Who's David Giglio?

By Rich Kozlovich

On Tuesday Ian MacConnell published the article, The Republican Caucus in Chaos? Hardly, confirming Gaetz and his group really were the Heroic Eight, and outlined exactly want these eight gutsy members of the Freedom Caucus wanted, which is exactly what their conservative base want.

Drain the Swamp, stop all the omnibus bills used to spend without restrictions or accountability, end continuing resolutions and pass budgets as the Constitution requires, and if that means shutting the government down, so be it. Expose the Uniparty, and the RINO's who are a part of that vile cabal. 

By taking action against some of the Democrats sitting on committees McCarthy gave the impression he would work with the conservatives, but we have to remember, he was the pick of the RINO's and Uniparty because they are who he is!  It wasn't long before he slid right back into that pit of corruption with his one man negotiating team with the Democrats on a spending resolution, a party that's doing everything to destroy America, making McCarthy a fellow traveler.  Then he followed up with another spending resolution because he previously recessed the House for six weeks, and did all this in spite of the fact he promised conservatives he'd end all of that. 

He only supported the Biden impeachment because conservatives threatened to have him removed as Speaker if he didn't.  Then Gaetz started his campaign to oust him, and that gusty move was the beginning to his end.  And Gaetz stood his ground in spite of all the vitriol that was thrown his way, and he succeeded.

As this all unfolded McCarthy made public statements that were nothing about what he was really up to.  He wanted to be Speaker again, and we now know he was backstabbing each and every one of the candidates hoping he could get back into the Speaker's chair. And how exactly could that happen?  We already know it was McCarthy who cut a deal with the Democrats in the first place, not Gaetz, and I'm sure he thought they would support him for Speaker again to avoid a conservative being chosen.  How delusional can a man be?

All this exposed the RINO's for who and what they are, and then they realized Trump was inserting himself into this mess.  That scared them.  They feared he would come out against them in the next election, and panicked.  Johnson was chosen unanimously, and now, McCarthy and his supporters are "in full retreat", and all that vindictive and snotty arrogance is turning into fear, and rightly so, since I have no doubt when they come up for re-election, Trump will come out against them!  If he's elected, he knows they're the enemy, and he has no desire for them to be in Congress.

That brings me to David Giglio. He's the MAGA Challenger to Kevin McCarthy:

 David Giglio, a self-proclaimed "America First" Republican who owns and operates a sports card and memorabilia business, announced on Monday that he would challenge McCarthy in next year's GOP primary. Giglio previously ran a failed campaign in the 2022 GOP primary for California's 13th Congressional District.  Giglio slammed McCarthy as a member of the "corrupt uniparty" in a statement announcing his campaign. 

Giglio pledged to deliver "radical change" while praising former President Donald Trump and accused McCarthy of "capitulating to [President] Joe Biden and the radical Democrats." "After years of being sold out to special interests, the people of the Central Valley deserve an America First Republican fighting for them in Washington and working alongside President Donald Trump to WAGE WAR against the corrupt uniparty!"............

That's what the conservative base wants to hear, and wants to see put into action.  The conservatives who won in 2020 and 2022 were chosen because a larger and larger portion of the voting public has come to realize these Uniparty nitwits have place the nation at serious risk at many levels.  They also realize it will take drastic .... and dramatic..... action to save America.  Because of the actions of the Heroic Eight, and the nightmare of this Israel/HAMAS War, America is finally becoming enlightened, and liberals are going to bed as conservatives.

I've stated in the past if Gaetz is reelected, he will be one of the most powerful members in the Congress, and now, McCarthy is done because of him, his power is gone, his ability to sway events is gone, and his Never Trump RINO supporters are badly diminished, and voters may decide next year they've worked hard enough in Congress and need to spend more time with their families... permanently.  

So, who really is David Giglio?  Just one of many who I think will be challenging RINO's in 2024, which brings me to this.  Remember when Newt Gengrich and Mark Levin railed against Gaetz and wanted him kicked out of the Republican caucus for ousting McCarthy, the man everyone is now calling a RINO?  Gengrich didn't surprise me, but Levin did.  So, what are we hearing from them now?  

