McHenry (Give Me Liberty or Else) is shown standing on a plastic milk crate, wearing pants that are at least 8” too long, puddled around his feet. Not only can’t he step into Our Kevin’s position, he can’t even fill his shoes.
I can't remember where I read it tonight, but someone was saying he was Big Mad because Qev is his friend and he was one of the ones trying to keep him in the chair. Qev appointed him his emergency backup (okay, "Speaker Pro Tem"), so it kind of tracks.
TFG. I cannot believe how many inadequate GOPers there are and how pathetic their need is for the trappings of power. I would speculate about the size of their respective manhoods but I’m classier than that. But I encourage you to think about it.
How soon after Hulk Smashing his gavel did that mean girl closet case go home to tell his momma that he's the new speaker and wants a party to celebrate?
I don't know this guy of course, but what came across to me as I watched him do that was that he was pissed at having to be there in the first place, since he and McCarthy are friends. That's probably what motivated him to do that office thing: Anger at the Democrats for not saving his friend.
I wouldn't ordinarily say this about an old guy in a bow tie, but someone needs to grow the fuck up.
Dorks think bow ties distinguish them and color them with class. It only betrays their Tucker-esque insecurity and self-doubt. And when your first official act is to take away office space from a colleague, even your bow tie can’t save you.
I kinda want to know how to tie a bow tie. But unless I’m wearing a tuxedo, I wouldn’t wear one. Usually it’s a dorky wingnut like Tucker wearing one. Although my close friend from high school who is now a hand surgeon wears them, and cowboy boots and pants from LL Bean with pheasants on them. But he’s a staunch liberal, so I let him be quirky.
Someone had a good line about how a bow tie identifies the most pompous guy in a group, although it gets passed along day to day like the yellow jersey in the Tour de France!
See what I mean, when it comes to conservatives, it can always get worse. This petty, hateful act of political aggression against a highly respected member of Congress like Pelosi won’t be forgotten, and as always when it comes to wingnut negotiations, they will pay a huge price for it someday. They seem to think they will control the House forever, when they just lost their Speaker to a unanimous Democrat vote to vacate. They are one election away from a blue wave when things really go off the rails in 2024.
There's a good chance he moonlights in a sleazy restaurant to augment his meager income, because big shots like him that work in such places don't want their $12 non-bow tie gettin' in the soup, tipping off the other bigshots that he has to moonlight. Pretty sure I've got him figured out.
More of the same from the dumpster party. I’m sure that little punk McHenry had a fundraising email touting this up all ready to go before this was even announced. I actually dictated “dumb stunt party”, and it auto corrected to “dumpster party”, which totally works.
Ok honest question here: Ukraine funding wasn’t part of the continuing resolution that passed to keep the govt funded and operating. People said, ok fine, we just pass it separately now. But given the actions described here of how Day 1 w/ Interim Speaker is going, I don’t see the house doing literally any actual work, let alone anything that is about spending money the rabid right doesn’t want to spend. So, what’s happening with support for Ukraine now? I genuinely don’t know, and my googling isn’t giving me the info I’m looking for.
I’m afraid that might be the upside for Republicans in this mess. They are doing Putins bidding and causing chaos and don’t have to look like they are actively pulling funding
First they will pass a rule that only one issue can be in a bill so it can't be tied to border funding and then Speaker Jordan will never let it go to the floor.
I’ve been of the opinion before that bills should be about one thing, because it seemed to me that having an up and down vote on everything would allow us to avoid both pork and poison pills. I still think I can see the benefit that. However, it would require congress to work more than 1/3 of the normal full-time work week / year, and I know for a fact it would be wildly inefficient. But really I’m more convinced of the folly of that approach now that republicans are pushing for it, because if they’re in favor, there’s fuckery afoot.
Single-subject bills also eliminate the possibility of deal-making. On every issue there are people in favor, people against, and people who are indifferent. It helps if one Congressman can say to another, OK I don't really care about your issue but I'll vote your way if you help me out on my issue, that I know you don't care about.
