(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . The Pointlessness Of More Failed Votes For Jim Jordan As Speaker Of The House. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-19 Joan McCarter’s diary on the live coverage of the second failed vote for Jim Jordan as House speaker has reports that the Jordan “opposition” will continue to vote “NO,” even as Jordan plans another useless vote tomorrow. MSNBC is also reporting that more anti-Jordan votes will appear as this process continues. It appears that the anti-Jordan forces want to “strategically” trickle out the “NO” votes in order to humiliate Jordan. In other words, some of the so called Jordan supporters caved to pressure, but now they are claiming to have some kind of master plan to inflict pain on Jordan. And this will accomplish what exactly? Don’t get me wrong. I would like to see Jim Jordan and his ilk suffer, but I would strongly prefer they suffer from being held accountable for their actions. I would prefer to see Jim Jordan and the other conspirators of the Jan 6th insurrection INDICTED and having trial dates set at least. I’d love to see some of those House Republicans lose their seats in the 2024 Election. But what does a paralyzed House of Representatives get us? I fully expect Jim Jordan to continue scheduling votes time after time. I anticipate more outright threats against his fellow Republicans and their family members. I’ve already factored in future attempts at vengeance by the MAGA bunch in the House. This is all that Jordan and his fascists know how to do. But what’s the excuse of the so called — I’m not going to call them moderates because they voted for Jordan — “centrists” for continuing this chaos? And they can put an end to this shit show, at least in the near term. They have a couple of outs. The most obvious one is the same path that has always been open to them: a deal with the Democrats for power sharing. But God forbid they do that! The other out is simply to come out of the fucking woodwork that they are hiding in and tell Jordan and the Freedom Caucus to “FUCK OFF!” The Freedom Caucus has power because the rest of the so called Republican conference has bowed to them. But they are supposedly a minority. The rest of the House Republicans are just political cowards. If they showed they can be as adamant and inflexible as Matt Gaetz and his fellow nihilists, maybe the power dynamic might change? The better route is simply do a deal with Democrats. This would definitely neutralize Matt Gaetz, and who knows? Maybe congress could pass a budget, get aid to Ukraine and Israel, and keep the government open? Wouldn’t that be a nice change of pace! Instead, we are wasting days that are needed to pass a bill to keep the government funded trying to convince a legislative terrorist he ain’t getting the job for speaker. The only thing we know for sure about Republicans is they have an inexhaustible ability for the following: Political cowardice. Selfishness Shamlessness Bullying Hypocrisy Mendacity Greed Corruption Political extremism Myopia And all of the above flaws guarantee more dysfunction. And for what? The so called centrists Republicans are supposed to be more — the media’s definition and not mine — “sensible.” Since when did pointlessness = sensibility? Make a deal with Democrats and end this. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/19/2200214/-The-Pointlessness-Of-More-Failed-Votes-For-Jim-Jordan-As-Speaker-Of-The-House?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/