Crickets. 

Welcome to the world boys, and the bug man was right again. Imagine that.

You may wish to see my take on this whole story with:

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

But They Had No Plan! Yes, Actually, They Did!

By Rich Kozlovich

My mind boggles at the stupidity of politicians who claim to be conservatives, and leaders.  It's been obvious to me for more years than I can remember those in leadership positions are not really leaders.  They're managers who are go along get along people who merely organize things in the direction everyone wants to go.  NO matter how stupid that direction may be.  True leaders are prepared to stand against the tide, and they are few in number. 

Representative James Comer Republican from Kentucky appeared yesterday on Fox Business Channel’s “Kudlow” telling him he was ashamed of House Republicans saying:

“We’ve wasted three weeks. And, you know, this was a dumb move by those eight members of Congress. Many of them are on my committee. I like, you know, at least six of the eight. But at the end of the day, they had no plan. They had no plan, and Larry, this could stretch out another two or three weeks. And it’s limited the ability of committees, not only to meet, but my committee, to do subpoenas and things like that.”

 

So, he isn't ashamed of the entire Republicans in the House.  No, he's only ashamed of the Heroic Eight who voted to get McCarthy kicked out.  However, from the entire Republican House they were only eight members who voted to kick McCarthy out.  The rest were Democrats.  Is he ashamed of the traitors who voted against Jim Jordan?  Apparently not, and why not?   Those "twenty-five members of the House GOP revealed themselves to be petty, sniveling, chumps who decided that the people should not have a say."

 

Unlike the vote against Jim Jordan, when the Heroic Eight stood against McCarthy there was more than enough valid reason.  He broke his word with the conservative caucus, and he worked back room deals with the Democrats to increase spending, and borrowing, leaving the rest of the House members, especially the conservative caucus, out of the picture. 

Well, I really tire of hearing this meme about "they didn't have a plan", because it appears the Heroic Eight did have a plan.   Force a vote on McCarthy and make the House Republicans go on record for where they stand on out of control spending, out of control borrowing, and out of control criminal activity by the Biden administration, and hopefully, force the House to choose a Speaker that wasn't a back room dealer with Democrats, and a fellow traveler with the Biden administration who deliberately cut out the rest of the House, especially the conservatives. 

 

The fact that he actually was removed, in spite of the back room deal he made with Pelosi that she and the Democrats would support him, was a bonus. It's not their fault the House failed to do their job!

 

The fact is, now the Republican House members have been exposed for who and what they are, and many have been shown as stupid and foolish.  That is in fact, a second bonus to their plan, since the 2024 primaries will be coming up for many of these nitwits, and I think many of them will be allowed to go back home to their families, permanently.  So, explain exactly to me why that isn't a plan, and a good plan? 

Which brings me to this question. Did those who voted against Jim Jordan have a plan?  No, they didn't!  So why isn't he ashamed of them?  Any failure of "the plan" falls directly on the CINO's (Conservative in name only) members.  They've now been exposed as petty, weak, unintelligent, and I think corrupt self serving dunderheads. But he's not ashamed of them.  

Imagine that!

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

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

By Rich Kozlovich

Well, here we are, Part VI, and I thought this was all done by Part IV.  At this point Steve Scalise has dropped out entirely and Jim Jordan has been chosen as the Republican nominee.  There were news reports there was a big blow up between Scalise and Jordan, which appears to have been false, and my guess that was an effort to smear Jordan.  

Now Jordan has to consolidate his nomination with 217 votes.   House Majority Whip Tom Emmer wants to consolidate support for Jordan, but would consider running only if Jordan can't get the necessary votes, and and it's looking like another battle. 

There are interesting side bars playing out here.   

McCarthy is now working to "clear the way for Jordan since he won the nomination on Friday, too, formally endorsing him and making calls on his behalf for the Judiciary Committee chairman to take his old gig."   McCarthy has predicted confidently that Jordan will be able to consolidate the requisite 217 votes after members cool down over the weekend and spend time with their constituents and family members."

