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If the House doesn't have a Speaker at the end of the month for the first time since 1855, then there's a serious danger of hitting the debt ceiling on November 5th and no bill being able to move through Congress to address it.

 

Boehner has said that his resignation will not become effective until a replacement is in place. Someone in the mainstream of the party needs to grow a spine and tell the 30 thugs that they don't run everything.

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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 8, 2015 -> 01:48 PM)
Boehner has said that his resignation will not become effective until a replacement is in place. Someone in the mainstream of the party needs to grow a spine and tell the 30 thugs that they don't run everything.

Or maybe the rest of the party can COMPROMISE with them?

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 8, 2015 -> 04:11 PM)
mccarthy in phone intv: asked if house is governable? "I dont know. sometimes you need to hit rock bottom"

 

— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) October 8, 2015

That reads "Waaaaaahh. They don't like me, they are all mean poopie heads".

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Isn't the Freedom Caucus a bunch of hardline ideologues who take pride in their 'no compromises' stance?

 

Yes, pretty much. They're also from some of the most conservative districts in the nation, so they will never have negative repercussions for their actions. There is no chance for a Democrat to unseat them in November, or even for a more moderate Republican to defeat them in the primary.

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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 07:27 AM)
Yes, pretty much. They're also from some of the most conservative districts in the nation, so they will never have negative repercussions for their actions. There is no chance for a Democrat to unseat them in November, or even for a more moderate Republican to defeat them in the primary.

Here's the questionnaire they're sending out to potential Speaker candidates. Doesn't exactly scream "willing to compromise."

 

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000150-49b...5d-6dbf7cd70000

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 12:20 PM)
I don't care what your stance is towards Republicans in general or any candidate in specific, this is uncalled for from a supposed mainstream magazine. And it would be equally uncalled for is the name was changed to Hillary or Obama.

http://www.gq.com/story/f***-ben-carson

 

It is just proof of the latent racism in the Democratic party.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 01:12 PM)
What is racist about that article?

 

When did gq become a publication of the democratic party?

Those were my thoughts.

 

I mean, I don't find it professional, but it is GQ. We aren't talking about a major news outlet here.

 

Carson is a doof. His race is not factor in said doofiness, and I don't see any hint of that in the article either. It is a garbage article I wish I hadn't read, but frankly I've seen similarly ugly articles written about multiple candidates across party lines in various rags. They may just have not used the F word in there. It is disrespectful, but I guess I don't care.

 

 

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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 12:43 PM)
eh, (1) why does he deserve some feigned level of respect? (2) how is it racist?

 

Let's not stoop to the level of our PC fear-mongers.

I didn't say anythign about racism, just the f*** YOU part of it. If you want civility, at some point you have to display it yourself. That headline is uncalled for.

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 01:25 PM)
I didn't say anythign about racism, just the f*** YOU part of it. If you want civility, at some point you have to display it yourself. That headline is uncalled for.

 

He's a writer for Deadspin that I've been reading for years. It's in the same voice as most of his stuff. I didn't really think twice about it really, whether it was in GQ or not.

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