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22. Never trust a politician (or anyone, but especially politicians) who think their success...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Oct 25, 2023, 07:10 PM

Oct 2023

...was "ordained by God".

It wasn't, but saying so makes a great smokescreen. Sometimes even for themselves.

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The New Speaker is Everything Voters Hate about the GOP [View all] applegrove Oct 2023 OP

Time to hang the wallpaper on him. nt The Unmitigated Gall Oct 2023 #1

Yup. He's a piece of shit, but he's going to hurt the R's a lot in 2024 Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2023 #2

That sounds like good news to me! calimary Oct 2023 #13

I don't think he'll hurt the GOP. The GOP think tank is very good at figuring out how to use idiots for votes. C Moon Oct 2023 #31

He is more of the fringe side. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #34

But he comes from a family of good speakers. usonian Oct 2023 #3

"I think Gabby Johnson speaks for all of us." Magoo48 Oct 2023 #7

Mike Johnson (no relation to Gabby Johnson) japple Oct 2023 #9

ROFL!!! calimary Oct 2023 #15

I'm Particularly Glad... GB_RN Oct 2023 #32

"Howard Johnson is right!" Wednesdays Oct 2023 #37

Dude sounds like peak clownstick for the shitshow party Blue Owl Oct 2023 #4

What I need to know is if he's the type to play with government shutdowns and Ukraine aid Silent3 Oct 2023 #5

From what I've seen, he's worse than Kevin, who was controlled by the RWNJ's usonian Oct 2023 #8

Can't do it Rebl2 Oct 2023 #10

Precisely. Impossible magat demands ( do ya remember aid to Ukraine vanishing? ) usonian Oct 2023 #20

Anti-aid to Ukraine, misogynist, anti-lgbtq+. niyad Oct 2023 #11

In general if they are from the South... nt LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #6

Like John Lewis (RIP), Jasmine Crockett, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, David Scott, japple Oct 2023 #12

Did you miss the first two words? LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #18

No I didn't miss anything. In general, "people who are black...women...queer...the South" etc. japple Oct 2023 #23

Thank you so much. (nt) Paladin Oct 2023 #36

The GOP is in power due to gerrymandering, poor schools, and propaganda IbogaProject Oct 2023 #39

There are no decent republicans. Proud Southern Belle Oct 2023 #14

at the very least Skittles Oct 2023 #40

The GOP was desperate to elect a speaker. They were showing their incompetence. keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #16

how did he get 220 votes? bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #17

I think the votes were there to elect Jordan, the difference, voters knew who Jordan was. Just like tfg in PortTack Oct 2023 #19

I refer you to post 14: there are no decent republicans quakerboy Oct 2023 #29

They actually elected that idiot? malthaussen Oct 2023 #21

How low can they go? liberal N proud Oct 2023 #35

Never trust a politician (or anyone, but especially politicians) who think their success... JHB Oct 2023 #22

Hopefully, Tiny Johnson will just accelerate the party's collapse. tinrobot Oct 2023 #24

We are about to encounter domestic terrorists (in suits) on their impending planned shutdown. Evolve Dammit Oct 2023 #25

A white evangelical from the Bible Belt who was a leader in election denial. walkingman Oct 2023 #26

I'm sure he'll try to be the biggest asshole in Congress right away SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #27

He won't have to try hard. MyMission Oct 2023 #30

"Best Way To Make Someone's Quiet Extremism Widely Known? Elect Them Speaker" chia Oct 2023 #28

Which is exactly what the radical right wants liberal N proud Oct 2023 #33

Which is why I predict the election of Johnson will backfire peggysue2 Oct 2023 #38

But he's everything Fox News loves in an authoritarian dictatorship. Initech Oct 2023 #41