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I want to know why Ryan doesn't step in if Nunes is off the reservation on this. I'm sure he's all in favor of the effort, but the tactics are making Ryan look like a weak Speaker. (Big surprise, I know.)

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Why, that would mean there's something worse than being named Legislative Shitmuffin of the Year!

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I believe his end game is the same as the gentleman who says, "Hold my beer," right before grabbing hold of the tiger's tail.

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Or he's either running for Speaker or President.

Them Republicans like mavericks a lot.

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They should be shitting bricks. They put all their eggs in that deplorable white male basket, which has worked so far, because so many on the other side don't vote in midterms, and an easily-identified segment of the left can be blocked from voting.

Now, if the other side comes out this year...

We can counter their white males with the liberal white males, women, LGBTQ, POC, and millenials. It took care of business in Virginia and Alabama.

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Exactly, if we actually get out and vote we win. Which is why they keep trying to make sure we cant vote.

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Also, if they anger that base of minions (such as by impeaching the orange-faced son of Harkonnen) that 35% will turn on the rest of the GOP. Whatever they might be plotting, they must appear to be loyal to him. The loss of even a few percent will be disastrous for them, even with gerrymandering, voter obstruction, and Russian propaganda. Also, while there are of course young Nazis, every year 3% or so of Fox news viewers die off, and are largely replaced by people who don't know that socialism is supposed to be a dirty word.

But we're not out of the woods; we must not be complacent.

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Pencil him in, but still make him dance.

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it's "dance, tenderfoot, dance," for nunes: with like seven bearded men in great big ugly fucking cowboy hats around him having pistol target practice at the ground very near, but not too near, nunes' massively-indictable feet.

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at legislation, reading comprehension, truth-telling, civilized behavior, and not-staying-drunk, yes indeed.

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There are "moo" sounds coming out of it.

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But he was such an outspoken critic (for a Republican, so slagging on him on Twitter then voting for whatever Trump wants him to vote for which is what passes for principles in the modern GOP) of Trump until recently. Like Graham literally called him a kook who is unfit for office and then a short time later complained about people who call Trump an unfit kook.

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I thought Nunes was quitting. I must have him confused with another Firing Friday guy.

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It definitely got your attention.

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You tell the best Trump Masturbation stories on the internet! Your mother, so proud!

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Getting rather excited there buddy. You have a picture of trump, too?

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