Posted on 10/09/2023 7:12:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is out, and so are the headlines. According to the MSM, the Republicans are in full self-destruction mode, the radicals have taken over, the House of Representatives is in chaos, and 2024 is looking brighter by the day for the Democrats. Maybe that’s true -- but maybe it isn’t. It depends on how the Republicans respond to this episode. An important lesson has just been delivered. If the Republicans learn it, they may come out stronger than ever.
The lesson is that in a system which depends on good-faith negotiations, integrity is important, promises matter. When men working within that system lack honor, agreements aren’t agreements, and deals aren’t deals. Without honor, the system can’t work -- and hasn’t been working for many years.
Before American history became minority oppression studies, we were regaled with tales of “I cannot tell a lie” Washington, and “Honest” Abe Lincoln. Integrity in government was a valued virtue.
But somewhere along the way virtue stopped being valued. We started accepting leadership with somewhat lower standards. I don’t associate integrity with George “No new taxes” Bush, or honesty with Bill “I did not have sex with that woman” Clinton. None of their successors seem to have had a particularly close relationship with honesty either.
Unfortunately, dishonesty and treachery have become so commonplace in Washington, D.C. that they have become accepted as standard operating procedure. But treachery comes with a downside, as Speaker McCarthy just learned.
At a time when the federal government is swimming in debt -- and its bureaucracy is growing like a malignant tumor -- Americans gave the Republicans a slim majority in the House after the midterm election to address it. It was essentially a two-year probationary period to demonstrate that they were the right people for the job.
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The Deep state is going to convince McCarthy to run again, as they did with disgraced Sessions.
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What good is any majority if you govern like you’re the minority. Stand the heck up, voters have your backs.
What good is any majority if you govern like you’re the minority. Stand the heck up, voters have your backs.
The problem is our team has some solid folks but lots of assistant democrats. Unlike the rats who always seem unified.
That’s because the Rats infiltrated the GOP.
I’m glad McCarthy is out of leadership. All he did this weekend was cry about getting bounced by “8”.
It’s not really all that difficult.
All he had to do was propose things in his conference meetings. If there was no majority, then stop. That’s it. That’s all that is required.
The issue was the debt ceiling. He decided he had pressure to govern. THERE IS NO PRESSURE TO GOVERN. Smooth governance got us 33T in debt. How is smooth governance any sort of goal?
Propose things in conference. If you have a majority, and frankly it better be a solid majority, then proceed. If not, back to the drawing board.
If the Senate won’t accept your majority’s desires, not your problem.
So many that I think that is the true Republican Party. The 8 are the outliers.
Just listened to his speech on actions that are needed. My question, why did he not do this why he was speaker? I think he is all talk.
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