Posted on 08/31/2023 8:00:39 PM PDT by Lakeside Granny
Oh, forgot to mention....I love the white birch. Such beautiful trees, although a little on the fragile side.
Joe Pags Pagliarulo
@JoeTalkShow
Tell me exactly what you think Matt Gaetz did wrong. Let’s stop the posturing and BS.
It took 15 votes and a lot of negotiating to get the Speaker’s gavel in McCarthy’s hand in January. He made promises and concessions and was told he’d be held to them. First, what he did well:
He masterfully dealt with the media. They’d ask loaded questions and he’d go right at them with truth and facts. Several times, he held them to account and did so very well. In fact, I think some became gun shy. He was especially strong in defending the House investigating alleged corruption by the Bidens.
He’s also done a good job raising money. Some say he’s been great — but, I’d argue the Rs should have a much larger majority in the House. So, I’ll say a good job. And...
He talks one helluva good game. He was gonna do a ton.
Defund the 87,000 IRS agents
Close the border
Put a low cap on the debt ceiling
Pass a sensible, cost-cutting budget
Those who support him say he’s done all of that. And he hasn’t. Getting it to the floor and passing it doesn’t get it done. And, he knows that. When you have the majority and you get legislation done in the House that has to do with money — YOU HAVE THE LEVERAGE. It’s an empty victory when you say you defunded the 87,000 IRS agents who are NOT defunded, or the border isn’t closed or the debt has NO ceiling etc.
As Speaker, you have the leverage to say — “You want more money to Ukraine? The 87k have to go. You want more money for Ukraine or to send to Palestine? The border must be closed now. You want more money for your pet “green” agenda? The debt ceiling is 1.5T and not a penny more. You want more money for trees in ‘underserved neighborhoods?’ Then you accept this percentage less in spending over the next FY.” Period.
Where exactly did McCarthy use that leverage to force Schumer’s or Biden’s hand? Show me where he did that. He literally holds our tax dollars in his hands and gets to decide how they’re used.
Everyone in this country knew there was a one vote to debate on vacating the seat. He certainly knew it, fact is, it could have happened before it did. When Kevin McCarthy said he was going to offer 1.5T in a debt ceiling increase most conservatives thought — that’s way too much. But, get it done and make sure spending cuts are in the next budget. He went and met with Biden’s team and literally gave them NO debt limit until March of 2025. Yes, AFTER the next presidential election. He could have been vacated right then. But, they were patient.
Then, he adjourns the House before sending any budget to the Senate giving the other body the opportunity to push a CR and act like they were fighting to keep the government open and if it closed, it would be on the House. What a ridiculous mistake. Think about it. All the Speaker had to do was put a budget together that took spending to pre-CVD and cut it by a percentage more and put it in Schumer’s lap. Then adjourn. This way, the pressure is on the Senate to agree, alter and re-present or turn it down. Then, any government shutdown would be on them. This was such a bad move that in reality handed Schumer and the Ds in the Senate the upper hand.
What Matt Gaetz did had nothing to do with him self-aggrandizing nor improving his standing somehow in the House. It actually served to hurt him with the uniparty but he did it anyway because it was the right thing to do. Kudos to the other reps who joined him in vacating McCarthy. Word I get from the Capitol is there were many more than 8 on board, but couldn’t do it for political reasons and they knew the Ds were not going to support McCarthy.
So, time to move forward. Jim Jordan should have easily won the gavel. NOT ONE R rep made a good case against him. Now, Byron Donalds has thrown his hat in the ring. He’s a money guy by trade and a great conservative. What could the issue be now? Take the vote, give him the gavel, and get to work.
This make sense to you? Let me know.
https://twitter.com/JoeTalkShow/status/1715668058478350410
Let’s hope there’s enough dems who are afraid of being called racists that Donalds gets the nod.
Here’s a glimmer of hope from one of our esteemed overlords:
https://twitter.com/wideawake_media/status/1715699177617764542
Oh wow. I’ve never seen them before. Beautiful.
Aspens are everywhere up here in the High Country.
I love how they sound as the wind rustles their leaves.
Still no gun shots?
One of the reasons I switched to Diet Pepsi....
Real America’s Voice
@realamericasvoice
“When you go after these people who are on the boards of these companies, they don’t like it.”
BLM revealed their true colors as pro-Hamas. On this point, @cpac Chair @mschlapp tells Steve Bannon that it’s time to hold companies accountable that have gone full woke. Schlapp said these companies have white CEOs who virtue signal so they don’t get forced out of their positions. Coca-Cola is aware of what’s happening and recently removed its pro-BLM comments.
https://truthsocial.com/@realamericasvoice/posts/111272976538235963\\
1:49 video
That post was a complete overload of truth and common sense.
McCarthy always was, and always will be, a Deep Stater.
A pox on him and his house—actually Frank Luntz’s house.
Good morning, exit!
You got any plans for today?
McCarthy never struck me as a person I could trust, too smooth and smarmy.
He said all the right things but NEVER followed through to do the right thing.
Just because he was terrific as raising money doesn’t mean he was a good leader for our party.
Catturd ™
@catturd2
WOW - Bill Maher finally admits what I’ve been saying for years ...
- college is a scam
- Ivy League colleges are brainwashing institutes for liberalism. That’s where dumb rich kids are sent.
- the longer someone stays in college, the dumber they get.
- they’re all worthless liberal indoctrination camps.
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Citizen Free Press
@CitizenFreePres
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Bill Maher:
“If ignorance is a disease, Harvard Yard is the Wuhan wet market.”
https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1715704445000941694
8:18 video
Only to stay vertical!
Going to be windy and rainy here today, so will be doing inside stuff.
From Monday thru Thursday were beautiful fall days, so we were out and about to take advantage of the weather.
Some leaves turning here, but not very much. We are later than the northern areas.
BREAKING: Huckabee Sanders Signs Order Banning ‘Woke’ Terms Like ‘Pregnant People’ From State Govt
Forbes Breaking News
1.6M views1 day ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5cX3nzfyE&t=185s
I don’t remember that, but maybe that’s selective memory loss, lol. Taught in school! Sick!
THANKS!
LOL Same here, though I may have to go horizontal to take a nap at some point today, up way too early.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Great job by Congressman Michael Waltz on Fox & Friends Saturday: “The entire world needs to see strength, needs to see clarity, people need to understand what ‘decision’ is, we need a Commander In Chief whose number one job is to keep us safe. This is why we can’t get to November, 2024, fast enough. We need to get President Trump back in. This wouldn’t be happening in the first place if he were there. With certainty we would would know where he stands, and where America stands.”
The whole point of this supposedly was to fund government through appropriations instead of CR. There had been 5 out of 12, I believe, already passed, but the rest needed time to get passed.
Now, nothing is getting done.
Thanks, good points points.
“He went and met with Biden’s team and literally gave them NO debt limit until March of 2025. Yes, AFTER the next presidential election. He could have been vacated right then. But, they were patient.”
That was a bad move on Mccarthy part, and the timing would have been better, I think, if it had been done then.
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