On the other hand,  according to J.D Rucker, "RINOs Like John Rutherford Will Go Against Trump and the American People to Spite Matt Gaetz" quoting Rutherford aying:

"I'm a no on allowing Matt Gaetz and the other seven to win by putting their individual in as speaker."

His ilk all hate Gaetz and are still wanting McCarthy to be returned to the Speaker's chair.  So, since they're a minority in the party, are they now rebels who need to be kicked out of the caucus and primaried?  That's what was said about the Heroic Eight who voted against McCarthy.  Well, Rucker surely thinks so saying:

Any GOP member of Congress who is against Jim Jordan, Donald Trump, and the American people must be censured by their district’s party and primaried next year. Their allegiance is to McCarthy and the Swamp, not America.

The emerging speculations over all this are amazing.  What if the Republican can't get together?  Is it possible the McCarthy wing can rig a deal with the Democrats and get him re-elected as Speaker.  I don't think so because that would make the Democrats look like fools, after all, they initially, via Nancy Pelosi, swore they'd support him, and then stabbed him in the back. And McCarthy was shocked, shocked I tell you.  Imagine that.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries offered " to enter into a bipartisan coalition to run the House of Representatives", which I thought was hilarious yesterday.  I'm not so sure it's all that funny today.

The fact is, they want one of their own as Speaker,  and if Republicans can't get their act together,  America may get a Democrat Speaker, with a Republican House majority. If that happened, all Chairmen of all the House Committees would be taken over by Democrats, and all those investigations would disappear like the morning fog in sunlight.  If you doubt that could happen, take this issue in the Texas legislature as an example of what happens where the Speaker works against the majority. 

Real conservatives despise Democrat rule, but one thing everyone has to acknowledge, they know how to rule, and they rule with an iron fist allowing no dissension in the ranks.  For Democrats, that's not hard because they're all leftist lunatics who all have the same totalitarian vision of high taxes, big spending, big government and massive and intrusive regulations allowing them to control every aspect of our lives.

The Republican party has no shared vision.  While legitimate conservatives have a shared vision, the so-called moderates by their fence sitting nature can't define a vision, and the leftist might as well be Democrats for their vision of high taxes, big spending and big government.  The party is incapable of property defining what it stands for.  As a result they lack clarity, and without clarity they are incapable of a uniform vision in any form.

Again, there's reason Republicans are called the "stupid party" and the "useless party".  They earned it. 

• Part I,  Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V 

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

By Rich Kozlovich

So far I've published four pieces on this, Part I,  Part II, Part III, and Part IV.  When I finished Part IV I was confident there would be no Part V because Steve Scalise looked like he'd be their pick. He has an impressive record, and as far as can tell, he's well liked among Republicans, and is in no way as divisive as McCarthy.   

Well, now, here we have Par V, and there may even be a Part VI, and more.  As I'm watching this unfold I couldn't help but think about Obama saying you can never underestimate Joe Biden's ability to screw things up!  Well, chuckling, rolling my eyes, and shaking my head:  Never overestimate the Republicans ability to get things done.

Initially Scalise won the nomination with 113 votes, but even though Jim Jordan ended up supporting Scalise, he received 99 votes, and it appears there are too many, surprisingly, too many "never Scalise" members.  By Thursday, it was made clear he couldn't win a floor vote, so, according to Rebecca Downs it appears Steve Scalise is dropping out of the speakers race saying:

"It’s been quite a journey. And there’s still a long way to go. I just share with my colleagues that I’m withdrawing my name as a candidate for the speaker designee,"....... "This country is counting on us to come back together. This House of Representatives needs a Speaker and we need to open up the house again. But clearly, not everybody is there. And there’s still schisms that have to get resolved."

Now it's being reported Republicans will meet today at 10:00 AM to discuss what to do, and it appears Jordan is back in the race, but it also seems clear there will be no vote this week. There's a reason why the Republicans are called the "stupid party", and the "worthless party".  They earned it. 

 

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

It's the Governance Stupid!

