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‘Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right’

Doug Watt
@DougWatt
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Today's House vote for Speaker: 194 for Jordan, 210 for Jeffries.

Well I don't know why I came here tonight I've got the feeling that something ain't right I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right Here I am stuck in the middle with you. - Stealers Wheel

As attacks on our Soldiers and Marines are taking place in the Iraq and Syria area of the Middle East, the self-absorbed and entitled members of the Republican Party are coming close to handing the Democrats the position of Speaker of the House. Jeffries was only six to seven votes away from claiming the position in the last vote today.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. --The Second Coming by WB Yeats

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  • Ekosj@Ekosj

    “I have been told by a good number of people that their objection isn’t personal to Jim, it is that voting in Jordan is perceived to be rewarding Matt Gaetz and the rest of the eight. Others have indicated that some of Jim’s supporters wouldn’t support Scalise and so the holdouts won’t support Jordan,” Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs told the Caller.

    Maybe it’s time for 25 members to “work across the aisle” with conservatives for once? Why is it that conservatives have to hold their noses and move Left? It’s about time some others hold their noses and move Right!

  • Banned Member@BryanGStephens
    ReplyingtoEkosj

    “I have been told by a good number of people that their objection isn’t personal to Jim, it is that voting in Jordan is perceived to be rewarding Matt Gaetz and the rest of the eight. Others have indicated that some of Jim’s supporters wouldn’t support Scalise and so the holdouts won’t support Jordan,” Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs told the Caller.

    Ekosj (View Comment):

    Maybe it’s time for 25 members to “work across the aisle” with conservatives for once? Why is it that conservatives have to hold their noses and move Left? It’s about time some others hold their noses and move Right!

    Exactly!

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