting listening to how idiotic he sounded. Really can't put words together.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 02, 2015 05:44 PM (qCMvj)

188 You don't come here just for the graphs, do you Royce?


Posted by: GnuBreed at October 02, 2015 05:44 PM (gyKtp)

189 I like the way you roll, Royce.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 05:44 PM (8ZskC)

190 This has nothing to do with the American people

And there you have it.


Goodnight ladies and gents, you've been a great crowd!

Posted by: Mortimer at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (0dcbp)

191 Does it seem to anyone else that President Obama got his feelings hurt in that big UN get together? Like everyone was laughing at him and treating him like the guy you pick last in softball again instead of a rock star like in '07?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (39g3+)

192 Welcome Royce.

Also, I like pie too. And I'm old enough to date grandmothers too, if that helps.

Posted by: Blano at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (GA9gG)

193 you know, I thought someone was goofing around when it came up on Bing that Chaffetz's mother is Kitty Dukakis.

No shit.

Kitty-hide-the-rubbing-alcohol-Dukakis.

Posted by: imp at October 02, 2015 05:42 PM (XIXZz)


God, it's always a "small world" in DC, isn't it?

Fucking incestuous.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, building a fort out of cardboard boxes at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (AkOaV)

194 I came here for the beer and the pie. Alas.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (ivW+N)

195 I will then settle for a laurel and hearty handshake.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM

Anyone hear a Harrumph outta that guy? I don't think so.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (KrAjA)

196 Ok ... Who is the Begonia sock ?

Posted by: Irony at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (9miVc)

197 Someone mention pie?

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 05:45 PM (e3bId)

198
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said in a statement obtained by The Hill that Chaffetz has been invited to a House forum on Tuesday to audition for the speakership.




"Hi, my name is Jason. My hobbies include cuticle care and the E Network."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 05:46 PM (kdS6q)

199 Royce, make sure to click on all maddogg's links. They're amazing.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:46 PM (FsuaD)

200 I'm in that cohort Blanco. Younger grandmothers are smokin' hot.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:46 PM (ivW+N)

201


Kitty Dukakis likes vodka pie...

Posted by: imp at October 02, 2015 05:47 PM (XIXZz)

202 Well, Congressman McCarthy is majority leader, isnt he? It is customary that the majority leader follows the Speaker, should the latter retire, resign etc. Mr. Chaffetz could have accepted that and tried to get himself elected to a lower leadership position (like Mr. McCarthy did a few years back), but instead he chose to break party unity for a very slim chance of career advancement.
Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (si637)

Right. But Boehner retired because he was the most unpopular speaker in the history of polling the popularity of the Speaker...

So wouldn't it follow that maybe, just maybe, the R party should not promote his lieutenant to that gig?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, building a fort out of cardboard boxes at October 02, 2015 05:47 PM (AkOaV)

203 "Anyone hear a Harrumph outta that guy? I don't think so."

I'm home.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:47 PM (ivW+N)

204 I thought Chaffetz was Mormon? Is he married to a Mormon?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:47 PM (FsuaD)

205 Yours is on back order.

#twoweeks

Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity!

Two weeks from everywhere!

Posted by: Everett McGill at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (39g3+)

206 Vodka Stinger Pie.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (ivW+N)

207 So the Secret Service was releasing personal info on Chaffetz with regards to him applying to that agency back in 2003 and being rejected. A top agency official encouraged people working for the SS to leak info on Chaffetz that might embarrass him.

Posted by: Cheri at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (oiNtH)

208 "Hi, my name is Jason. My hobbies include cuticle care and the E Network."

"My favorite color is fuchsia and if I were a tree, I'd be a sabal palm. I enjoy long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (LUgeY)

209 I remember Chaffetz stalking other Republican candidates on Romney's behalf during the primaries for the 2012 election. I forget what candidates were involved but there were photos of Chaffetz standing in the back of other candidates' events, grinning like a hyena. This was a supposed intimidation technique - Romney's campaign used several of these juvenile, nasty stunts to disrupt other candidates' events. Ever since then, I've thought Chaffetz was an establishment POS.

Posted by: jeannebodine at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (SR3U3)

210 Some idjits are saying he earned just enough in basic to be dangerous.

4 weeks in, you learn how to stand and walk.

And do pushups.

Real dangerous shit there.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (zyIlW)

211 Today would be a good pecan pie day. Cool and overcast and rainy. Perfect pecan pie weather.

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (e3bId)

212 Royce, l'd like you to meet Begonia, MUMR, Moo Moo and Mohamet. Grab a seat and make yourself at home.

And don't be shy about helping yourself to punch and cookies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 05:49 PM (8ZskC)

213 earned=learned.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:49 PM (zyIlW)

214 But, McCarthy did sound like a slimey cockweasel. Platitudes and procedures and bullsh!t.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (LA7Cm)


It isn't because he is a slimy cockweasel?

Mark Levin said he is Eric Cantor less 10 IQ points. I think Mark was being generous, or Eric Cantor is a retard.

Posted by: rd at October 02, 2015 05:49 PM (SukjU)

215 kitty liked blue scope

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:49 PM (0O7c5)

216 The Speaker is elected by the House. This has nothing to do with the American people.

Won't it be great when this clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjxFJfcrcA

is linked to the post button on a per viewer basis.

#twoweeks til Web 3.0

Posted by: DaveA at October 02, 2015 05:49 PM (DL2i+)

217 I have a recipe somewhere for pumpkin pecan pie. According to my husband, it's the best of both worlds.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:49 PM (FsuaD)

218 So the whole "Moron" thing is sarcastic. Oh fuck.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (ivW+N)

219 210
Some idjits are saying he earned just enough in basic to be dangerous.



4 weeks in, you learn how to stand and walk.



And do pushups.



Real dangerous shit there.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:48 PM (zyIlW)


I think we could fold T-shirts by then, or most of us could.

Posted by: rebel flounder at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (1DH1V)

220
Chaffetz's mother is Kitty Dukakis.
Posted by: imp



Stepmom:

During his college years, Chaffetz was a Democrat. His father had previously been married to Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis's wife, Katherine. While a student at BYU, he was a Utah co-chairman for Michael Dukakis's 1988 campaign for U.S. President.

