McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, Part VII

By Rich Kozlovich 

 Derek Hunter, is a writer for Townhall.com for whom I have little respect. He's a snot, and I think his analyses are at best shallow.  He wrote this piece, The Party Of Idiots, outlining just what a disaster Biden has been to the nation, then went on to criticize those who wanted to do something about it saying:

The “geniuses” behind ousting the Speaker of the House didn’t think anything beyond their personal fundraising and cable news appearances, and even that might be giving them too much credit.  

If you want something to happen, you should have a plan to make it happen.........Not Matt Gaetz, Nancy Mace, and the other morons who saw an opportunity but didn’t have the cognitive skills to decide whether they should take it.............. Does anyone believe either of those people have thought through the consequences of their actions at any point in their lives, or do they strike you as the “I don’t care, I want to do it anyway” type? If you’ve heard the stories, you know the answer.

 

"Gaetz, Mace, and the other morons who saw an opportunity but didn’t have the cognitive skills to decide whether they should take it.......... Does anyone believe either of those people have thought through the consequences of their actions at any point in their lives, or do they strike you as the “I don’t care, I want to do it anyway” type? If you’ve heard the stories, you know the answer."

 

He went on to further insult Gaetz and the Heroic Eight, and he's not the only one.  I picked Hunter because I think he ranks among the most shallow and obnoxious, and consistently so.   But I see this pattern over and over again by seemingly conservative writers on seemingly conservative news sites, including Michael Barone who in this article, The Gathering Storm, outlines what a disaster Joe Biden and his administration has been to the nation, including this Israel/Hamas War (which will be far reaching down the road) but just can't help himself and slams the Heroic Eight saying:

 

America is bitterly split on partisan lines, with a narrowly Republican House (which nonsensically ousted its speaker).....

 

It was nonsense? Really?  Well, that's part of the problem with intelligent people who made a career of being a Washington insider.  Loss of perspective, with an inability to be the rock in the current against the conventional wisdom, which unlike traditional wisdom, has yet to stand the test of time.  

 

"Now isn't the right time", is an unendingly and irritating meme I've heard forever dealing with every controversial issue that surfaces.  Well, I keep asking: If not now, when?   For those who spout that, the right time is never.  And, since I didn't see a lot of people jumping into the boat that's rowing against the tide, so, I think it wise to ask:  If not Gaetz, who?  For these detractors, just as there is no right time, there is no right person.   And finally, was it necessary?  

 

The answers are as follows: Now is the time, Gaetz was the only one with the courage and willingness to take the beating and do it, and yes, it was necessary!

 

The detractors claim the Heroic Eight didn't have a plan.  Is that true?   No!  Their plan was to force McCarthy out and force the House Republicans to do something about the Republican leadership that can only be called less than stellar in their performance in stopping this spending, borrowing, regulatory insanity Biden, the Democrats, and the CINO's (Conservative in Name Only) in the Senate and the House have permitted to go on.  All of whom were more than willing to allow all that to get worse. Chaos?  No!  National bankruptcy is chaos, not fiscal restraint and the willingness to get rid of those who fail the nation. 

 

Did they have a planned conclusion? No, but they did have a hope this would set the stage for a positive conclusion.  There are always unintended consequences in any effort no one can plan for, so a solution was going to have to be up to the Republican caucus, and attributing false motives to them is nothing more than a cheap shot.   

 

The fact is, if you can't, or won't define things properly, you can't have understanding. If you don't have understanding, you cannot have a common vision.  Without a common vision, you have chaos, and chaos wasn't created by ousting McCarthy.  Ousting McCarthy is what exposed the chaos that already exists.

 

The Heroic Eight created a crisis, and crises force evaluations.  Evaluations force conclusions, conclusions force action.   With that in mind, let's do just a little history here as to who really is responsible for all this starting with the fact McCarthy betrayed the deals he made with conservative members by wanting to pass a Continuing Resolution that would continue to fund an outrageous and massively bloated 2023 budget.  

The Freedom Caucus kept warning they were in opposition to that, and he had nine months to work at passing legislation to avoid another last minute CR to avoid shutdown.  He didn't do that because he was far more comfortable making backroom deals with the Democrats than he was with his own party.  Make no mistake about it, as we've seen by their reaction to his ouster, a large number of Republican CINO's were more than happy to go along with that.  All more than willing to carry the water for the White House, and the Democrats, and in most cases in violation of what they promised their constituents.  There outrage is contemptible. As Bob Maistros states: 

 

This is not moderation, it's venality, duplicity, and corruption......Because even the hopeless libs at Brookings admit our budgetary trajectory is “unsustainable” – a fiscal IED with mid-century interest payments projected to exceed even the unfunded megatrillions for soon-to-be-insolvent Social Security and Medicare.