 

By Rich Kozlovich

 

I discussed in Part I how all this talk about dumping McCarthy would create chaos was a load of horsepucky, and why.  Then Part II dealt with all the actual chaos that was created by these McCarthyite and McConnell CINO's (Conservative in Name Only).  I think Part III was especially good as I think I clearly established all the rants against Gaetz were immaterial logical fallacies and none of what was said abrogated the facts regarding the charges against McCarthy.  McCarthy's actions were the issue, not anything else. If Gaetz lied about what McCarthy did or didn't, then they should have exposed him, they didn't.  McCarthy was guilty as charged.  That was the issue, and everything else was a red herring fallacy.  

 

As a result its been posited Rep. Gaetz might lose his seat in Congress in the next election over this.  Make no mistake, the CINO leadership is going to do all it can to dislodge him. His reaction?  If he loses his seat, the that's okay because ousting McCarthy is ‘absolutely’ worth it. 

 

While those eight Republican heroes who voted to oust McCarthy are being called rebels, they view McCarthy and his ilk as the rebels.  After all what else would you call those who ignore the Constitution, and violate the trust of the base with their twisted agenda. 

Promises matter by John Green says:

The lesson is that in a system which depends on good-faith negotiations, integrity is important, and promises matter. When men working within that system lack honor, agreements aren’t agreements, and deals aren’t deals. Without honor, the system can’t work -- and hasn’t been working for many years.

McCarthy learned the hard way about Democrat promises, which I think is remarkably telling.  Nancy lied to him!  He was shocked, shocked I tell you. 

 

How could he have been in Washington all these years, and in leadership roles and not know the Democrats lie....a lot.... because they have no stable moral foundations, and they will never let hypocrisy stand in their way. 

 

 Now we're seeing a new battle emerge for Speaker.   There were two top contenders, Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise, both far more conservative than McCarthy.  As for talk McCarthyites were going to bring him back ...well..... the beauty of America is you can dream any dream you like, but the rest of the world doesn't have to share it, and even after saying he wouldn't run again, he backtracked saying if they wanted him he would graciously accept.  Now that's dreaming.  

Top conservative leaders in the House and Trump endorsed Jim Jordan for Speaker, but now Jordan says he will vote for Scalise, and they wisely told Fox News they wouldn't have a public debate over this as it was an in-house Republican issue, to be dealt with in-house. Have no doubt, Fox would have worked to make them look like a dysfunctional family and incompetent legislators. 

 

So, with Jordan supporting Steve Scalise, who has an impressive record, who faced an attempted assassination, and is now fighting cancer.  I think he feels if his life is going to be cut short, he wants to make sure he leaves something behind that is meaningful.   

 

So, now he's the Republican choice, and he actually wants the job as I don't think Jordan really wanted it.  He's the hard driving debater type who loves going after the left, loves showing his knowledge, intellect, and logic to defeat them, and if Speaker, he'd have to give that up.  The truth is, both Jordan and Scalise are strong conservatives, unlike McCarthy. However, there are problems.  

 

There are at least twenty House Republican who say they won't vote for him.  So, using the logic used against the Heroic Eight, are they "rebels"!  And will all those who railed against the Heroic Eight call them out as "rebels"?  How about those 45 CINO's who sent a letter condemning Gaetz?  Since there are 221 Republicans in the House, and only 45 signed that letter, that means 176 didn't agree.  So, are they "an arrogant minority" and "rebels" also?   Will Gaetz's detractors call them out for that?

 

Of course the Democrats are going to put up their own candidate, but they know they will lose, but even so, they're willing to be gracious, and have offered to enter into a bipartisan coalition to run the House.

 "House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Democrats were ready to enter into a bipartisan agreement to run the House of Representatives........... “To the extent that my Republican colleagues are unable to resolve the ongoing Republican civil war, we’ve made clear as Democrats that we are ready, willing and able to find common ground, to enter into a bipartisan path forward. So, we could govern the House in an enlightened fashion that ensures that bipartisan priorities that have significant support from Democrats and Republicans in the House can receive an up or down vote. So that we could move forward and get things done for the American people as opposed to allowing the extremists within the House Republican conference to continue to dominate the agenda.”

