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  by: Colorado Pols January 4, 2023 at 12:07 AM MST

“Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.”

–Steve Martin

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  1. Lauren Boebert is a Worthless POS says:
    January 4, 2023 at 7:48 AM MST

    Another day, another opportunity for "My Kevin" to be humiliated by his conference.

    Dogs may bark but the parade marches on.

  2. MichaelBowman says:
    January 4, 2023 at 8:16 AM MST

    The coveted Moddy Fat Donnie from Queens endorsement has arrived – and Nancy still lives rent-free in his head! 

  3. MichaelBowman says:
    January 4, 2023 at 8:55 AM MST

    No, Blanche, that isn’t the way it works.

    • Duke Cox says:
      January 4, 2023 at 9:51 AM MST

      I wonder if he is referring to the plan to get enough members to withhold their votes so MyKevin doesn't need 218…

      Izzat for real?

      • MichaelBowman says:
        January 4, 2023 at 9:55 AM MST

        Maybe we should wait for the Maricopa County mail-in votes? Maybe propose a a Georgia runoff??

        Can someone do the math on this?  Given Hakim has consistently gotten more votes than McCarthy doesn’t the “vote present” strategy give us a Democratic Speaker? (assuming there is no erosion of the 20 “Never Kevin” gang?

        I think we’re deep into “Rule of Holes” territory. 

        • JohnInDenver says:
          January 4, 2023 at 11:37 AM MST

          the rule is the winner must have a majority of those casting votes for a name.  If the Democrats continue to name Jeffries, Republicans would need to have 213 who vote for the name and everyone else voting present or not voting. 

          In a few of the pre-Civil War Speaker elections, there eventually was a willingness to change the rule and allow a person to win with only a plurality of the vote.

      • Lauren Boebert is a Worthless POS says:
        January 4, 2023 at 2:21 PM MST

        “I wonder if he is referring to the plan to get enough members to withhold their votes so MyKevin doesn’t need 218…”

        The problem is that the wrong people would be prepared to withhold their votes. None of the 20 in the screwball caucus would do that. The only ones who would do it are “My Kevin’s” supporters which makes the whole idea counterproductive – and if enough did it, would elect Jeffries.

    • davebarnes says:
      January 4, 2023 at 10:43 AM MST

      Lindsey should support Puerto Rico statehood as then Alabama or Mississippi would no longer be at the bottom of the state  success metrics’ rankings.

      No statehood for DC until it gets back the land it used to own in Virginia. Retrocession was a terrible idea in 1847. The traitors should have been forced to return it in 1865.

    • Lauren Boebert is a Worthless POS says:
      January 4, 2023 at 2:18 PM MST

      Lady G says that like statehood for those two colonies is a bad thing.

  4. ParkHill says:
    January 4, 2023 at 9:54 AM MST

    Ian Milhiser:

    GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is the culmination of what the Republican Party has become — a party that is so erratic and obsessed with petty grievances that no one who is competent to hold the position of House Speaker is stupid enough to seek the job.

  5. coloradosane says:
    January 4, 2023 at 11:57 AM MST

    Whoo ho 5X a charm……way to go Boobert. 

  6. MichaelBowman says:
    January 4, 2023 at 1:20 PM MST

    Colorado conservative activist warns of shift 'from ballots to bullets'

    A far-right conservative leader known for his gun shop’s reality TV show is warning that “it’s almost time to switch from ballots to bullets.”

    Rich Wyatt, president of Jefferson County’s Mountain Republicans Club, made the suggestion of coming political violence on a Dec. 28 episode of the conservative podcast, The Chuck and Julie Show.

    • Chickenheed says:
      January 4, 2023 at 2:28 PM MST

      Sadly not surprising.

      Still concerning and still worth paying attention to, but not surprising.

      Kudos to Clark and 9News for describing the reference and showing how absolutely backwards and wrong it was used by Wyatt.

  7. Schrodingers Dog says:
    January 4, 2023 at 2:10 PM MST

    Picture Didn’t allow itself to post, so you get the less convenient link. Still humorous IMHO

    https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/uploads/default/original/4X/a/2/e/a2e36c53030627955e6c55f312c72c0b6d16852e.png

  8. dwyer says:
    January 4, 2023 at 7:05 PM MST

    Is it just my imagination or are Boebert and Matt Gaetz awfully close.  He seems to hover around her…..Isn't she too old for him?

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