Speaker Johnson's Ignominious Betrayal: "...there is no point at all in the preservation of a Republican majority and GOP House Speaker. After all, the Washington GOP has become so...

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

"...there is no point at all in the preservation of a Republican majority and GOP House Speaker. After all, the Washington GOP has become so infected with neocon warmongers and careerist pols who spend a lifetime basking in the imperial projects and pretensions of the world’s War Capital that apparently the best the House GOP caucus could do when it ejected the previous careerist deep stater from the Speaker’s chair was to tap the dim-witted nincompoop who currently occupies it.

The Republican party is thus truly beyond redemption. As JFK once said about the CIA, its needs to be splintered into a thousand pieces and swept into the dustbin of history."

https://davidstockman.substack.com/p/speaker-johnsons-ignominious-betrayal

guzzimaestro

ACP45 wrote:

"...there is no point at all in the preservat... (show quote)

Even if Johnson was any good, there too many Rino's.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

ACP45 wrote:

"...there is no point at all in the preservat... (show quote)

The light gets in , usually from only a small crack .

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

guzzimaestro wrote:

Even if Johnson was any good, there too many Rino's.

While that is true, the most powerful power is that the Speaker controls what legislation comes up to a vote. As a general rule, only bills that have majority support of the Speaker's party will be voted upon. Just think of how Johnson could have used that leverage to enforce border reform, or foreign aid to other countries.

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

guzzimaestro wrote:

Even if Johnson was any good, there too many Rino's.

Did you somehow forget the real republicans were kicked out of the tea party. ?
Now known as the freedom caucus ?
Johnson is smart enough to know without the
grown up democrats powdering his butt everyday he’s a
Nobody !!!!
Who will never get anything done.
The maga agenda!!!!!!
Except tax breaks for rich people.

Ricktloml

ACP45 wrote:

"...there is no point at all in the preservat... (show quote)

Ah for the "good old days" when we could expect Republican leadership to be spineless/self-serving opportunists...not Johnson, he's an activist who's learned to court the enemy/compromise with evil...his goal, (protecting the status-quo) will be to the detriment of the country. But more than a true RINO, happy to sell-out, er compromise with the Democrat-Communist Party/American-Left, Johnson wants to maintain as much of that centralized governmental power as the swamp can produce...unchecked by any messy Constitutional rights like--individual liberties/freedom of speech. It's nauseating

guzzimaestro

ACP45 wrote:

While that is true, the most powerful power is that the Speaker controls what legislation comes up to a vote. As a general rule, only bills that have majority support of the Speaker's party will be voted upon. Just think of how Johnson could have used that leverage to enforce border reform, or foreign aid to other countries.

Agree. I don't know what happened to Johnson. Maybe he got bought off by the Dems or he was one of their plants to begin with..?

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

ACP45 wrote:

While that is true, the most powerful power is that the Speaker controls what legislation comes up to a vote. As a general rule, only bills that have majority support of the Speaker's party will be voted upon. Just think of how Johnson could have used that leverage to enforce border reform, or foreign aid to other countries.

Are you serious ????
It just oblivious. ?

EmilyD

guzzimaestro wrote:

Even if Johnson was any good, there too many Rino's.

And that’s how the ‘Rats are going to pull off a win in November: more and more Rino’s.

That’s how a dictatorship will begin (is beginning?) in America ….elections that don’t mean anything.
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jimpack123 Loc: wisconsin

EmilyD wrote:

And that’s how the ‘Rats are going to pull off a win in November: more and more Rino’s.

That’s how a dictatorship will begin (is beginning?) in America ….elections that don’t mean anything.
..

Surely when you talk about Dictatorship , you must be talking about DickHead Trump

EmilyD

jimpack123 wrote:

Surely when you talk about Dictatorship , you must be talking about DickHead Trump

Surely you have reading comprehension problems.
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jimpack123 Loc: wisconsin

EmilyD wrote:

Surely you have reading comprehension problems.
..

No I just use common sense which you are lacking little girl!

pegw

What we are now seeing is the inability of Republicans to do anything in the house without help from Democrats. It's called democracy.

martsiva

ACP45 wrote:

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He needs to be gone before he can do anymore damage!!

Radiance3

ACP45 wrote:

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Speaker Johnson has done a great job!
Speaker John has done his best preserving the GOP party, and the cooperation among the Democrats. The Bill that just passed was not perfect, but there is no bill that can pass without the Democrat party's approval. There are many rhinos at the GOP!

GOP has a very slim margin over the Democrats. There was 1 controversial issue, but most of in the bills were necessary, relevant to the issues we are trying to solve.

The issues on that bill which were needed. Funding of Israel; Control of the TikTok which pose dangers to our security, the aid to Taiwan. The Ukraine was controversial.

The border bill is essential. Yes, I can see that. When Donald Trump was president, 2017-2020, he was able to control the border without added funding. Fact was the walls he did creative ways to continue building with no funding. Those Trump border policies were all reversed by Joe Biden once he entered the 1st day at the WH.

If Trump could control illegals without added funding, why can't Biden do it. Because Biden don't want to enforce it.

Biden wants more money to use for buying votes. Mayorkas has done a very poor job.

We will issue another bill that will fund the border as long Democrats wall sign it.

Speaker Johnson, despite a very slim majority, he used a very effective leadership style. What is effective leadership? Effective leadership in a very tight condition like this must provide a room to the opponent in order to achieve a win-win situation, and to carry on a project productively.

If they insist removing Ukraine, democrats won't sign any bill, and that is even worse and many other bills to present are in jeopardy.

We make sure that border wall funding must all be used to the purpose intended, not for Biden's buying votes, before we present that. Mayorkas wanted more money for the border. He is arrogant, an idiot and should have been impeached.

NO, I don't like Marjorie Green big mouthing and insisting to pass a border bill which will never be passed, unless we sign the Ukraine bill. Therefore she will lose everything. She has a huge mouth but does not have leadership skills. She focusses on her ambitions to take over the Speakership position. NO, she is not qualified to handle and does not know effective leadership especially on this very tight situation.

Speaker Johnson did a great job doing that, knowing without giving a little room for the Democrats, nothing could be done.

With that recent bill 75% was favorable and 25% not. The fact that we have a slim margin over the Dems.

So, please we GOP must UNITE Rhinos, Oh, I am glad that Liz Cheney was gone! They must not think for personal matters alone, but for the country they are hired to work for. We the people pay them. I pay so much taxes and I must ensure they are used to benefit the country and finally all of us. NOT INDIVIDUAL AMBITIONS!

NO other GOP Rep. is more qualified than Speaker Johnson. Anybody who could present a better solution, I want them to challenge me! Otherwise, they must shut up!