Discussion: Boehner Survives Reelection As Speaker Despite Record Defections

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I feel so bad about Louie Gohmert–what fun that would have been!

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…so how did Boehner win?

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Reps. Justin Amash (MI), Brian Babin (TX), Rod Blum (IA), Dave Brat (VA), Jim Bridenstine (OK), Curt Clawson (FL), Scott DesJarlais (TN), Jeff Duncan (SC), Louie Gohmert (TX), Paul Gosar (AZ), Chris Gibson (NY), Scott Garrett (NJ), Tim Huelskamp (KS), Walter Jones (NC), Steve King (IA), Thomas Massie (KY), Mark Meadows (NC), Rich Nugent (FL), Gary Palmer (AL), Bill Posey (FL), Scott Rigell (VA), Marlin Stutzman (IN), Randy Weber (TX), Daniel Webster (FL) and Ted Yoho (FL).

What a nice, woman-friendly bunch they seem.

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It just seemed good to offer a smattering of quotes from great winners to show how messed up congress is, that a lazy, ineffective dope could repeat as leader there. It’s not a real win, so congress is not a real organization. And they just happened to have a lot of power.

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Neener, neener, neener teaBAGGERS!

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If you fell a little bummed out by this and you need a quick pick-me-up, just take a few minutes to witness the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the comment sections of Red State and other blogs.
Some of the solutions? (All real, I kid you not.)

-Primary everyone.
-Form that third party they’ve been threatening
-Stop voting altogether.
-Emigrate
-Withdraw from society altogether
-Prepare for the return of Jesus with an open heart and accept the fact that everyone will soon die anyway.
-Arm yourself again.

While you may find the return of Boehner annoying and dismaying, take some comfort in the fact that conservatives are apoplectic about it.

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Wouldn’t it have been something if ALL the Dems had voted Gohmert. Hilarity ensues…

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One might wonder how they have a “mandate” if they don’t even have a consensus as to their leadership and agenda.

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You beat me to the comment. That would have been some seriously good shit right there.

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Scary when you have a collection of malignantly ignorant folks making laws and decisions about the US.

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‘man’ being the most important syllable …

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Goober Yahoo didn’t get elected by his confederate peers?

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Ask Tom DeLay roaches are never actually eradicated.

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Rep. John Boehner survived reelection to a third term as Speaker of the
House as the 114th Congress convened on Tuesday, but not without the
embarrassment of a record number of defections.

There, there, Speaker Merlot. Why don’t you just schedule another vote to repeal or de-fund Obamacare? That’ll surely get the Teabaggers humping your leg again.

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Senator Rand Paul? Really? Senator? Do these people even understand the Congress they are part of?

Andy Borowitz is right: Unskilled Workers Report for New Jobs

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Here we have the members of the Batcrap crazy caucus of the GOP.

These are the folks who will make Boehner wish that Gohmert had defeated him.