Big tent!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (kdS6q)

221 Well, Congressman McCarthy is majority leader, isnt
he? It is customary that the majority leader follows the Speaker, should
the latter retire, resign etc. Mr. Chaffetz could have accepted that
and tried to get himself elected to a lower leadership position (like
Mr. McCarthy did a few years back), but instead he chose to break party
unity for a very slim chance of career advancement.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:43 PM (si637)
==================================

I didn't realize that we had constrained ourselves to such formalities and royal tradition in this republic of ours. The nerve of a congressman not recognizing his position, and the position of his betters. What is America if not a gaggle of Knighted Noblemen.

Now please pass me my snuff box, will you?

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (dFi94)

222 Chaffetz could have used the PP hearings to skyrocket himself to leadership but it was a stupid, tepid pile of nothing that hit none of the right points and ended up devoid of leadership or even grandstanding. The guy can't even get that right, and its a hanging slow curve down the middle.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (39g3+)

223 217 dang, that sounds good.

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (e3bId)

224 204
I thought Chaffetz was Mormon? Is he married to a Mormon?


Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:47 PM (FsuaD)
his a convert to mormonism but his dad was jewish and his mom a christian scientist

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (0O7c5)

225 I dunno' SMFH ... I had no fucking idea that walking anywhere required forming ranks and stepping in unison - until those first four weeks.

Posted by: Irony at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (9miVc)

226 218 So the whole "Moron" thing is sarcastic. Oh fuck.
Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (ivW+N)

no, not sarcastic.

We really are a bunch of dumbasses.

Barely functional, in fact.

I would not take anything any of us say seriously. At all.

Especially life advice or anything like that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (AkOaV)

227 It's been a rough week for me and this made me laugh until I cried.I needed that.

http://tinyurl.com/nzmzuo2

Posted by: steevy at October 02, 2015 05:51 PM (sPO3u)

228 his a convert to mormonism but his dad was jewish and his mom a christian scientist
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (0O7c5)

Kind of like Roseanne Barr.

A Jewish Mormon.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:51 PM (AkOaV)

229
I think we could fold T-shirts by then, or most of us could.

Had you learned how to make a bed with the corners folded just right, yet? That's some critical national security stuff.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (39g3+)

230 A Jewish Mormon.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:51 PM (AkOaV)

i'm scared you know so much about roseanne barr......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (0O7c5)

231 By the way, Royce, I'm a life coach. I'm not sure what that is, but I accept cash and credit cards.

The Horde can vouch for me.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (FsuaD)

232 But, McCarthy did sound like a slimey cockweasel. Platitudes and procedures and bullsh!t.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:37 PM (LA7Cm)

but..but...but...Hugh Hewitt looorves him!


Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (3pRHP)

233
In 2004, Chaffetz was the campaign manager for Utah gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman. Huntsman won the race and after he took office in January 2005, Chaffetz became his chief of staff. In 2006, Chaffetz was appointed by Governor Huntsman as a Trustee for Utah Valley State College.




The conservative alternative. Yay?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (kdS6q)

234 229,

I learned that as a kid.

Dad was a CPO.

Basic just had more guns and marching.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (zyIlW)

235 I think we could fold T-shirts by then, or most of us could.

Had you learned how to make a bed with the corners folded just right, yet? That's some critical national security stuff.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (39g3+)

I don't know how to fold things, so I just crumple everything up in to a ball and shove it in the drawers.

But then, I was never in the military, so...

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (AkOaV)

236 We haerd today also from Al Sharpen that "Citadel" School in Georgia is banning persons of color from attending citing that eprsons of color, gays, and lesbians do not belong there. We think Presdent Obama should shut down that horrible school that was responsible for staring the war against persons of color in 1865 and replace it with a school to teach are children on how to be good citizens and love their pResidet. Bush lied and told this racist place to do this to make Presdent obama look bad so that Russion guy Pluton can take advantage of the situation because Bush screwed it up and will not take the blame. Bush lied and shut be in jail and all graduates from that racist school should send their pay checks tp Presdent Obama to help persons of color.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (EIFYf)

237 A top agency official encouraged people working for the SS to leak info on Chaffetz that might embarrass him.

This is the rot from within. Comfortable bureaucrats like this, and Lois Lerner, and so many others, are like little dictators protecting their fat, cushy jobs.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (oVJmc)

238
I also like pie.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (ODxAs)

239 I'm looking for an after life coach. Getting close enough where I'm getting concerned.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (ivW+N)

240 Pecan pie is usually way too sweet, pumpkin could tone it down nicely.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (39g3+)

241 his a convert to mormonism but his dad was jewish and his mom a christian scientist


Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (0O7c5)
============================

And his kids are Greek Orthodox. Except the youngest, who is Sikh.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (dFi94)

242 231 By the way, Royce, I'm a life coach. I'm not sure what that is, but I accept cash and credit cards.

The Horde can vouch for me.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (FsuaD)

Totally a life coach.

For sure.

Paypal, too, right Jane?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (AkOaV)

243 Hi Royce. Do you like pie?


Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 05:35 PM (dFi94)


Do you like gladiator movies?
Posted by: rebel flounder

-----------------------

Do you hate wearing pants?

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 05:54 PM (E5UB0)

244 What about Raul Labrador? He's hispanic, he's OK on immigration and he's a fresh face. And he ran back in January, so we know he wants the job.

Posted by: bjk at October 02, 2015 05:54 PM (x2rNW)

245
226 218 So the whole "Moron" thing is sarcastic. Oh fuck.
Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (ivW+N)

no, not sarcastic.

We really are a bunch of dumbasses.

Barely functional, in fact.

I would not take anything any of us say seriously. At all.

