The Republican Speakership battle

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  1. Steal Your Face

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    Because it would drive the left nuts.
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    Are you aware of how juvenile and petty that sounds? Or do you just genuinely want your country to become more of a clown show than it already is?
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    OWN THE LIBS!! OWN THE LIBS!!! :polarslam2:

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    OWN.....THE....LIBS....:)...:(

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    OWN...the...liiiibbss....:X: :angel:
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  4. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    There's zero chance of it happening so in this instance @Diacanu the Nazi Hunter TM would be right, it's pure fiction.
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    Raoul the Red Shirt Professional bullseye

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    Stolen from someone else on the Internet:

    The Republicans found out that when you turn up the base too much, it leads to a blown out Speaker.
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  6. Raoul the Red Shirt

    Raoul the Red Shirt Professional bullseye

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    "Juvenile and Petty: The FF Story" is the title of his forthcoming autobiography. :)
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    “Owning the libs” is all his side stands for now. Just culture war shit, nothing substantive.
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  8. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    You have no clue what I stand for.
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    Neither do you, sugar.
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  10. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Yes I do and I'm not your sugar.
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    I do notice that @Steal Your Face did not drink bleach to cure covid. I am not feeling owned. He needs to show me that bleach cures covid or else I am right and the vaccine works.
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    I honestly don't know what other choice he or any of his replacements will have so long as the "Freedom Caucus" insists on being batshit insane, and the Republican majority is small enough that a Republican speaker can't be elected without their support.

    Senate Dems are in a similar position with Manchin.


    Maybe a few decades ago the moderates in both parties would have banded together to fuck over both of their fringes and get some bipartisan things passed, but it's not likely today. :clyde:
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    In your case it’s short for sugar britches.
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    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    Normally would point out that your posting history gives a pretty good idea, but given the big question looming over all of it will take this as a tick in the evidence column for being a giant trolling liar.
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    Steve Scalise and Gym Jordan have thrown their hats in the ring.

    Word I am hearing is that Scalise is seen as ‘too establishment’ and can’t make it.
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    Jungle Gym Jordan will probably get it and then find out that when he tries to push out grown-ass adults around like high school kids it won't work so well. :corn:
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    I saw a comment from some Republican rep who said that he'd vote for Jordan if it means that he'd have to finally put on a suit jacket.
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    I have posted several of my own thoughts and feelings on a number of subjects over the years and have even changed my mind on occasion. I don't believe those thoughts reflect the type of person certain people think I am or the type of person that I have been accused of.

    Yes I have purposely trolled certain people over the years. So has everyone else on this board. Yes I admitted to lying about my beliefs on aliens in order to be left alone. I don't think that makes me a person who lies constantly. I challenge anyone to say that they haven't told at least one lie since joining this board. I also challenge the people that accuse me of lying to produce the thing you think I'm lying about. Provide the quote or shut up. I may not always be able to always find what I'm looking for when I'm trying to find a quote of someone, but at least I try. Certain people here make shit up out of whole cloth about other posters without any evidence and everyone just agrees with it and they are hardly ever challenged on it. You play to your biases.

    If you have evidence of the things you accuse me of then present it and I will answer to it to the best of my knowledge. This challenge is for everyone. If you don't, then don't expect me to respond to your bullshit. This is the last I'm going to say of it. I know what I stand for and I know what I believe and it's not what you or @shootER or @Jenee or @Tuckerfan or almost the whole lot of you think. You think you do "based on your posting history." Well guess what, my posting history is a fraction of the type of person I am in real life and we all know that everyone acts different here than they would in real life, even if it's a slight difference.

    If you want to use my posting history as evidence that I'm some bad person, then by all means show said history. I'm getting sick of constantly having to defend myself to you when you don't even really know me.
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    The problem is that this is the Internet and (with a very few exceptions) none of us know each other personally. All we have to go on is what you post. The subtle cues that tell us when a person is serious or kidding or whether they're a nice person or an asshole or whether they're actually idiots or just play one on the Internet. Basically it puts all of us on "The Spectrum" in the neighborhood of Asperger's Syndrome. Admitting you've lied and then whining about being called a liar means you only have yourself to blame.
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    But we all know what you fall for!
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    No one lies or trolls at Wordforge, what are you talking about
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    So, let me get this straight. The two top contenders for McCarthy’s spot are either 1) the guy who covered up cases of molestation while an assistant wrestling coach or 2) the guy who said he is David Duke of the KKK but without the baggage? Got it.

    https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3kazqixqfma2d

    Yep. The Modern Republican Party.
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