(10-19-2023, 02:32 PM)p_rushing Wrote:

(10-19-2023, 07:13 AM)mikesez Wrote: I'm just bouncing back to you what you told me.  You said, roughly, "Gaetz says McCarthy is not a strong leader so that's a good reason not to vote for him".  That's not how this works! That's dumb! Think about it, if someone sues me, and I appear in court, can I tell the judge, "your honor, the plaintiff is not a strong leader.  Please dismiss the case." Or if I'm in a court martial for insubordination, do I get to say, "I didn't think my CO was a strong leader.". If I'm an offensive tackle who missed his block, do I get to say, "The QB was not a strong leader so I missed my block on purpose."

Of course not. Now you may say, those are all adversarial situations and Congress is supposed to be cooperative and co-equal.  I agree! It's supposed to be.  But it's not.  Hasn't been in a long time.  It's partisan combat now.  It is every bit as adversarial as a football game.  If you want it to be more like deals made among equals, you have to invite all members to that, not just Republicans.  But if you want to treat all Democrats as the enemy, you need the discipline of war and Gaetz broke that.

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Jordan gets the supporters he deserves, at least.

You don't agree that the best outcome is no speaker? The government can't print more money, inflation slows down instead of increasing more, the debt increase slows down instead of increasing more, and they can't continue to screw the people.

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