Especially life advice or anything like that.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:50 PM (AkOaV)








On the other hand, you can feel perfectly safe in Googling any odd word or phrase cited by Teh Horde.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 05:54 PM (o98Jz)

246 Had no idea a laundry bag hung off your bunk WAS NOT FOR STORING LAUNDRY. Learned that in the first four.

Posted by: Irony at October 02, 2015 05:54 PM (9miVc)

247 I don't remember what week of basic it was, but I discovered I was real good at holding my rifle over my head


Posted by: Yo! at October 02, 2015 05:54 PM (GwIKd)

248 OT: You know how I can tell she's a liberal? She's trying to reason with a bear.



https://youtu.be/nU5cMZymSr0

Posted by: Country Singer at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (nL0sw)

249 Two-thirds of the GOP caucus in the House like #FailureTheater just fine. They are the problem, more than the leadership.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (laMCB)

250 Royce, just make note of ace's new banning policy:

All dicks will be removed.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (E5UB0)

251 Moron is a term of endearment here.

Except for that Begonia broad.

Posted by: Blano at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (FTYF8)

252 229


I think we could fold T-shirts by then, or most of us could.



Had you learned how to make a bed with the corners folded just right, yet? That's some critical national security stuff.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (39g3+)


So good, in fact, it would make the commies beg for mercy.

Posted by: rebel flounder at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (1DH1V)

253

Yeah, I'll pass on Chaffetz too.
He cries at the drop of a hat, just like Boehner.

Give me a strong individual. Someone who can lead.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (qCMvj)

254 240
Pecan pie is usually way too sweet, pumpkin could tone it down nicely.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (39g3+)

I need to find the recipe. I'm planning to make it for Thanksgiving. When I find it I'll post it on a food thread.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (FsuaD)

255 Alright... I'm just gonna cut to the chase. Pie is a human right. Pie, delivered by a hot 40 year old girl in a short plaid skirt and a halter top. For everyone. But mostly for me. Who am I kidding? Just for me.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (ivW+N)

256 Right. But Boehner retired because he was the most unpopular speaker in the history of polling the popularity of the Speaker...

So wouldn't it follow that maybe, just maybe, the R party should not promote his lieutenant to that gig?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes, building a fort out of cardboard boxes at October 02, 2015 05:47 PM (AkOaV)
_____

I must say that I dont see how this follows. I think Congressman McCarthy will bring his very own leadership style to the Speakership. A style that probably differs a lot from Speaker Boehners and that conservatives may find much more agreeable. Speaker Boehner wasnt exactly a diplomat.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:56 PM (si637)

257 Anyone has to be better than Charlie McCarthy

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2015 05:56 PM (HbCsM)

258 lright... I'm just gonna cut to the chase. Pie is a human right. Pie, delivered by a hot 40 year old girl in a short plaid skirt and a halter top. For everyone. But mostly for me. Who am I kidding? Just for me.
Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:55 PM (ivW+N)

I just had some pizza pie.
Spinach and goat cheese. Yum.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 02, 2015 05:57 PM (qCMvj)

259
Paypal, too, right Jane?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:53 PM (AkOaV)

Absolutely.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:57 PM (FsuaD)

260 240 that's what the quart of ice cream is for.

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 05:57 PM (e3bId)

261 It's been a rough week for me and this made me laugh until I cried.I needed that.

Oh shit, that's funny.

Wiping my eyes too, steevy. I hope your family's doing well. We're all thinking about you.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:57 PM (LUgeY)

262 Pizza pie from the same delivery service will do just fine. Not the product. It's the delivery system.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (ivW+N)

263 And what's the deal with Boston Cream Pie? How did that get it's name?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (Ii765)

264 Holy shit, there has to be someone else that can get votes besides Chaffetz? He's a big loser too.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (Xa4vS)

265 Okay. Begonia clearly works for McCarthy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (FsuaD)

266 I love our cat but I cannot figure out a creature so dumb it eats stuff that makes it barf, and one that cannot figure out barfing into the litter box makes more sense than... everywhere people walk.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (39g3+)

267 A Jewish Mormon.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 05:51 PM (AkOaV)



I can't say anything, some of my ancestors were Scandi Mormons.

Posted by: Country Singer at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (nL0sw)

268 I must say that I dont see how this follows. I think
Congressman McCarthy will bring his very own leadership style to the
Speakership. A style that probably differs a lot from Speaker Boehners
and that conservatives may find much more agreeable. Speaker Boehner
wasnt exactly a diplomat.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:56 PM (si637)

so having a new speaker, tell us to fuck off in his own leadership style is better than having the orange man tell us with tears?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (0O7c5)

269 " I will then settle for a laurel and hearty handshake."



'Scuse us while we whip those out.


(sorry, had to)

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 05:59 PM (LA7Cm)

270 So. To the topic. Chaffetz may be the best we can do now. Best to take half a pie than no pie at all. And no. I don't want to see Kevin in a plaid skirt and halter top.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 05:59 PM (ivW+N)

271 254 I was going to ax you to do that.

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 05:59 PM (e3bId)

272
I think we could fold T-shirts by then, or most of us could.

Had you learned how to make a bed with the corners folded just right, yet? That's some critical national security stuff.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (39g3+)








To be fair, all that Mickey Mouse left-right-left chickenshit isn't really about bouncing quarters off of one's bunk. It's about training soldiers to pay attention to detail. Because inattention to detail kills when Murphy comes to call in combat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 06:00 PM (o98Jz)

273 De Camp Town Ladies?!

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 06:00 PM (ivW+N)

274 "A Jewish Mormon. "


So, guy has 4 wives and they all are constantly on his back about everything.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 06:01 PM (LA7Cm)

275 Begonia's cats talk to her.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 06:01 PM (8ZskC)

276 The Horde can vouch for me.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:52 PM (FsuaD)

I concur. She uses the AtC school of operant conditioning. With a mellower delivery.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:01 PM (3pRHP)

277 I watched Chaffetz's introductory remarks at the PP hearing the other day. Good stuff.

Posted by: junior at October 02, 2015 06:01 PM (PVi+Q)

278 Chaffetz is a great option, I'm personally glad McCarthy said something so stupid, I think it very likely cost him the Speaker position. We don't want a Bohener lackey.

And I agree, I'm willing to at least hear an argument of "moderate but smart" but McCarthy did something so stupid that he's already disqualified himself forever.

Posted by: Coolio at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (ugaUI)

279 By the way,

I watched the last half of the View today waiting for the noon news.