Oh that’s a good point I hadn’t considered. Maybe there’s a sweet spot, of few items enough that things can’t be hidden/buried, and the representatives (and public) have any kind of chance of knowing what all the bills contain and therefore what their side/reps voted for or against, and deals can be made, but fewer than the behemoths with thousands of items all lumped into a monstrous catch all. I dunno. I’m just left feeling like we do legislation the least constructive way possible.
The other thing that behemoth omnibus bills do is to allow cherry-picking dishonest political ads: your Senator voted against a big Christmas-tree bill because he thought it was too full of pork, but the ad becomes "He voted against WHEELCHAIRS FOR OUR DISABLED VETERANS!"
Yes! Exactly that! And also the other side of the coin is somehow not a thing that happens as much as it should, which is ads that point out where reps have inserted cartoonishly villainous pork into huge omnibus bills, where it would actually benefit the general public to know that “he voted to convert all orphanages into workhouses!” but we passed it because it was “the entire social safety net bill” or something.
I know I t’s silly for me to Monday morning quarterback (I think that’s the saying; I don’t sport) especially since I haven’t ever and don’t intend to run for public office (or run in general, again with the sport avoidance), but honestly, the whole of congress is pretty poorly designed for the modern era. It’s frustrating. Because politics is not sports.
I’ve only seen this guy in the two clips on this post and … he’s a huge closet gay, right?
McHenry (Give Me Liberty or Else) is shown standing on a plastic milk crate, wearing pants that are at least 8” too long, puddled around his feet. Not only can’t he step into Our Kevin’s position, he can’t even fill his shoes.
I’m here all week. Tip your waitress.
well someone thought he was special, didn't he? yikes (he was probably slamming the gavel down cos they were laughing at his bow tie)
I can't remember where I read it tonight, but someone was saying he was Big Mad because Qev is his friend and he was one of the ones trying to keep him in the chair. Qev appointed him his emergency backup (okay, "Speaker Pro Tem"), so it kind of tracks.
TFG. I cannot believe how many inadequate GOPers there are and how pathetic their need is for the trappings of power. I would speculate about the size of their respective manhoods but I’m classier than that. But I encourage you to think about it.
"I cannot believe how many inadequate GOPers there are..."
That's AOT,K
Apparently he's McCarthy's bestie and slammed the gavel because he was maaaad.
lol. 'big man.'
what, he's not quite 4 ' 3"? looks like a teensy tiny tot in that video.
(apologies if he has dwarfism)
How soon after Hulk Smashing his gavel did that mean girl closet case go home to tell his momma that he's the new speaker and wants a party to celebrate?
Aw, lookit Marcus Kasperak all grown up and still pissing off everyone in sight
𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭
I don't know this guy of course, but what came across to me as I watched him do that was that he was pissed at having to be there in the first place, since he and McCarthy are friends. That's probably what motivated him to do that office thing: Anger at the Democrats for not saving his friend.
I wouldn't ordinarily say this about an old guy in a bow tie, but someone needs to grow the fuck up.
"old guy"? The twerp's 47.
Dorks think bow ties distinguish them and color them with class. It only betrays their Tucker-esque insecurity and self-doubt. And when your first official act is to take away office space from a colleague, even your bow tie can’t save you.
Only two kinds of men should wear bow ties: Guys in tuxedos and old-timey soda jerks. On everyone else, they look perfectly ridiculous.
Attendants at the corner Texaco, also too.
Now that's REAL old-timey.
I’m getting that way myself.
I've already gotten that way and have no interest in ever wearing a bow tie, even if I knew how to tie them.
I kinda want to know how to tie a bow tie. But unless I’m wearing a tuxedo, I wouldn’t wear one. Usually it’s a dorky wingnut like Tucker wearing one. Although my close friend from high school who is now a hand surgeon wears them, and cowboy boots and pants from LL Bean with pheasants on them. But he’s a staunch liberal, so I let him be quirky.
Someone had a good line about how a bow tie identifies the most pompous guy in a group, although it gets passed along day to day like the yellow jersey in the Tour de France!
See what I mean, when it comes to conservatives, it can always get worse. This petty, hateful act of political aggression against a highly respected member of Congress like Pelosi won’t be forgotten, and as always when it comes to wingnut negotiations, they will pay a huge price for it someday. They seem to think they will control the House forever, when they just lost their Speaker to a unanimous Democrat vote to vacate. They are one election away from a blue wave when things really go off the rails in 2024.
