McCarthy's Freaky Friday

By Rich Kozlovich

Okay, here we go, and I'm going to run this post as a time sequenced journal because I think it will all be over today......Maybe!

1:13 PM: 

We now know McCarthy lost the eleventh vote but picked up eight votes from the conservative caucus in the 12th vote, Clyde, Bishop, Donalds, Cloud Luna, Miller, Norman, Perry, and I think this is the end....finally.  If I'm calculating this correctly, based on the last count, that gives him 209 votes, he needs nine more and the remaining holdouts are going to find it hard to keep pushing against him, and Jim Jordan does not want to be Speaker, and the nation shouldn't want him to be Speaker.  

The nation needs him to attack the Biden administration as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.  He's the ultimate attack dog, unrelenting, courteous, stunningly logical, intelligent and above all, factual to a fault.  At some point all this vile rhetoric has to stop, especially by the media, but make no mistake, this will haunt them for years to come.  Some things just can't be taken back.  It's like driving a nail into a fine piece of furniture. No matter how well it's repaired, the scar remains forever. 

3:30 PM:

There has now been 13 votes and 15 of the Republican holdouts, have voted for McCarthy and the reason why is there has been an agreement and it's clear McCarthy has given them just about everything they've wanted, and based on the fact his maximum support reached 201 votes, I'm going to conclude that gives him 216, leaving six holdouts, and I can't see that lasting much longer.  At some point their colleagues will turn on them asking what I've been asking:  Is it about the mission, or is it about you? 

But, as the article points out, there are still problems with that agreement even if they vote him in as Speaker.  There are those who are proclaiming since there has been zero wins and 13 losses — it’s time to replace DC swamp rat Kevin McCarthy, claiming:

I can guarantee you that somebody in the House of Representatives could get to 218 votes. It’s time to find that person.

Really?  Impressive rhetoric, but does anyone really want the job now? And if McCarthy withdraws does anyone think his supporters, which is a large majority, won't do what the conservative caucus is doing now?

It's really turning ugly, and truthfully, I have no idea why McCarthy wants the job now, and one Republican has threatened to support the Democrats if this continues, and he may not be alone.   

The holdouts negotiated fraudulently.  It's now clear they never intended to vote for McCarthy no matter what he agreed to, and they should have fearlessly, openly and honestly said so.  They didn't, and now it's time to pay the piper.  No matter what happens, they've lost credibility for their lack of integrity, and and normally integrity thrown away is integrity lost forever.  Except for one thing.  They are a representation of the base of the Republican party now, and that base is getting huge, the elite despise them and they despise the elite.....passionately.  

Their number is going to grow, and they're going to organize at the grass roots in order to fix the problems with education by eliminating tyrannical arrogant school board members with conservatives.   That will become the foundation for an activist movement adhering to the Constitution and conservative principles and values dedicated to the preservation of America's freedoms.  

4:33 PM:

I've waited to publish P&D Today in order to finalize this story.  Apparently it may even have to wait for a Sad Saturday rendition, and I'm publishing this piece now, and P&D Today and sending it out.

Best wishes to us all! 

Rich