The hags were excoriating McCarthy and the Republicans for bringing politics into the Benghazi Hearings. More people have now heard about the Benghazi Hearings from replays of McDipshit's remark than from anything the hearings have done.

And to tell the truth, Judicial Watch has actually been the ones that took Hillary! down.

Anything about actually releasing her e-mails, classified material, and felonies are all due to Judicial Watch.

Posted by: rd at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (SukjU)

280 Ho-hum. Yes, by all means, "primary" McCarthy. It always works out for you so far, right?

See, whining and complaining isn't thought or policy. The time to figure out who would replace Boehner would have been before you tried to tear the party apart to force him out.

Posted by: Adjoran at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (QIQ6j)

281 so having a new speaker, tell us to fuck off in his own leadership style is better than having the orange man tell us with tears?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 05:58 PM (0O7c5)
_____

I think these fears are unfounded. A Speaker McCarthy would make a greater effort than John Boehner to come to a consensus with conservatives and unite our caucus.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (si637)

282 Later Horde. Been a shitty day. Funny stuff as usual.

Steevy - chin up man.

Posted by: Irony at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (9miVc)

283 I have not yet begun to gaffe.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (8ZskC)

284 OT: You know how I can tell she's a liberal? She's trying to reason with a bear.


AND videoing it.

'cuz Facebook and stuff.

It's always a good idea to have your hands full and be distracted when dealing with a wild animal.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (oVJmc)

285 There was a dim bulb in son's platoon at PI. The idiot made it all the way through, and the morning they were to march back from the Crucible, the guy decided to fake a knee injury.

He was promptly reassigned to a new platoon to begin training all over again.

I'll bet his family was thrilled.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (FsuaD)

286 Okay. Begonia clearly works for McCarthy.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
----------------------------------------------------------
She was stumping for Yeb! as well. Ergo she works for Rancid Priapus.

Why do they bother? They should be able to perceive that we can clearly see they are trying to defend the indefensible.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (E5UB0)

287 " I think Congressman McCarthy will bring his very own leadership style to the Speakership. "


I know it's Friday and all, but, you may have started tipping that bottle a little too early and too hard.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (LA7Cm)

288 Barely functional, in fact.


Depends on if we're sober, ..... or not.

We're more functional drunk and sans pants.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the Rain at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (7rAXc)

289
Honestly, I probably would laugh at anyone they put up for Speaker. That's how disillusioned I am with the whole process. There was a time that I thought my representative would be Speaker of the House one day. Heck, there was a time when I thought my representative would be the next Vice President of the United States. Oh wait, that was just 3 years ago, wasn't it?



Now I won't even drive through Janesville if I can help it.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (dFi94)

290 272

To be fair, all that Mickey Mouse left-right-left chickenshit isn't really about bouncing quarters off of one's bunk. It's about training soldiers to pay attention to detail. Because inattention to detail kills when Murphy comes to call in combat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 06:00 PM (o98Jz)




We will be processing your promotion to captain obvious, forthwith. What are we, a bunch of morons?

Posted by: rebel flounder at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (1DH1V)

291 I think these fears are unfounded. A Speaker McCarthy would make a greater effort than John Boehner to come to a consensus with conservatives and unite our caucus.

Cute. She has a caucus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (8ZskC)

292 Ok. I think I may be moron material. And, let me tell you... that scares the hell out of me.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (ivW+N)

293 "People expect the Army to do in 8 weeks, what the parents, the priests and the cops couldn't do in 18 years."

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (zyIlW)

294 256>> I must say that I dont see how this follows. I think Congressman McCarthy will bring his very own leadership style to the Speakership.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:56 PM

It's not style that matters. Substance matters and McCarthy is a man cut from the same political cloth as every other self-serving GOPe invertebrate parasite.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (ij7E3)

295 I must say that I dont see how this follows. I think Congressman McCarthy will bring his very own leadership style to the Speakership. A style that probably differs a lot from Speaker Boehners and that conservatives may find much more agreeable. Speaker Boehner wasnt exactly a diplomat.
Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 05:56 PM (si637)

It wasn't Boehners personality that turned conservatives off, Begonia.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (AkOaV)

296 287 " I think Congressman McCarthy will bring his very own leadership style to the Speakership. "

o.O

Not bloody likely.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the Rain at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (7rAXc)

297 Begonia has to be a sock.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:05 PM (FsuaD)

298 >>217 I have a recipe somewhere for pumpkin pecan pie. According to my husband, it's the best of both worlds.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 05:49 PM (FsuaD)

My cousin makes a chocolate pecan pie

Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:05 PM (vmMMi)

299 Unite us. UNITE US.

Posted by: William Wallace at October 02, 2015 06:05 PM (8ZskC)

300 297,

Thought that for a while now.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 06:05 PM (zyIlW)

301 Begonia's cats talk to her.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 06:01 PM (8ZskC)
____

Why do people around here always say that I have cats? I have never owned a cat in my life! Im allergic to cats. And I do not like them.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:05 PM (si637)

302 To be fair, all that Mickey Mouse left-right-left chickenshit isn't really about bouncing quarters off of one's bunk. It's about training soldiers to pay attention to detail. Because inattention to detail kills when Murphy comes to call in combat.

There's a real world reason for it, too: to walk in a straight line to where you're pointed. People have a dominant leg that pushes harder than the other one, henceforth, the natural tendency is to walk in a circle. Bad juju.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 06:06 PM (LUgeY)

303 I think these fears are unfounded. A Speaker
McCarthy would make a greater effort than John Boehner to come to a
consensus with conservatives and unite our caucus.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (si637)
===============================

Reince, is that you? Quick - Pick and Save is having a sale today on their shish-ka-bobs! But watch out - there's construction on County H at E.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 06:06 PM (dFi94)

304
My cousin makes a chocolate pecan pie

Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:05 PM (vmMMi)

I make one, too. With a splash of bourbon in it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:06 PM (FsuaD)

305
So the OR shooter left a note saying he wanted to go to hell and be embraced by the devil.

Finally a death note I can agree with.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 02, 2015 06:06 PM (ODxAs)

306 Also good on a cold, rainy day - chicken pot pie.

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 06:07 PM (e3bId)

307 "My cousin makes a chocolate pecan pie "


Ooooooh. Sounds scrum.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at October 02, 2015 06:07 PM (LA7Cm)

308 I don't think the fuckstick is being so much embraced as...

Impaled.

