It’s amazing how the tail on the right is wagging the dog !

this is how their elected reps govern

@darkhorse12

 Trump is not a warmongering hawk ……Go figure 

He’s a peacock puffing his chest out who’s looking for good lighting that will accentuate the orange glow of his hair and his puckered lips . He’s basically just like any other politician just more flamboyant , pompous , and in your face . You don’t like him cuz you root for the other side but trust me , and you can , your favorite politician is most likely the exact same way as him on the inside . A Black soul of Evil . It’s just that Dookie Don is also filled with McDonald’s too . That’s the only difference .

now the radical maga wing of the far right republicans r refusing to vote for allowing our men and women in uniform to receive their pay checks !

Trump who is responsible for the longest government shutdown in US history, calls for another shutdown to defund prosecutions against him.

@thirdperson

Shut it down, and send Sleepy Joe to Martha's Vineyard for the duration of his term.  He can do far less damage to this country when he is playing cribbage w/ his cronies .  

@thirdperson

But which also means our military service men & women DON'T get paid.

That's the result of trump's wish.  Cheered by his accomplices and MAGA-cult.

The radical right MAGAtts are not only insisting on a government shutdown but a House leadership vote.

And it's beginning to look like McCarthy will need the Democrats to save his sorry ass.

@Zeus4par

 Hopefully the vote doesn’t take as long as FINDING EVIDENCE against Joe Biden ?  

Or as much backbone as a lot of the peeps in here that are running from conversation like their favorite toy soldier is on fire and they are looking for a bucket of shit to throw it in so that they can douse the flame ya heard me ?

Forget McCarthy . That’s like worrying about your sweater fraying down at the bottom where nobody can see it anyway while your family is starving from hunger and bill collectors have made a makeshift poker table on your front porch to play games as they wait for you to come outside for the first time in a week so you can “ face the music “ so you speak . Ya dig ?

@spockgato

 Ya that sounds like the mumbo jumbo bullshit answer that I thought you would spew out.Forget McCarthy,that's what this thread is about genius.Hey if you wanna talk about toy soldiers and fraying sweaters,why don't you look to see if Covers has any threads on hobbies or knitting,them seem like more your speed.Ya dig?

I put shallots in my soup and Nicole Kidman is a tall slender woman ! Gripes and good gracious what’s it to you what I say and talk about ? How come I’m held at a higher standard than everyone else ? With all these shadowy figures around here playing cloak and dagger ? You think they keep the locomotive on the rails in the direction that it’s going in every thread ? Fuck that . That train is crazy and driven worse than Ozzy Osbourne on that dust son ! Maybe it’s good that McCarthy feels the pressure from his own peoples ya know ? That’s probably healthy for actual politics . It will make the cliques become more visible to what they are actually trying to accomplish and what they stand for . I punched my catcher in the face in the dugout once when I had a 3 hit shutout against the number one team in our area . And we were on the same team . Things happen . Tempers flare . If you’re working towards a common goal sometimes blood falls on the floor amidst the sunflower seeds and tobacco spit . That’s just the way it is . Or we can just blame McConnell because he really has no idea what’s going on , and I’m not just talking about him not knowing that Pluto is no longer considered a planet . Got me ?

@spockgato

 Oh yeah,I put salt on my watermelon.And you are right Nicole Kidman is a tall slender women,although I don't think shes that attractive.But WTF does that have to do with anything?I was posting that McCarthy doesn't have a backbone cause he won't stick up for what HE believes should be done.He's letting outside influences tell him what he's gonna do,but his reputation is gonna be the one that suffers the consequences of any shutdown.

@MrWhatsItToYa

 So, you think McCarthy should not be speaker?  Who would you rather see as speaker?

He said he was worried about what the ex-president thinks he should do?  What exactly did he say regarding this?

"Most of them"?  So there are some that are not?

It does not have to be a Republican -- who else should it be?

Republican shutdown looming over America,

and what are the GOP elected reps doing in the House about it?

Nothing. Nada. Zilch.

Instead they are holding a "kangaroo court" hearing on alleged Joe Biden criminality despite no evidence!

That's what...

No he didn't say he was worried about what the ex president thought he should do.The ex president said what he thought should happen,and then McCarthy all of a sudden changes what he's gonna do.

To tell you the truth I don't know if I know enough about any house member to say they should be speaker,I do know some who definitely shouldn't be speaker.The representative for my district is Sean Casten,I believe he is a good man,and tries to do whats right for this country.He has gone through some tragedy recently,but still seems to stand up for the people that voted for him.Do I think he should be speaker,no I don't think he has the name recognition nationally to get the honor.

@MrWhatsItToYa

Well , if you honestly believe that , then $33 Trillion should mean something to you ..  Because it does to the "fringe" House members that are taking the heat for this.  

I get the sense you're like all other Dems out there that feel there will never be any repercussions for all our debt.  Meanwhile, Dems are whistling by the graveyard that we will all collectively have to deal with at some point.   

McCarthy's house of representatives is the least productive in modern history according to Center for American progress.  Fewest bills have been passed because of MAGA extremists.  They don't try to find common ground or solutions to problems.  Government shutdown might end up being McCarthy's legacy.