2015 American Politics Thread: The 114th Congress Is in the House!

Rep. Peter King tells me that members are crying in cloakroom, unable to handle the unrest and confusion. "A banana republic," he says.

yes, exactly like a banana republic

fistfights next I hope

but remember when the founding fathers gathered in the cloakroom and cried for a long time

go full taiwan

alexander hamilton is so MEAN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_violence#United_States

they should just have a duel. a circular duel. with submachine guns.

in the cloakroom

Yes, yes this should happen.

https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/652186642111967236

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b5/7f/f7/b57ff78210fd5626f23dd81f1037b4eb.gif

Speaker Chaffetz

i mean how many cloaks do these fckers even HAVE anyways

isnt romney the king of the fucking RINOs

I dont believe in anything anymore

yeah even in the fantasy world of a non-congressperson Speaker, Romney is a laughable solution to this self-imposed dilemma. nobody likes him but i like that they're at the stage of desperation where convincing themselves that somewhere else in the republican party, far away from congress, there is a unifying champion waiting to ride in on horseback and save the day if only he is called forth. oddly, whatever this person is doing right now, they are not running for president because boy would that present an opportunity.

Trump for speaker

oh... my god

http://www.redstate.com/2015/10/08/the-renee-ellmers-rumor-and-kevin-mccarthys-decision/

There’s a guy out in America who has emails for a massive number of members of Congress and the email addresses of highly influential conservatives outside Congress.

A few days ago, he emailed out to 91 people, including these members of Congress, an email with a series of links to stories alleging a relationship between Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) 61% and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) 60% of North Carolina. It is worth nothing that the two deny a relationship.

But the email began circulating pretty heavily. Conservatives were buzzing about it. The first line pointed to the current scandal about Denny Hastert and concluded suggesting that if the rumor about McCarthy and his personal life were true, he was a national security risk.

the first sentence of this article about how conservatives turned against their candidate for speak begins "There’s a guy out in America who has emails..."

by all means read the comments and how they refer to Rep. Ellmers.

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it that is the case, McCarthy not only has poor judgment but a complete lack of ambition. If a powerful member of congress can't get better strange than Ellmers then he is not worthy of a leadership position.

gets worse

I'm not clicking on a redstate link

their purity scores embedded every time a congressman's name is listed are both distracting and disturbing

https://michaelglauser.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/dr-strangelove.jpg

MCCARTHY WITHDRAWS, DENIES ESSENCE TO CAUCUS

this whole thing reminds me of those people that insist on owning dangerous wild animals as pets cuz they think it makes them cool and badass and in touch with real wild animals and then one day they get eaten by their dangerous wild animal pets

https://twitter.com/costareports/status/652211197840916483

BREAKING: BOEHNER IS PERSONALLY ASKING RYAN TO STEP UP AND BE SPEAKER, have spoken twice today by phone...

haha

We cut to this live shot of Boehner in this office:

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dMbcOC5dS5k/hqdefault.jpg

https://youareagrownman.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/the-godfather-family-album04.jpg

https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lord_flies.jpg

:D

https://twitter.com/laurennfrench/status/652177633770348545

Pelosi on speaker race: "I’m sure they’ll find somebody who is capable of accepting the honor."

love ya Nan, never change

WELL THEN

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2573731

"Maybe this is a time for Newt Gingrich to come back with a flurry of ideas and a new contract that would advance a conservative agenda to help the country solve these horrible problems," Hannity told Gingrich.

YESSSSS

space stations a-go-go!

Gingrich used "practical" and "House Republican Caucus" in the same sentence.

on the other hand, he knows how to count

the House GOP Caucus meanwhile can't read or write

"If you were to say to me 218 have called you up and given you their pledge, obviously no citizen could ever turn down that kind of challenge. This is why George Washington came out of retirement — because there are moments you can't avoid."

Keep aiming for the stars, Newt.

this is the most fun politics has been in a while imo

I wonder what it would take for the GOP to really, literally splinter - if a majority of the GOP caucus just said "fuck you guys, we're voting with whatever Democrats we can get" and just ignored the Freedom Caucus's demands outright. I mean it's not gonna happen but I just wonder how bad things would have to get for party unity to be completely destroyed.

because at this point GOP party unity is achieving literally nothing

CA Rep Mark Takano steps up to help out

loool

lol

I wonder what it would take for the GOP to really, literally splinter - if a majority of the GOP caucus just said "fuck you guys, we're voting with whatever Democrats we can get" and just ignored the Freedom Caucus's demands outright. I mean it's not gonna happen but I just wonder how bad things would have to get for party unity to be completely destroyed.

My guess is that the freedom caucus tea party types are literal death cultists, and having tasted blood won't vote for any leader other than one of their own. Is anyone allowed on the floor ballot other than the two party nominees?

https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/652206597876256769

lol

uh, doesn't the speaker have to be a sitting congressperson?!?!? what's with the romney and gingrich stuff?

speaker only has to be over 25, like w/ car rentals