Gored.

Ripped apart.

Etc.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 06:07 PM (zyIlW)

309 Ok. I think I may be moron material. And, let me tell you... that scares the hell out of me.

Posted by: Royce at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (ivW+N)

======================


Too late. You're in. You can check out anytime, but you can never leave.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 06:07 PM (dFi94)

310 unite our caucus.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (si637)




Sounds kinky...

Posted by: Country Singer at October 02, 2015 06:07 PM (nL0sw)

311 >>304
My cousin makes a chocolate pecan pie
Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:05 PM (vmMMi)

I make one, too. With a splash of bourbon in it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:06 PM (FsuaD)

Oooh! Even better!

Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:09 PM (vmMMi)

312 303>> Hey wait a minute... Begonia is really Rinse the Prius!? WTF!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 02, 2015 06:09 PM (ij7E3)

313 301 hmmmmmm.... Does not like cats...... That puts you on this list right over here...

Posted by: Weasel at October 02, 2015 06:09 PM (e3bId)

314 See, whining and complaining isn't thought or policy. The time to figure out who would replace Boehner would have been before you tried to tear the party apart to force him out.
Posted by: Adjoran at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM (QIQ6j)

We know exactly who we want. Joe Pesci.

Unfortunately the GOPe won't even negotiate with us.

We want Joe Pesci
We'd settle for Vincent Curatola
We'll get Kevin "Fucking" McCarthy

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 06:09 PM (AkOaV)

315 begonia......protesting cats......interesting

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 06:10 PM (0O7c5)

316 285 There was a dim bulb in son's platoon at PI. The idiot made it all the way through, and the morning they were to march back from the Crucible, the guy decided to fake a knee injury.

He was promptly reassigned to a new platoon to begin training all over again.

I'll bet his family was thrilled.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (FsuaD)


That happens a lot more than people realize. When I showed up for Boot and hit the yellow footprints off the bus, there were 18 already in the platoon.

We gained at least six or seven more at the end of Second Phase (Rifle Range) at the time.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the Rain at October 02, 2015 06:10 PM (7rAXc)

317 It wasn't Boehners personality that turned conservatives off, Begonia.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 06:04 PM (AkOaV)
_______

Well, its a question of personality how willing one is to compromise, isnt it? John Boehner was always known to be a somewhat stubborn man. Congressman McCarthy doesnt have this kind of reputation.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:11 PM (si637)

318 Posted by: Adjoran at October 02, 2015 06:02 PM

The butt hurt is strong with this one.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 02, 2015 06:12 PM (ij7E3)

319 270 Oh yes you do.
It's part of the initiation.

Posted by: antisocialist at October 02, 2015 06:12 PM (eGr8Z)

320 What are we, a bunch of morons?
Posted by: rebel flounder at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (1DH1V)

Technically, we are a Horde of Morons.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:13 PM (kXoT0)

321 >>>>I think the Empress usually handles that. Or commands others to handle it. Something like that. Bannion around?
.
.
.I thought he was dead.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at October 02, 2015 06:13 PM (iONHu)

322
We will be processing your promotion to captain obvious, forthwith. What are we, a bunch of morons?

Posted by: rebel flounder at October 02, 2015 06:03 PM (1DH1V)








Damn. Got jumped up from Sergeant Conspicuous. Is that a brevet rank or permanent?

I'm not paying for the promotion party, fuck you reprobates.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 06:13 PM (o98Jz)

323 begonia......protesting cats......interesting
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 06:10 PM (0O7c5)

I smell catpiss.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 06:13 PM (8ZskC)

324 Oooh! Even better!

Y'all know you're gonna have to give us those recipes, don't you. I've never tried to make a pie crust in my life, but I'd try for those.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 06:13 PM (LUgeY)

325 Well, its a question of personality how willing one
is to compromise, isnt it? John Boehner was always known to be a
somewhat stubborn man. Congressman McCarthy doesnt have this kind of
reputation.
Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:11 PM (si637)

John "we are going to fail and that is the final word" Boener was stubborn and unwilling to compromise?

OK, whatever. Have fun hating your cats.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:14 PM (3pRHP)

326 Speaking of Bannion, I have not seen him recently. Anyone else?

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 06:14 PM (dFi94)

327 Well, its a question of personality how willing one is to compromise, isnt it? John Boehner was always known to be a somewhat stubborn man. Congressman McCarthy doesnt have this kind of reputation.
Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:11 PM (si637)

Compromise?

No, I think that was Boehners problem. He was too interested in "compromise"

There is no compromise. Do what you promised when you were asking for vote.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 06:15 PM (AkOaV)

328 Mmm. Pie charts.

Posted by: homer simpson at October 02, 2015 06:15 PM (gmaUh)

329
Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:11 PM (si637)

By the way, are you atc? And are you here to raise all of our blood pressure?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 06:15 PM (AkOaV)

330 Hey wait a minute... Begonia is really Rinse the Prius!? WTF!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 02, 2015 06:09 PM (ij7E3)



I'm putting my money on "It's Kevin's Mom."

Posted by: Country Singer at October 02, 2015 06:15 PM (nL0sw)

331 Backwards boy, try an oil crust to begin with. Good pastry takes training and a light touch.

Oh, and pecan and pumpkin are both good, but I love shoo-fly.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:16 PM (3pRHP)

332 Still, he's better than McCarthy, but that ain't saying much IMO.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 05:33 PM (LUgeY)

Agreed. Polished turd versus raw stock.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:16 PM (kXoT0)

333 Royce,

If you're looking for an afterlife coach, I suggest you contact Buzzion.

Posted by: Blano at October 02, 2015 06:16 PM (GA9gG)

334 Damn. Bannion is dead? He followed Buzzion into the great beyond? They always happen in threes, you know. I wonder who's next?

