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bucolic_frolic

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3. That's attacking the sardine can with a flat-top can opener

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 12:05 PM

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I agree it's all we've got at present, though, and i too consider it quite possible 2026 will simply evaporate. It could be 2038 before economic and living conditions collapse enough to oust these incompetents. Play the game doesn't mean you must play the long game. Go at it hard every day and every month and seek opportunity however you define it.

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We are all operating on the assumption that we will fix this problem with the mid-term elections. [View all] kentuck Saturday OP

do you really want speaker jordan? rampartd Saturday #1

I think it would throw the Republicans into disarray and confusion. kentuck Saturday #2

That's attacking the sardine can with a flat-top can opener bucolic_frolic Saturday #3

But looking at it from a Republican perspective. kentuck Saturday #5

Doesn't matter if we win a majority in the House even if we also take the Senate (unlikely) Jersey Devil Saturday #4

The budget. kentuck Saturday #6

don't see a new speaker as particularly helpful stopdiggin Saturday #7

This problem will never be completely fix. republianmushroom Saturday #8

I am not "operating on the assumption that we will fix this problem with the mid-term elections" OKIsItJustMe Saturday #9

The House controls the budget... kentuck Saturday #10

Get rid of Johnson, and you'll get worse TnDem Saturday #11

He would not be "gerrymandered" out... kentuck Saturday #12

You underestimate the power of this machine TnDem Saturday #16

If we can delay or obstruct in any way... kentuck Saturday #17

They changed the one vote rule. nt moniss Saturday #31

Getting a "better" speaker might not be what this tactic is about. Ilikepurple Saturday #33

There are plenty of things Democrats could be doing right now, and many of them Scrivener7 Saturday #13

Give us that list again. kentuck Saturday #14

Nope. Sick of the personal insults from the swarm. Sick of beating my head against that brick wall of ridiculousness. Scrivener7 Saturday #15

Don't take the insults personally. Some of us (kentuck, me, etc.) would benefit from seeing the list. Thanks. TheRickles Saturday #23

What are these suggestions? creeksneakers2 Saturday #25

Speak for yourself...once a fascist dictatorship takes over, it takes decades to unwind Prairie Gates Saturday #18

I heard a report that Orban is expected to lose his election. kentuck Saturday #19

We won't fix anything by winning the House in 2026. JustABozoOnThisBus Saturday #20

It would create turmoil and confusion in the Republican caucus. kentuck Saturday #21

Delay and obstruction? Well, maybe Speaker Marjorie Taylor Greene is a solution! nt :) JustABozoOnThisBus Saturday #22

Boebert would never vote for MTG... kentuck Saturday #24

If we retake Congress it will only move to the next level creeksneakers2 Saturday #26

We can't trust no promise from any republican standingtall Saturday #27

We are not operating on the assumption the mid-term election is the " big fix"... agingdem Saturday #28

And even them... the House can't be anything more than a speedbump until 2029 WarGamer Saturday #29

I believe that the mid-terms, if they take place, moniss Saturday #30

It would arrest the "Trump Agenda" for starters. It would stop the Trump judicial candidates no_hypocrisy Saturday #32