Imagine that!

• 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 III

By Rich Kozlovich

This is Part III in this series.  Part I, I outlined how everyone went insane over McCarthy's ouster, and saying:

Now we're hearing ..... Chaos, Chaos, Chaos, without McCarty we have chaos.  Really?  Ya gotta be kidden me! Why is it getting rid of a guy who was given a "F" rating by Conservative Review for his votes over the last six years, who loved more spending, more debt ceiling increases,....... massive spending and debt increases I might add, ......... abandoned every conservative principle he claims he believes in, was cozy with Democrats with back room deals is chaos, yet all that capitulation to the left isn't chaos? 

In Part II, and in support of Gaetz's move to oust McCarthy I state:

 

Good decision making is a serious problem for Republicans.  There's a reason they're called the "stupid party", they earned it......And I got kickback on this which surprised me, from conservatives.  Well, this week has been a fiasco of inane intellectual blabber ...... from conservatives!  I've been aghast at the ranting from those who claim to be conservatives over Gaetz's successful ousting of McCarthy, claiming we'll now have chaos without McCarthy, which I will cover in Part III. Can they all be that foolish?  Apparently they can!  So I will run a series of pieces to clarify all of this for them, because it's clear a lot of conservatives are in some serious need of some clarity, and clarity starts with defining things properly.  This the second in my series, and the theme will be, Gaetz, whatever his flaws, is the hero in this story. 

Let's start with those who are condemning Gaetz:

 

Laura Ingraham was seemingly "aghast" that such thing could happen, according to her, their reasoning was unsound.  

Mitch McConnell says, “I think [McCarthy] has much to be proud of,” McConnell told reporters Wednesday, a day after the vote. “We avoided a government shutdown. We did the inevitable with regard to the debt ceiling, and I’m one person who’s extremely grateful for his service.....I have no advice to give to House Republicans except one, I hope whoever the next speaker is gets rid of the motion to vacate."  

 

Why? Because he says it's impossible to govern with such a system. I'll tell you what, we'll come back to that.

 

Mark Levin really surprised me with this load of clabber claiming, "Let's cut to the chase. Gaetz is a POS demagogue who repeatedly lied during the House floor debate yesterday, and then, of course, simultaneously was fundraising and collecting email lists on behalf of the people."  

 

Wow, am I shocked.  No politician ever did any of that before!   Did they?  I'm not going to try and dispute his claims because it's most likely I can't and they're accurate.  But, this is where we need clarity? Does any of that obviate the facts about McCarthy as a RINO failure who never saw an expenditure he couldn't embrace, or a hike in the debt limit he couldn't accept?  That he betrayed conservative base, the Republican party and the nation?  All of which Levin seems to have either ignored, failed to recognize, or dismiss.  All of which reflects poorly on Levin, not Gaetz, irrespective of his flaws.  

White House Press Secretary Krine Jean- Pierre, called this "shambolic behavior that we're seeing from House Republicans............ The White House insisted that Biden is willing to work with Republicans bipartisanly......(sic)

 

Their real concern?  As this Dem. Senator makes clear..... billions of unaccountable dollars for Ukraine.  Well, they may find there's a new concept of bipartisanship distinctly opposite of the invertebrate "governing" by McCarthy and McConnell, in the future.   

 

But here's my favorite, Newt Gingrich:

 

Newt Gingrich who called those eight Republicans "traitors.....and said all of them "should in fact be primaried" and "be driven out of public life............"What they did was to go to the other team to cause total chaos. We ought to be focusing on Biden, we ought to be focusing on the economy, we ought to be focusing on the border," Gingrich lamented. "Instead, you're going to get a week or 10 days of the media focusing on Republican disarray........."It's an astonishingly destructive behavior by a handful of egocentric people who think they're superior to 96 percent of the conference," Gingrich went on to emphasize.