Posted by: Old Blue at October 02, 2015 06:17 PM (9iR5/)

335 Backwards boy, try an oil crust to begin with. Good pastry takes training and a light touch.

Oh, and pecan and pumpkin are both good, but I love shoo-fly.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:16 PM (3pRHP)

And ice water. The water you use in pie crust should have chips of ice in it. Cold water keeps the fat from melting, you want the fat to adhere to the flour, not melt into it.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:18 PM (kXoT0)

336 323
begonia......protesting cats......interesting

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at October 02, 2015 06:10 PM (0O7c5)



I smell catpiss.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 06:13 PM (8ZskC)

Nah. No mention of "lib/dem friends" NYC and no broken English.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:18 PM (FsuaD)

337
It's dumb to think conservatives have any control over who is Speaker.

And it's dumb to think conservatives pushed out Boehner.

Boehner is leaving because he's sick of conservatives, not because they gave him no choice.

Posted by: Soothsayer is the boss, that's who! at October 02, 2015 06:19 PM (J5lvw)

338 Oh, and pecan and pumpkin are both good, but I love shoo-fly.

I've made pizza crusts professionally, several tons of it in fact, but pie crusts are a different animal altogether. I understand the need for gentility for the fluffiness. And the proper flour.

But, that may take a while to master. Never heard of an oil crust, but I can find out.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 06:20 PM (LUgeY)

339 Posted by: Soothsayer is the boss, that's who! at October 02, 2015 06:19 PM (J5lvw)

You're not the boss of me.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 02, 2015 06:20 PM (AkOaV)

340 Read Mary from Brattleboro's comment up thread. Looks like she hit the sauce pretty hard this afternoon. She must be going into meltdown about Barack the Failure.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 02, 2015 06:20 PM (9iR5/)

341 Well, we were going out for dinner, but husband had to swing by a client's bidness.

So, I guess it's pizza delivery tonight. Stoner's makes a good pizza.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:21 PM (FsuaD)

342 I just found bourbon pecan pie brownies on Pinterest!

Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:21 PM (vmMMi)

343 Boehner is leaving because he's sick of conservatives, not because they gave him no choice.

Posted by: Soothsayer is the boss, that's who! at October 02, 2015 06:19 PM (J5lvw)

The Weeping Boner certainly wouldn't leave if he didn't have to. He's shown that over the past 4 years. Almost nothing could pry that crybaby douchebag collaborator from the Weeper's Chair ... but something certainly did.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedpair at October 02, 2015 06:22 PM (zc3Db)

344 Speaking of Bannion, I have not seen him recently. Anyone else?


Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 06:14 PM (dFi94)


I was thinking the same thing earlier today.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at October 02, 2015 06:22 PM (q20+R)

345 Backwards Boy,

http://baking.food.com/recipe/3-ingredient-easy-oil-pie-crust-294521

I have never made an oil pie crust. I prefer solid shortening such as butter or Crisco.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:22 PM (kXoT0)

346 Backwards Boy, the main thing is that if you are used to developing gluten by kneading you now have to forget everything you know about dough.

You cannot knead pie crust. Lord knows I have tried.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:22 PM (3pRHP)

347 I just found bourbon pecan pie brownies on Pinterest!

Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:21 PM (vmMMi)
===========================
I don't do the Pinterest thing but that does sound awfully good.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 06:22 PM (dFi94)

348 >>Stoner's makes a good pizza.

Now there's a shocker.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2015 06:23 PM (/tuJf)

349 342
I just found bourbon pecan pie brownies on Pinterest!

Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:21 PM (vmMMi)

Yikes! Sounds awesome!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:23 PM (FsuaD)

350 I think Boner's leaving because the party needs to staunch the bleeding from the base.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 02, 2015 06:23 PM (oVJmc)

351 344
Speaking of Bannion, I have not seen him recently. Anyone else?




Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at October 02, 2015 06:14 PM (dFi94)


I was thinking the same thing earlier today.


Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at October 02, 2015 06:22 PM (q20+R)

I think I saw him here last night.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:24 PM (FsuaD)

352 Pie crust? Use half butter, half shortening. Put the shortening in the freezer for 30 minutes before making the crust. Use ice water and don't mix too much.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at October 02, 2015 06:24 PM (q20+R)

353 Well, I must leave you folks now to your temper tantrums. It genuinely saddens me that we as Republicans of different factions cant get along better with each other.

Good night.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:25 PM (si637)

354 Though I am still extremely dissatisfied that no one has locked the Weeping Boner out of the chamber. There is nothing goo dto come from letting that dickhead keep fvucking us over from the Weeper's chair. He resigned? Good. Get the fuck out of here, NOW!!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 02, 2015 06:25 PM (zc3Db)

355 Well, just bless your heart, Begonia.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:26 PM (kXoT0)

356 Bigovya, Begonia.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at October 02, 2015 06:26 PM (i7JE3)

357 352 Pie crust? Use half butter, half shortening. Put the shortening in the freezer for 30 minutes before making the crust. Use ice water and don't mix too much.

Buy frozen trader Joes... I can't mess that up!

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 06:26 PM (hUdMz)

358 Per The WSJ Capital Journal-some Hillary donors moving to draft Biden.

Posted by: Carol at October 02, 2015 06:26 PM (sj3Ax)

359 353,

Good thing I'm not a republican.

DLTDHYWTGLSY.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at October 02, 2015 06:26 PM (zyIlW)

360
Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:25 PM (si637)

It's hard to miss you until you go away.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 02, 2015 06:26 PM (oVJmc)

361
Michael Dukakis' stepson for Speaker.

The Conservative Alternative(tm)

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 02, 2015 06:27 PM (kdS6q)

362 Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at October 02, 2015 06:24 PM (q20+R)

Do this. I saw my GrandMa do the same.