Poopy McBoner will Speaker Very Temp.
Bow ties are not cool
There's a good chance he moonlights in a sleazy restaurant to augment his meager income, because big shots like him that work in such places don't want their $12 non-bow tie gettin' in the soup, tipping off the other bigshots that he has to moonlight. Pretty sure I've got him figured out.
It wasn't God or Jesus who opened the door to the Speaker's office; it was McCarthy, who appointed McHenry (by some opaque process) to become Acting Speaker in the event 208 Democrats and 8 Republicans (not God or Jesus) showed Qevin the door. https://www.downwithtyranny.com/post/gop-dysfunction-on-display-let-the-new-speaker-votes-commence-patrick-mchenry-acting-speaker
As for the acting speaker, scroll down for some the strangest things you'll ever read about this idiot's background. Including this, from 2007 (note the RW/GOP sources for the salacious and sordid details): https://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/wholl-be-next-republican-hypocrite-to.html
Personally, I am religiously agnostic on the subject, neither believing nor disbelieving; I just accept that this is public information.
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
More of the same from the dumpster party. I’m sure that little punk McHenry had a fundraising email touting this up all ready to go before this was even announced. I actually dictated “dumb stunt party”, and it auto corrected to “dumpster party”, which totally works.
Ok honest question here: Ukraine funding wasn’t part of the continuing resolution that passed to keep the govt funded and operating. People said, ok fine, we just pass it separately now. But given the actions described here of how Day 1 w/ Interim Speaker is going, I don’t see the house doing literally any actual work, let alone anything that is about spending money the rabid right doesn’t want to spend. So, what’s happening with support for Ukraine now? I genuinely don’t know, and my googling isn’t giving me the info I’m looking for.
I’m afraid that might be the upside for Republicans in this mess. They are doing Putins bidding and causing chaos and don’t have to look like they are actively pulling funding
Eternal argh. Man, even when they’re losing they’re winning, it seems.
I share your fears.
First they will pass a rule that only one issue can be in a bill so it can't be tied to border funding and then Speaker Jordan will never let it go to the floor.
I’ve been of the opinion before that bills should be about one thing, because it seemed to me that having an up and down vote on everything would allow us to avoid both pork and poison pills. I still think I can see the benefit that. However, it would require congress to work more than 1/3 of the normal full-time work week / year, and I know for a fact it would be wildly inefficient. But really I’m more convinced of the folly of that approach now that republicans are pushing for it, because if they’re in favor, there’s fuckery afoot.
Single-subject bills also eliminate the possibility of deal-making. On every issue there are people in favor, people against, and people who are indifferent. It helps if one Congressman can say to another, OK I don't really care about your issue but I'll vote your way if you help me out on my issue, that I know you don't care about.
Oh that’s a good point I hadn’t considered. Maybe there’s a sweet spot, of few items enough that things can’t be hidden/buried, and the representatives (and public) have any kind of chance of knowing what all the bills contain and therefore what their side/reps voted for or against, and deals can be made, but fewer than the behemoths with thousands of items all lumped into a monstrous catch all. I dunno. I’m just left feeling like we do legislation the least constructive way possible.
The other thing that behemoth omnibus bills do is to allow cherry-picking dishonest political ads: your Senator voted against a big Christmas-tree bill because he thought it was too full of pork, but the ad becomes "He voted against WHEELCHAIRS FOR OUR DISABLED VETERANS!"
Yes! Exactly that! And also the other side of the coin is somehow not a thing that happens as much as it should, which is ads that point out where reps have inserted cartoonishly villainous pork into huge omnibus bills, where it would actually benefit the general public to know that “he voted to convert all orphanages into workhouses!” but we passed it because it was “the entire social safety net bill” or something.
I know I t’s silly for me to Monday morning quarterback (I think that’s the saying; I don’t sport) especially since I haven’t ever and don’t intend to run for public office (or run in general, again with the sport avoidance), but honestly, the whole of congress is pretty poorly designed for the modern era. It’s frustrating. Because politics is not sports.