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jcolvin2 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:18 pm

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:28 pm

Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:19 pm No, not Sancho Panza.

The GQP are in the role of Rocinante.

And Lindsey Graham longs to be Dulcinea.

Or the poodle in Travels with Charley.

Foggy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 3:46 pm Yeah, and Speaker doesn't come with a free mansion and free airplane/helicopter service. It's really a big step down from the last job he had. I don't think he would even consider it.

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:28 pm

Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:19 pm No, not Sancho Panza.

The GQP are in the role of Rocinante.

And Lindsey Graham longs to be Dulcinea.

noblepa wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 3:53 pm

Foggy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 3:46 pm Yeah, and Speaker doesn't come with a free mansion and free airplane/helicopter service. It's really a big step down from the last job he had. I don't think he would even consider it.

All that is true, but the speakership does come with something he craves: power.

As speaker, especially with a majority of House Republicans behind him and beholden to him, he could strangle any legislation that he doesn't like. He would be in a position to extort all kinds of favors and concessions from Democrats. This would be especially appealing to him if a Democrat (especially Joe Biden) were President.

He would have absolutely no qualms about holding up legislation unless the Democrats come crawling to him and kissed his ass ring.

As it always has been, it would be all about him.

Ben-Prime wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:01 pm

Yabbut doesn't the Speaker therefore have to do, you know, actual work?

At least 10 civil casesare pending against Trump, whose ability to delay them has been curtailed since he left office in January. Trump had argued in some of the cases that as a sitting president he was immune from civil lawsuits.His office didn't respond to a request for comment on the cases.

Suranis wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:20 pm Guys, he's a Narcissist. Being speaker means he has to sit there and listen to boring speeches from OTHER PEOPLE. He would have to sit there and have the attention be sucked away by other people. He would just have an office and could not hold court in parties. SOMEONE ELSE has to be on TV all the time. And, most importantly, just sitting there means that he can FEEL people comparing him to other speakers and he would know he comes short.

That's why he never used the POTUS twitter account.

He might enjoy people talking about him being voted speaker, but there is NO WAY he would do it.

BREAKING: Former President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the January 6 committee and the National Archives to keep records from his presidency secret

jez wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:44 pm Serious question: Are they allowed to talk about what the deposition was about? Questions asked and answers given? Or is there some confidentiality involved?

A Republican senator, who voted to convict former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection, was criticized by Trump for questioning whether he could win the 2024 GOP nomination.

During an Axios interview released Sunday, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy said that he would not vote for Trump in the next presidential election, noting that the former president lost the House, the Senate and the presidency in four years.

"Elections are about winning," Cassidy added.

In a statement released Monday evening, Trump said, "Wacky Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana is a RINO Republican who begged for my endorsement in 2020 and used it all over the place to win re-election, much like Little Ben Sasse, and then voted to impeach your favorite President."