Posted by: Golfman at October 02, 2015 06:27 PM (48QDY)

363
Well, I must leave you folks now to your temper tantrums.











Well, that's certainly a comment that's a shining example of respect and a commendable willingness to compromise.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 06:27 PM (o98Jz)

364 Per The WSJ Capital Journal-some Hillary donors moving to draft Biden.

Good... Then We can ship him overseas!.. Oh You mean draft to run for President...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 06:27 PM (hUdMz)

365 Buy frozen trader Joes... I can't mess that up!

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 06:26 PM (hUdMz)


Heh. I buy Pillsbury premade crusts half the time just so I don't have to mess around with making a crust.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at October 02, 2015 06:28 PM (q20+R)

366 Good night.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:25 PM (si637)




http://tinyurl.com/q5s88q4

Posted by: Country Singer at October 02, 2015 06:28 PM (nL0sw)

367
Per The WSJ Capital Journal-some Hillary donors moving to draft Biden.

Good... Then We can ship him overseas!.. Oh You mean draft to run for President...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 06:27 PM (hUdMz)







Fantasy Politics

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 06:28 PM (o98Jz)

368 366 Good night.

Posted by: Begonia at October 02, 2015 06:25 PM (si637)

Don't let the bed bugs bite!

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 06:29 PM (hUdMz)

369 Hi everybody!

I just got some cheery news! Alien taxpayers, illegals included, can get EITC for their crumbcruncher back home. At least if home is Canada or Mexico.

Compassion!

Posted by: typo dynamofo at October 02, 2015 06:29 PM (i7JE3)

370 Thanks everybody for the pie crust tips. The holidays will soon be at our throats, so keep those recipes at the ready.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 06:29 PM (LUgeY)

371 Begonia Begoneia!

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 02, 2015 06:30 PM (ftVQq)

372 The next Speaker will be whoever the Chamber of Commerce wants. And he will suck the same cock as Boehner.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at October 02, 2015 06:30 PM (7RXcs)

373 Bye, Begonia.

*angry tantrum fists*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:31 PM (FsuaD)

374 Surely there has to be someone viable beyond Joe and Bernie.

I mean, maybe a governor. Hickenlooper? Jerry Brown? Maggie Hassan?

Or maybe a city councilman or a mayor? Anyone?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:31 PM (3pRHP)

375 *angry tantrum fists*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:31 PM

I see your face turning red Jane...

Posted by: donna at October 02, 2015 06:31 PM (hUdMz)

376 Posted by: typo dynamofo at October 02, 2015 06:29 PM (i7JE3)

I've obviously got to do some creative accounting to enhance my share of the pie!

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 02, 2015 06:32 PM (ftVQq)

377 Good night.
Posted by: Begonia

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hows about goodbye? The presence of the junk in my pants is less unendurable than your presence in this blog.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at October 02, 2015 06:32 PM (E5UB0)

378 Well, I must leave you folks now to your temper tantrums.

The East German Judge scores the Flounce at 4.5

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at October 02, 2015 06:32 PM (rwI+c)

379 Am I the only one Begonia saw having a tantrum? I thought we were talking about pie?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:32 PM (FsuaD)

380 If I had corn syrup, I think I would be making these brownies right now...(but with walnuts)

Posted by: Lea at October 02, 2015 06:33 PM (vmMMi)

381 Chaffetz proved he was a RINO several months ago, but darn it, I can't remember what he did now... too much news every day to remember everything. But, there was something that annoyed me and turned me off. Maybe it was during the '14 midterms and he endorsed a RINO encumbant? Something.

Anyway. I wish Gohmert would be Speaker. That guy is rock solid.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (xetep)

382 #374 Sure step right up and let the Clinton mafia have at you and yours. I don't see any Democratic 'heroes" stepping forward until Hillary has literally been defanged.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (kXoT0)

383 The East German Judge scores the Flounce at 4.5
-----------
That's awful high considering the obvious steroid use and the telltale beard on her chin.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (9iR5/)

384 Or maybe a city councilman or a mayor? Anyone?


Shhh, don't give them any ideas. Although them running an unknown would be a big signal that they're in real disarray, to me anyways.

Has anyone heard the term "Obama fatigue" at all?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (LUgeY)

385
Am I the only one Begonia saw having a tantrum? I thought we were talking about pie?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 02, 2015 06:32 PM (FsuaD)







I dunno about y'all, but I was just throwing a tantrum because I DON'T have any pie at home.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (o98Jz)

386 Begonia wanted a cuddle. I don't cuddle.

I am reminded of the quote: "come back! Come back! We are bound to miss you... At such a distance"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (3pRHP)

387 Whoa there, Hrothgar, are you not a Christian? Don't you know we are called to take your money at the point of a gun to feed the chillruns? Don't go hiding any of that pie, now.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (i7JE3)

388 If it ain't Gohmert for speaker, it's kabuki designed to fool the rubes.

Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2015 06:35 PM (go5uR)

389 The East German Judge scores the Flounce at 4.5
Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at October 02, 2015 06:32 PM (rwI+c)

Yeppers. A herd of Liberals is known as a Flounce. Begonia was of that ilk.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:35 PM (kXoT0)

390 Gowdy's a dope. Used to love him but he just spins his wheels while looking like he's doing something. Any arrests about Benghazi? No. He's like Issa. All show, no results. The only thing good that came out of Benghazi was Hillary's emails, but, yes, it's impolitic to talk about that since we didn't investigate Benghazi to hurt Hillary -- that was just a happy bonus -- we investigated because JUSTICE needed to be served for the dead and wounded.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at October 02, 2015 06:36 PM (xetep)

391
The East German Judge scores the Flounce at 4.5
-----------
That's awful high considering the obvious steroid use and the telltale beard on her chin.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 02, 2015 06:34 PM (9iR5/)








Watch for the defiantly clenched fist in a mauve leather glove when the medals are awarded.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2015 06:36 PM (o98Jz)

392 New thread

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:36 PM (kXoT0)

393 Yeppers. A herd of Liberals is known as a Flounce. Begonia was of that ilk.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at October 02, 2015 06:35 PM (kXoT0)

I thought that was a "flurry of twats"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:36 PM (3pRHP)

394 It genuinely saddens me that we as Republicans of different factions cant
get along better with each other.

Really? What have you GOPe shills ever done to merit "getting along with"?

In conclusion, go fuck yourself.