 

Now I think that's really amazing!  Why?  I have a long memory, and a big file on everything that goes on in the world.  In 2011 I wrote this piece, The Power of Science, with that infamous video with Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi sitting on a couch spouting nonsense about global warming.  I went on to say:

 

After getting beaten up over this incredible stupid act, Gingrich confessed the Pelosi ad ‘the dumbest single thing I’ve done in years’. Newt owns up to his participation in this infamous climate ad with Nancy Pelosi, but despite his confession is he out of the woods regarding green issues? He may now be sorry for this lack of insight for doing this incredibly stupid alarmist ad, especially with a person who is clearly a fruit cake, but one wonders if he regrets this because he has all of a sudden become enlightened and more clearly informed; or is it just because this issue isn't the popular cause célèbre it was a couple of years ago.  

 

The fact is he either believed what he was saying, and then took the cowards way and backtracked, or he didn't believe what he was saying and was a dishonest coward.  And he's calling these eight Republicans traitors, and unfit for public service? 

 

Ya just gotta be kidden me!

But the worst demonstration of stupidity and invertebracy was the  45 House RINOs Sign Letter Calling Out 8 GOP Reps for Voting to Remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, and they listed them in this article.  One of them was my Representative Dave Joyce, but truth be told, I didn't have to look to know his name was there.  

Gingrich shot off his mouth saying they should be focused on Biden, not McCarthy.  Okay, but where was their RINO outrage at the vast expenditures by Biden, all of which they voted for, going to illegal aliens. Is it any wonder there are those who think the Republican party isn't only the "stupid party" it's the "worthless party" and is part of the "uniparty" destroying America beyond repair? Apparently that was okay, but firing the man who helped make all that happen is outrageous and chaos!

• Where was their outrage at one of the most evil people in America, Hillary Clinton, with her vile and outrageous claims about the Russian collusion and her commissioning of the Steele dossier?  
• Where was their outrage at her successful efforts to "get election laws changed to benefit Democrats". 
• Where was their outrage at the media's collusion in all that?  
• Where is their outrage now that she's demanding America set up "re-education" camps, just like Mao?
• Where's they outrage at over the new FBI’s task force created to target Trump supporters?  You know, like those radical Catholics who want their mass in Latin.  
• Where is the letter from these 45 misfits telling the world that's unacceptable? 

This gets even better yet.  Where's the outrage over Biden using s $83 million covid relief funds for a new John McCain Library? All of which they voted for, and as far as I can tell, this was on McCarthy's watch.  It get's better.  Cindy McCain, who despises Trump, and thinks Biden is just grand and deserves to be President, also thinks character counts, but the Biden/McCain history isn't exactly an example of integrity or character, unless it's low.   

One thing is clear, all RINO's have a serious issue with, cognitive dissonance.  They fail to define things properly, fail to see the logical fallacies, fail to understand the long term consequences, and have a serious failure in verterbracy.   They fail to define things properly, thus lack clarity.  But no matter, this is the reality.   The status quo has changed, the conservative base is outraged, and they just refuse to recognize that.   

Over at Canada Free Press Jack Gleason in his article, Kevin McCarthy, Rewriting History, asks:  How do you see Kevin McCarthy now? As a victim of a personal vendetta, or a sleaze ball whose lies finally caught up with him, saying:

How quickly we forget.  To hear the screaming scalded cats on Fox, Kevin McCarthy is the tragic victim of a vindictive Matt Gaetz, who dislikes him so much he would end McCarthy’s speakership just to settle a personal score.  Kevin McCarthy is a snake, a smooth talker, and definitely not a conservative. He’s the ultimate swamp creature, he pretends to want “what’s best for the country,” but really wants what’s best for himself...........“It's clear that he's no friend of conservatives. His "Liberty Score" is an F. He and his dark money allies systematically undermined MAGA candidates in the 2022 GOP primaries and even in the general election. 

Rank and file GOP members didn't want him, and only 36% of likely voters think the country is on the wrong track.............McCarthy has spent his career putting special interests ahead of those of the American people in favor of lobbyists, government bureaucrats, the military industrial complex, and has done nothing to control our borders, oppose the drug cartels or oppose Chinese expansion.”

Now I think it's time to present those who are lauding Gaetz.