But just as important, reclaiming the power of the purse at any cost is vital to confronting straight-on the radical progressive and elitist cabal and avoiding the endless series of train wrecks toward which it has set America barreling...........To advance this overthrow of democratic norms, the ruling cabal has blockaded every conceivable political, economic, social, cultural, and judicial avenue for reform. Including, yes, elections. After the certifiably unlawful tactics employed in the 2020 contest and the equally suspicious sputtering of the anticipated 2022 “Red Wave,” can anyone count on the 2024 vote to turn the tide?

Resistance must start someplace – and a good place to start is Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s maneuver to unceremoniously force McCarthy from power via a motion to vacate, rinsing and repeating if necessary until the desired effect is achieved.

I was heavily involved in my industry's trade associations, and over the years I've been a bit confrontational.  I prided myself in always being unfailingly polite, but never unwilling to be the rock in the current.  I was often told I needed to be reasonable.  And my response has always been; "When have I ever not been reasonable?"  The problem with that?  Definition!  The dictionary defines reasonable as having sound judgement based on facts, reason, and logic.  Detractors defined it as the willingness to go along to get along.  Then, if that's the accepted definition, name one time when being "reasonable" ever overcame monolithic corruption.

So again, I ask:  If not now, when?  If not Gaetz, who?  Answer?  Now was the time, and Gaetz was the man needed. Liked or disliked, he did what needed to be done, and he's paid a heavy price.  But, as in all things, there are surprises.   

It appears McCarthy blames his ousting as Speaker on Democrats and if there's chaos, it's the Democrats who caused it. Surprise!  And furthermore ...... surprise again....... McCarthy is supporting Jim Jordan and says he'll do an excellent job and is "working........to get it done, " saying he is confident the Ohio congressman will secure enough votes to win in a floor vote."

He also told reporters that a new House Speaker will be elected “shortly” and that things are “going well.”  “They tried to make a motion in there to bring me back, and I just told them, ‘No, let’s not do that. Let’s walk through this and have an election,'” McCarthy said. “And I think Jim Jordan would do an excellent job.”

Okay, now, I think I've properly defended the action to dump McCarthy, but this is Washington, and nothing is ever as it appears, and no one can be trusted.  We seem to have a fly in the butter, actually two flies.  Surprise! 

While a couple of days ago I thought it was hilarious when House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries offered to "help" the Republicans by creating a "bipartisanship" leadership, all for the good of the nation to prevent "extremists from dictating the agenda".  Remarkable!  A radical extremist calling someone extreme, and I'm not laughing now, because it seems that's actually being discussed with Republicans, and according to him, today they're going to "formalize" those discussions.  With whom?  

Well first of all, we do understand, a discussion isn't someone mumbling to themself.  There has to be more than one party to a "discussion", and political discussions follow outlines of logic, reasoning, and setting standards of one kind or another.  It's also clear there are sufficient CINO's in the Republican party, and the House of Representatives, who would be willing to entertain anything the Democrats offer in order to make that happen.  

In point of fact, there are sufficient CINO's in the House to actually elect a Democrat, which is what Jeffries really wants.  It's a mess, and make no mistake, if the Republicans agree to this the 2024 Republican primaries will be filled with people who will be joining Liz Chaney and Adam Kinzinger in retirement.  Unless they decide to run Chaney or Kinzinger for Speaker of the House, and that might not be all that far-fetched.   I think the Democrats would vote for either of them en-masse.  

To get elected the Speaker needs 218 votes, and there are 212 Democrats.  How hard would it be to get six Republican CINO's to roll over and betray their party, their constituents, and the nation?  Even changing party affiliations and becoming Democrats?  I'm betting it wouldn't be that hard at all!   

If you're wondering how that would turn out take a look at what's going on in the Texas legislature, where a Republican legislature has been totally unmanned by a corrupt Republican Speaker of the House who gave chairmanships to Democrats and undermines every conservative effort by the legislature.  It's not a pretty sight.  

As Jim Hoft states:

If this happens it will be the end of the Republican party.  The conservative base of the party have put up with neglect and abuse from lawmakers for years. If the elites nix Jim Jordan’s vote for Speaker – that will confirm the party’s disgust for its conservative voting base.  

Surprise!!!

• McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, Part I
• McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, Part II
• McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, Part III
• McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, Part IV
• McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, Part V
• McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, Part VI