# I pit the GOP for considering the inarticulate Kevin McCarthy for Speaker **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354 "2015-10-03T11:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/61 "2015-10-08T03:20:22Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > No…many sources of authority, sometimes in conflict. It largely comes down to what people actually say – “descriptivism” – but with an element of authoritative scholarship – “prescriptivism” – muddying the waters. I know that. You know that. The people I was mocking didn’t know that. IOW, watch out for the quotation marks. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/62 "2015-10-08T03:38:30Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I know that. You know that. The people I was mocking didn’t know that. > > IOW, watch out for the quotation marks. I have no idea what you’re trying to say. A bit of clarity, eh? Who are “the people you were mocking?” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/63 "2015-10-08T03:43:04Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > It’s gotta be. Like, “Livorno” is not pronounced “Leghorn.” Okay, right. But Egypt is pronounced “Eeh-gypped” and not “Misr.” Some other word is pronounced Misr. We call the place Egypt because that word comes from the Greek name for it, Aigyptos (Which comes from a Greek pronunciation of Hwt-ka-Ptah, an ancient Egyptian name for the city of Memphis). Egyptians call it Misr because that comes from the Arabic name for it in the Quran. (Which comes from an Arabic word meaning city or fortress.) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/64 "2015-10-08T03:46:34Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > The Twitter feed [@KevinMcCarthy](https://twitter.com/kevinmccarthy) is owned by some other dude named Kevin McCarthy. He’s appreciate it if you’d stop tweeting him about how much you hate Republican Kevin McCarthy, who is gross. Also - he thinks you should vote for Hillary. > > [Kevin McCarthy Says Stop Tweeting At Him About Benghazi | WIRED](http://www.wired.com/2015/10/kevin-mccarthy-clinton-ad/) I was disappointed that this wasn’t the _Body Snatchers / UHF_ actor, and was then saddened to find out _that_ Kevin McCarthy has been dead since 2010. Or snatched, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/65 "2015-10-08T05:40:56Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > We call the place Egypt because that word comes from the Greek name for it, Aigyptos (Which comes from a Greek pronunciation of Hwt-ka-Ptah, an ancient Egyptian name for the city of Memphis). Egyptians call it Misr because that comes from the Arabic name for it in the Quran. (Which comes from an Arabic word meaning city or fortress.) In Hebrew, it’s called Mizraim (or Mitzraim) – מִצְרָיִם – which goes back to Mizraim, a son of Ham, son of Noah (Genesis 10). [This WIki page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizraim) traces the name way back. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/66 "2015-10-08T11:22:15Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I was disappointed that this wasn’t the _Body Snatchers / UHF_ actor, and was then saddened to find out _that_ Kevin McCarthy has been dead since 2010. > > Or snatched, whatever. Yes, but he’s still directing **Jeopardy**. (For the humor-impaired: [Kevin McCarthy (director) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy_(director)) ) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/67 "2015-10-08T11:37:01Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I pit anyone who thinks that a President’s primary job is public speaking. Or even a Speaker’s primary job. Weasel word “primary” noted. Also, perhaps you might tell the endless number of conservatives claiming Obama is only a capable speaker when he has a teleprompter (a claim blatantly designed to distract from the fact that public speaking is a strength of his) that public speaking isn’t important. Of course, I’m sure _you’ve_ never made any claims like that… on this board… at any point … but nonetheless a lot of your fellow travellers seem to think it’s an important part of the job. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I was disappointed that this wasn’t the _Body Snatchers / UHF_ actor, and was then saddened to find out _that_ Kevin McCarthy has been dead since 2010. > > Or snatched, whatever. That said, I wouldn’t at all be surprised to hear _this_ Kevin McCarthy get caught on camera saying > [@the other Kevin McCarthy in UHF](#): > > This community means about as much to me as a festering bowl of dog snot!! You think I CARE about the pea-brained yokels of this town?! If you took their combined I.Q., and multiplied it by a hundred, you might have enough intelligence to tie your shoe, if you didn’t drool all over yourself first!! I can’t stand those sniveling maggots. They make me want to puke. But, there is one good thing about broadcasting to a town full of mindless sheep. I always know I have them exactly where I want them. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/68 "2015-10-08T12:57:28Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Here in San Diego, we have “Garnet Street.” The locals insist on accenting the second syllable. “gar-NET.” They’re wrong. Even worse are the people who have taken to pronouncing “Cabrillo” as “Cab-rill-oh.” (Should be “Cab-reeh-oh.”) But when enough people do it wrong, the wrong becomes the new right. Anybody in Lawse Anzhelus knows that. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/69 "2015-10-08T14:19:54Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I have no idea what you’re trying to say. A bit of clarity, eh? Who are “the people you were mocking?” [Here’s one, at least. Do you not read the threads you post to?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18740892&postcount=26) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/70 "2015-10-08T14:36:23Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > Yeah, this is ridiculous. Eye-rack and Eye-ran, along with Chilly and Mexico are totally valid pronunciations of those countries when speaking English. When speaking American. In other English-speaking countries, they’re “ih-rahk” and “ih-rahn”, and if you said “eye-rack” people would think you were soft in the head or doing a George Bush impression. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/71 "2015-10-08T16:28:09Z")
McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker’s race. Boehner has postponed the election. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/72 "2015-10-08T16:32:08Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker’s race. Boehner has postponed the election. Holy cow! Does this mean that you’ve got about 60 guys who will refuse to vote for anyone remotely moderate and they’re the one who get to decide? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/73 "2015-10-08T16:32:56Z")
It’s Boehner’s worst nightmare; he can’t leave until they elect a new Speaker. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/74 "2015-10-08T17:13:39Z")
Now, Universe, I know I haven’t been a very good pantheist. But if You could just stack the deck a little, so that Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/75 "2015-10-08T17:30:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker’s race. Boehner has postponed the election. (utter deadpan) No. Please Kevin. Don’t leave us. This country needs you. Is there _no one_ now who can stop this administration from keeping the place of the band on America and bolding our enemies? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/76 "2015-10-08T17:36:07Z")
From his announcement to not seek the speakership: “This great institution needs, without which I can unite across the caucus. Before then it takes this or one other. I think you’re agree.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/77 "2015-10-08T17:41:47Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > McCarthy just dropped out of the Speaker’s race. Boehner has postponed the election. I say they elect a new speaker by mass combat. Last man standing wins. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/78 "2015-10-08T17:45:45Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > From his announcement to not seek the speakership: > > “This great institution needs, without which I can unite across the caucus. Before then it takes this or one other. I think you’re agree.” How can he deprive us of this authentic frontier gibberish? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/79 "2015-10-08T17:51:51Z")
He was right about the Benghazi hearings taking down the favorite. Just slightly off on which favorite. [Wonder if this ad added to the TP clamor to bring him down.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8AAUOGKSg) ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/80 "2015-10-08T19:11:48Z")
So that lying weasel Jason Chaffetz may now be the front runner. Good times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354.md?page=5)