The Impending Attempt to Oust Speaker McCarthy {10/1/2023}; Patrick McHenry is now Speaker Pro Tempore {2023-10-03}

Maybe the Democrats can buy his vote…

Rules, schmules.

Did those rules allow him to steal Nancy Pelosi’s office?

Quoting myself for context …

After consultation w the mods, we now have a new thread for the saga of the next real Speaker. Behold:

Hmmm…the word clusterfuck springs to mind… :thinking:

Dear George;

Which would also be a fair indication that you have made no effort to contact him.
Relationships, George. You both need to work on them.

You know that old political meme, George?

Speaker-Designate Scalise seems to prefer you to not be behind him, whichever direction you are contemplating pissing.

Well, the Speaker can, but since…

So he never replied to the dick pics you sent?

Moderating:

Let’s stop with the hijack now, please.

The irony, of course, is that the Republican party itself represents an immediate and existential threat to the nation.

:notes: …It’s the kiss of death from Mister Shorrrrrtttfinger… :notes:

Third vote about to get started

Breaking News: Jim has dropped out, again.

In a secret ballot, apparently, like 112 fellow Republicans told him to hit the bricks.

If this trend continues, maybe they’ll have an election where he gets no votes.

This thread is supposed to be dormant once McCarty was ousted.

The current speakership battle thread is over here. All 842 (and counting) posts of it:

ETA: Never mind, didn’t realize this was the OOOOOLD thread.