TerraPrime Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titus Pullo Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 this will just push other scared incumbents ever further right, so as to ease the indignant butthurt of their ever-more-crazy RW electorate ... Ah well. Hard times breed fascism. Just look at European election results lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay Gimp Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You guys are no fun. Even if this Brat guy was a convicted serial killer with Nazi sympathies, we should still celebrate the fall of Cantor. I wana dance a jig whenever one of these Establishment fucks get taken down, Democrat or Republican The fact that he was beaten by a lowly professor with a strong libertarian streak just makes it extra sweet for me :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I really do loathe Cantor and I'm glad to see him gone, but yeah, I worry that it will make the right even more intransigent, which barely seems possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Cantor was the House Majority leader. Bohner is the Speaker of the House.Just FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Yep, we know. Was this in response to something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay Gimp Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 ^The thread title calls him Speaker. Unless it's some kind of joke I'm too dumb/tired to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Inigima,Nope, just wondered why the thread title called him speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Oops, I didn't even process the thread title. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I thought the thread title referred to the end of Cantor's ambitions to be Speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionAhaiReborn Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I really do loathe Cantor and I'm glad to see him gone, but yeah, I worry that it will make the right even more intransigent, which barely seems possible. I'm completely happy over Cantor's with no misgivings because I don't think the right actually can become more intransigent. They're still not actually going to let the country default when it comes down to the wire, and they can't possibly obstruct anymore of Obama's agenda, so this is just hilarious misfortune falling on a smug right-wing douche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I'm completely happy over Cantor's with no misgivings because I don't think the right actually can become more intransigent. They're still not actually going to let the country default when it comes down to the wire, and they can't possibly obstruct anymore of Obama's agenda, so this is just hilarious misfortune falling on a smug right-wing douche. I'm not sure about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Yeah, debt ceiling is the big elephant in the room here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome possum Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 ^The thread title calls him Speaker. Unless it's some kind of joke I'm too dumb/tired to get? I think its poking fun at Cantor. One of the reasons given for his losing in the article DG posted yesterday was that his campaign seemed to be aimed more at his running for Speaker than for his constituents and that rubbed some voters the wrong way. The only reason I'm leery of Cantor's loss is that it might allow more dummies like Louie Gohmert into office: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Tuesday repeatedly confronted a faith leader -- who also happens to be a noted church-state separatist -- about his Christian beliefs during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on religious freedom. “Do you believe in sharing the good news that will keep people from going to hell, consistent with the Christian beliefs?” Gohmert asked Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Yep, that's right. Gohmert - possibly the stupidest man in Congress - used a House hearing to debate whether non-Christians go to hell. Exemplary use of government time and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frog Eater Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 If the right wing decides that they will not raise the debt limit anymore, it will just mean that Obama will need to mint himself that trillion dollar coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Louie Gohmert: the most embarrassing Congressman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 RBPL,Actually, there is nothing in the Constitution that requires the Speaker of the House to be an elected member of the House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightysnake88 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You guys are no fun. Even if this Brat guy was a convicted serial killer with Nazi sympathies, we should still celebrate the fall of Cantor. I wana dance a jig whenever one of these Establishment fucks get taken down, Democrat or Republican The fact that he was beaten by a lowly professor with a strong libertarian streak just makes it extra sweet for me :cool4: And the fact that Brat is a strong Christian Reconstructionist who thinks a theocracy is a great idea? It's nice Cantor's gone. It's not so nice as to what we're looking at in his stead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay Gimp Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 ^I've only read headlines so I may be wrong about the strong libertarian streak. But even so, it's a good thing Cantor's gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Slate running an article about how, despite being an economics professor, Brat thinks modern economics thinking is bullshit.I doubt we agree on the specifics, but I actually agree with him on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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