# House Speaker Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 12, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770 "2022-11-12T00:48:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 95
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1881 "2023-01-07T04:36:17Z")
Right now ain’t nobody getting paid for any of this shit. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1882 "2023-01-07T04:36:49Z")
The Ds should start changing their votes to “yay” en masse. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1883 "2023-01-07T04:37:34Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > The Ds should start changing their votes to “yay” en masse Exactly. That would really fuck with McCarthy 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1884 "2023-01-07T04:38:02Z")
Well, at least it’ll be after midnight, so it won’t happen on Traitorversary. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1885 "2023-01-07T04:39:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > McCarthy thinks he has made a deal with Matty, telling his followers to change adjournment vote to No. Matt Rosendale. They were standing next to each other picking up a red card from in front of the clerk’s lectern when the excitement started. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1886 "2023-01-07T04:39:36Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Well, at least it’ll be after midnight … Depends upon your time zone. It’s currently 9:40 PM here in the Mountain time zone. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1887 "2023-01-07T04:40:49Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > The Ds should start changing their votes to “yay” en masse. Kevin McCarthy is a fairly common name. I think the Dems should nominate a postal worker from Wisconsin called Kevin McCarthy and all vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1888 "2023-01-07T04:41:28Z")
Since the rollcall was called, it may be that changing the votes will be disallowed, which means the adjournment vote would have to start anew. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1889 "2023-01-07T04:41:46Z")
What’s the point of throwing a punch like Gaetz just did only to flip 15 minutes later? What a complete bag of dicks. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1890 "2023-01-07T04:43:16Z")
Here we go again folks. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1891 "2023-01-07T04:43:54Z")
Gaveling back in. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1892 "2023-01-07T04:44:40Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > What’s the point of throwing a punch like Gaetz just did only to flip 15 minutes later? What a complete bag of dicks. It could be Gaetz. I wonder if there’s some confusion since Gaetz and Rosendale are both Matt. If it is Gaetz, given the timing, it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s just fucking with McCarthy again. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1893 "2023-01-07T04:44:56Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Kevin McCarthy is a fairly common name. I think the Dems should nominate a postal worker from Wisconsin called Kevin McCarthy and all vote for him. Or the longtime director of the TV game show _Jeopardy!_ > **[Kevin McCarthy | Director, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565214/)** > > Known for: Jeopardy!, Sports Jeopardy!, Jeopardy! 25th Aniversary ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1894 "2023-01-07T04:45:58Z")
“There is great chaos under heaven - the situation is excellent” attributed to Mao Zedong ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1895 "2023-01-07T04:45:58Z")
It’d be hilarious if the Never Kevins had agreed that on each vote a different one of them would pretend to cave only to stab him in the back when the time came. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1896 "2023-01-07T04:46:03Z")
Getting tired of winning so much > ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1897 "2023-01-07T04:46:24Z")
Taylor Greene got the former president on the phone and was handing it around to the hold outs. See if that worked. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1898 "2023-01-07T04:46:54Z")
Either he gets it this time, or punches will be thrown. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1899 "2023-01-07T04:46:56Z")
I wonder if this might actually be an improvement over the current situation. > **[Per Obscure Constitutional Rule, Speaker Vote Will Now Be Decided By...](https://babylonbee.com/news/per-obscure-constitutional-rule-speaker-vote-will-now-be-decided-by-wipeout-obstacle-course)** > > WASHINGTON, D.C. — After several unsuccessful votes for House Speaker, Republicans have unearthed an obscure Constitutional Rule that allows the Speaker to be chosen in a Wipeout-style obstacle course. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1900 "2023-01-07T04:47:47Z")
For a suitable payment I can change my name to Kevin McCarthy as soon as the courts open up on Monday. Darn shame it’s now the start of the weekend or I’d get it done 48 hours sooner. Hint: the RW’s wacko hit-parade 20 will not like my Speakership. Not one little bit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770.md?page=96)