Tony Glosson, probablyJan 6, 2023
Ken White
“These assertions that I will compromise and agree to anything, no matter how destructive or degrading, to win the right-wing vote for Speaker are exaggerated by Democrats,” said OfMarjorie McCarthy, speaking from within a cramped and stained dog kennel. “We are negotiating sensible policies for an effective Congress. Also, I am a little bitch, a silly little bitch,” added McCarthy, breaking into a rote sing-song voice. “Now for my vote on putting the 14 words on all our money.”
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Show threadDirk HohndelJan 5, 2023
@Popehat
One has to try embarrassingly hard to get to satire these days... because the things that they actually say are so utterly insane and self-degrading and humiliating and outright stupid that to be "over the top" becomes... hard
Show threadJames Trickle uPJan 5, 2023
@dirkhh @Popehat I wondered if Trump and the GOP would put The Onion out of business by being so gonzo they would have no outrageous parody left to publish.
Show threadstandevJan 6, 2023
@dirkhh @opalmirror @Popehat Poe’s Law is almost 20 years old at this point.
Show threadJames Trickle uPJan 6, 2023
@standev @dirkhh @Popehat I just read up on Poe's Law as I had missed that. To be honest, explicit use of a smiley to clearly mark satire to avoid confusion is nettiquette that I learned on USENET circa 1984, but Poe's Law is a succinct explainer. Thanks for clueing this old Internet grandpa in. You learn something new every day, in this case at 4am when I couldn't sleep.
Show threadAdamHertzJan 5, 2023
@Popehat OfMarjorie, I’m dying. #OfMarjorie
Show threadCayla HardwickeJan 5, 2023
@Popehat I mean he was going to be the weakest speaker of the house ever but he's going the extra mile it seems
Show threadTallawkJan 5, 2023
@Popehat
Restraining myself from looking up the source of this.
Show threadBogie B. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸Jan 5, 2023
@Popehat LOL. OfMarjorie.
Show threadOther than that. hi!Jan 5, 2023
@Popehat "OfMarjorie McCarthy" DYING
Show threadCommodore ZoloftJan 5, 2023
@Popehat Wow. That escalated quickly.
Show threadUnlettered PeasantJan 5, 2023

@Popehat

And it's still not clear he has the votes. It actually seems clear he doesn't, at least on vote 7. Whether they can apply enough pressure to get it in 8 or 9 (today?) seems shaky too.

Show threadJay Reding 🇺🇦Jan 5, 2023
@Popehat Poor Kevin, he ever offered Matt Gaetz unlimited passes to the hidden Kennedy Sexnasium with the House page of his choice and that wasn't enough.
Show threadbubbajetJan 5, 2023
@Popehat On. Fire! 🔥
Show threadruidhJan 5, 2023
@Popehat Dare I say Coalition Government?
Show threadBuster McNuttJan 5, 2023

@Popehat

Are future legislative sessions going to start with chanting "Where We Go One, We Go All?"

Show threadVHaschJan 5, 2023

@Popehat

I knew McCarthy was a vindictive little man, but now you can add that he has no problem forcing himself on everyone...which makes it smarmy on top of distasteful.

Show threadCognitive DissidenceJan 5, 2023
@Popehat
Points deducted for misogyny, but I LOLed.
Show threadLiterateGalJan 5, 2023
@Popehat OfMarjorie McCarthy! Excellent.
#UnderHerDeplorableEye
Show threadBruce McFaddenJan 5, 2023
@Popehat This is great!!
Show threadJohnVoltzJan 6, 2023
@Popehat I think the reason there’s no deal yet, is that the holdouts are still waiting to hear back from nfl teams on hazing ideas to add to their demands.