Popehat: Votes and the man I sing, who, forced by fate And haughty Gaetz's unrelenting hate, expelled and exiled, left the speaker’s chair

Votes and the man I sing, who, forced by fate And haughty Gaetz's unrelenting hate, expelled and exiled, left the speaker’s chair

Many years later, as he faced the House Judiciary Committee, Matt Gaetz was to remember that distant afternoon when Jim Jordan took him to discover a speaker.

All happy caucuses are alike; each unhappy caucus is unhappy in its own way.

It was a bright cold day in October, and the votes were tied at thirteen.

Thank you from my 17-yr-old self sitting in Mrs. McConaghy’s Latin class and despairing that learning The Aeneid would ever be useful in my life.

Just realized that… Ōdī et amō. Quārē id faciam fortasse requīris. Nesciŏ, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior …is actually about Trump.

Catullo, anti-anti Trump!

There was a Congressman named Guy Lorin Reschenthaler, and he really deserved it.

Now do Pygmalion!

Congress: Nah then, Tommy: look wh’ y’ gowin, deah. The majority whip: Sorry Congress: There’s menners f’ yer! Te-oo banches o’ speakers trod into the mud.

Sounds kind of like Juno and the Paycock to me

Capt. Boyle: "Th' whole 'ouse is in a terrible state o' chassis" Or, for the hare-brained assistant speaker plan: Juno: "It'll have what's far better- it'll have two [Speakers]"

Lol, thank you, I appreciate your efforts

For a long time I used to go to bed early.

Long labors with no chance to put on airs. And in the doubtful race before the conference tried again and chose another man…

A screaming comes across the House. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. It is too late. The floor vote still proceeds, but it's all theatre.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a political party in possession of a wild conspiracy theory (or 10), must be in want of a speaker."

There were many votes that led up to that rostrum, and many seats in front of it. But most of the votes were cheats and deceptions and led nowhere or to bad ends; and most of the seats were infested by evil things and dreadful grifters. (The GOPpit, Ch. 4)

Oh this one is good!

A screaming comes across the House Freedom caucus

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Republican man in possession of no spine, must be in want of eight votes .

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