Posted by: but first ... at October 02, 2015 06:36 PM (kBV3f)

395 I agree that McCarthy really stuck his foot in his mouth on this. At the time, liberals accused us of investigating Benghazi simply to hurt Hillary and we were "playing politics/exploiting a tragedy". So, McCarthy plays right into their accusations like an idiot. As I said above, Benghazi needed investigating because the dead deserved justice. Hurting Hillary was a by-product.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at October 02, 2015 06:38 PM (xetep)

396 Our caucus seems mighty empty now that Begonia has gone.


*remembers wistfully*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 02, 2015 06:38 PM (8ZskC)

397 Shoo-fly, apple or cherry-berry

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2015 06:38 PM (HbCsM)

398
Surely there has to be someone viable beyond Joe and Bernie.

I mean, maybe a governor. Hickenlooper? Jerry Brown? Maggie Hassan?

Or maybe a city councilman or a mayor? Anyone?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2015 06:31 PM (3pRHP)
......................

There's always Gavin Newsome and Kamala Harris. We export nothing but the highest grade of Politician from Caliphoneya.

Posted by: wth at October 02, 2015 06:38 PM (wAQA5)

399 Ok so the gop can't negotiate. They resigned Boehner. They walked back mc McCarthy and offer a chaffetz. We'll get whoever we want if we holdout. So who do we want?

Posted by: simplemind at October 02, 2015 06:45 PM (BTnAK)

400 I think people "getting along" is highly overrated, I mean bullshit and the reason we're in this mess to start with.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 02, 2015 06:52 PM (Xa4vS)

401 "It genuinely saddens me that we as Republicans of different factions cant get along better with each other."

Translation: Why can't you crazy, racist, right-wing nutcases be reasonable and rally round Jeb!, the only viable candidate?

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at October 02, 2015 06:53 PM (laMCB)

402 399 crap this is exactly what the democrats said 5 years ago.

Posted by: simplemind at October 02, 2015 06:54 PM (BTnAK)

403 I think Chaffetz is a good choice for Speaker. He's never (as far as I can recall) insulted the Tea Party and right-wing, but he's trusted by the Establishment. I think if he were Speaker he would actually start getting some conservative bills passed and sent to the Senate.

Posted by: biancaneve at October 02, 2015 07:06 PM (FWVPu)

404 188 You don't come here just for the graphs, do you Royce?


Posted by: GnuBreed at October 02, 2015 05:44 PM (gyKtp)

I thought the Morons came here for the elbows.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. (brandisher of ampersands) at October 02, 2015 07:10 PM (P8951)

405 ay that I have cats? I have never owned a cat in my life! Im allergic to cats. And I do not like them.

Posted by: Begonia

Take that dick out of your mouth Joe.

Posted by: DaveA at October 02, 2015 07:29 PM (DL2i+)

406 There was no pie at the fish fry

Posted by: DaveA at October 02, 2015 07:34 PM (DL2i+)

407
Besides, if Chaffetz wins, he can tell the Secret Service to suck it, bishes.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at October 02, 2015 08:56 PM (VvOZ5)

408 I am sort of more for Chaffetz because of the the secret service attempt at a hatchet job (SS, FBI... one of them). Then again, in these days of trickery, and due to the timing, either they knew he was going to run and meant to trip him up OR... he did it for the perception, hoping that would propel his nomination in a world against the system(s) and in it for the underdog. Still, I think he would be alright. Much better than Mc-whatever. What is it with the Mc-whatevers? Mc-soandwhositz, McCain, McConnel, etc. Nasty group of people oddly. Or not?

Posted by: Doom at October 03, 2015 01:51 AM (7RdIv)

409 The RINO's will win. Again. Don't be surprised - or disappointed. We just don't have the numbers yet.

Here's why: Conservatives are still a minority of the majority. There's 70-80 Conservatives in the House, tops. That means they are outnumbered by at least 2:1 by the Chamber of Commerce financed RINO's.

Plus, ALL of the remaining leadership are Boehner cronies and they've got the organization in place, plus the favors to call in from all of their Committee appointments over the years.

Don't whine about it when we lose this time. Just turn out for Primary elections and keep voting for Conservatives until we have a majority of the majority and can elect the leadership we want. Like the Democrats did when the Communist wing of their Party finally outnumbered the Blue Dogs.

Remember the Blue Dogs? Under Clinton, there were over 100 of them in the House. The kind of guys that would actually vote for something beneficial to America (like, for instance, NAFTA). Prior to the last election, there were only 12 of them. Now, about 5. They completely collapsed after the Communists won a majority of their Party's seats.

The RINO's will collapse in similar fashion once Conservatives win a majority of the R conference. They have no principles, and their base consists of the big money donors that comprise the Chamber of Commerce - money that will dry up once it fails to result in control over the contents of legislation.

Posted by: Aarradin at October 03, 2015 02:21 AM (E1dWk)

410 Is this the place?

I'm looking for the website where the host practically every day administers the breach of life to Putin's flaccid dingle. They tell me it's got a really crass name that stands for killed negros and that to get around being pinned to the wall on that every 11 seconds, the host is named "Ace", a word in slang meaning kill.

After reading this post and all the comments, yeah, pretty sure this is place.

Posted by: Wax the Jungle Hog at October 04, 2015 03:10 AM (lqeGC)

411 McCarthy did damage. Real damage.

And NBC took the opportunity to sell Hillary all week end.

This is becoming the 47% innocent remark of this election year!

There has got to be a way to stop the media/Democrat cabal that gets legs on meaningless, throw away lines.

It doesn't matter what is true as long as the media is on their side.

And no McCarthy isn't the best choice.

But it can, and does happen to everyone. The left decides to make something happen and they do it.

I wish Hillary would get indicted. That would shut them up.

Posted by: petunia at October 06, 2015 12:04 AM (VoCyE)

412 Chavetz's Mother is Kitty Dukakis?

That is so confusing!!! I did not know there were Democrats at BYU! Another surprise.

Who's his dad? The Grinch who stole Christmas? Because there is a very strong family resemblance.

I hope he wins. The people of Whoville will rejoice! Everyone likes to cheer the hometown boy.

Posted by: petunia at October 06, 2015 12:23 AM (VoCyE)

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