Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is poised to raise gobs of money and potentially overthrow the old guard of the Democratic Party.
Remember when we were all laughing at McCarthy because he wanted to be Speaker so badly and kept failing to get enough votes? And how it was funny when he got ousted because of the rules he had to agree to in order to secure the votes from the crazies? And laughing because that, predictably, bit him in the ass?
I feel like that stopped being funny when we got Mike “Shares his porn watchlist with his son” Johnson as Speaker. At least McCarthy was a politician and not a crazy, religious zealot.
Republicans --We Always Have Someone Worse Than the Last Guy
Things have always gotten worse with Republicans. It does not ever get better. What we had last week is better than what we’ll be dealing with next week.
My first memory of a “global event” was 9/11. Then the Patriot Act and the Iraq/Afghanistan war. Then Citizens United and single-payer ObamaCare got shutdown and I gave up on the US, put my head down and got to work on an engineering degree so I could emigrate.
Thankfully, despite failing out and putting a total of 10 years into my 4 year degree, I graduated 2 years ago and am in a reasonable position to make that move. Leaving family and friends behind fucking sucks, but I can always come back when things simmer down, or at least provide a place to go if things don’t.
To be honest, I’m not sure who is better or worse between the two. Democrats at least appreciate that Johnson usually keeps his word during negotiations.
Remember when we were all laughing at McCarthy because he wanted to be Speaker so badly and kept failing to get enough votes? And how it was funny when he got ousted because of the rules he had to agree to in order to secure the votes from the crazies? And laughing because that, predictably, bit him in the ass?
I feel like that stopped being funny when we got Mike “Shares his porn watchlist with his son” Johnson as Speaker. At least McCarthy was a politician and not a crazy, religious zealot.
Republicans --We Always Have Someone Worse Than the Last Guy
Meh, fuck ‘em.
Things have always gotten worse with Republicans. It does not ever get better. What we had last week is better than what we’ll be dealing with next week.
This has always been their way.
Feels like the old Russian mantra applies to us more and more these days. “And then things got worse.”
No. This is very much not normal.
Normal is trying to be good and often doing it. Not . . . whatever this is.
It’s been my experience as an American for my entire life. Things really predictably only seem to get worse and worse.
My first memory of a “global event” was 9/11. Then the Patriot Act and the Iraq/Afghanistan war. Then Citizens United and single-payer ObamaCare got shutdown and I gave up on the US, put my head down and got to work on an engineering degree so I could emigrate.
Thankfully, despite failing out and putting a total of 10 years into my 4 year degree, I graduated 2 years ago and am in a reasonable position to make that move. Leaving family and friends behind fucking sucks, but I can always come back when things simmer down, or at least provide a place to go if things don’t.
To be honest, I’m not sure who is better or worse between the two. Democrats at least appreciate that Johnson usually keeps his word during negotiations.