On October 5, Over at Frontpage Magazine Robert Spencer published this piece, Bravo, Gaetz, At last, a politician stands up to the establishment uniparty, saying:  

“Gaetz has very few friends in the conference,” said his fellow Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez. “Gaetz maybe has a couple of friends in the delegation. But I’m not one of them"..............even patriots who are sympathetic to Gaetz are saying that he has jeopardized the Republicans’ slim majority in the House.........Gaetz himself is not a candidate.....So the whole thing was a disaster, no? Gaetz should have left well enough alone, right? Wrong. In fact, Gaetz has won a rare victory for the American people, and should be congratulated and thanked accordingly............For years now, indeed, for decades now, and with very few exceptions, the far Left has set political policy in the United States. On occasion, patriots have refused to go along, but almost every time their opposition collapsed into capitulation, with a few minor details adjusted but the larger principles of the Left’s initiative left intact. This capitulationism has been the hallmark of the Republican Party since at very least 1952.........Gaetz added: “Speaker McCarthy made an agreement with House conservatives........

Another of my favorite writers is Patricia McCarthy over at American Thinker.  On October 5th, she posted this article, Matt Gaetz is a hero saying:

So, eight conservatives have successfully ousted Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House and much of the conservative punditry is angry!   What does that tell us?   It tells us that all those RINOs who voted to retain McCarthy are not conservatives.  That any member of Congress can and does vote to perpetuate the brutally irresponsible spending of the uniparty that runs the swamp which should be a wake-up call for all Americans............

The vote to oust Kevin McCarthy should be an epiphany, the realization that neither political party gives a damn about the American people.  Their own personal power, their re-election, the wealth they accrue by being in Congress is the goal.  They vote, again and again, to spend wildly more money than actually exists.  And only eight Republicans had the fortitude to vote against them.   Again, those eight Republicans are brave heroes.  They will surely be punished for their courage but they should give us hope for the future.  Slim hope, to be sure.  Eight out of 435 is a sad commentary on the state of our nation.

What exactly was Gaetz demanding that McCarthy failed to do, and so outraged those 45 RINO's? 

• He demanded that elected representatives of the people keep their promises to the electorate.
• He demanded that Congress control tax dollars.
• He demanded a detailed budget for the federal government.
• He demanded an end to blank checks written to the Administrative State in the form of Omnibus Bills.
• He demanded rogue agencies that used the Judicial system to punish political opponents be funded no more.
• He demanded the IRS be downsized in accordance with its mission.
• He demanded the termination of plans to expand the IRS as a compliance apparatus to shake down political opponents.
• He demanded accountability for the Billions of taxpayer dollars to fund a far-off and covert Ukrainian war.
• He presented our demands as an elected representative of the American People.

None of that is out of sync with the views of real conservatives, all of which McCarthy, and the RINO's in both houses have failed to do.  

That brings us to the crux of the matter!  Who will be the new Speaker of the House, and let's not forget Matt Gaetz isn't putting himself forward.  And didn't for two reasons.  One, most of the House doesn't like him, so he's even less popular than McCarthy was when it took 15 votes to get him elected.  And two, if he did so it would have thwarted what needed to be done.  And that was getting rid of McCarthy!  So, no matter what's being said about Gaetz, it was clear none of this was about him, it was the mission that counted.  

Currently there are two viable candidates,  Jim Jordan, and Steve Scalise, which I really find enjoyable since that nitwit, Rep. Austin Scott claimed the next House Speaker won’t be anybody as conservative as Rep. McCarthy! Guess what Scott, you have a screw loose. 

While Congressman Troy Nehls wanted to nominate Donald Trump for Speaker, and the Constitution doesn't require the Speaker to be a member of Congress, so that was possible, albeit stupid, but Trump has endorsed Jim Jordan.

Now, if you really want confidence that Jordan is the go to guy, take the comments from these two misfits,  Liz Cheney, who claims Jordan would overturn the Constitution, and Adam Kinzinger who claims Jordan is "very dangerous for the nation", because he's a Christian, and a nationalist.  

A Christian, Oh No!!! Oh, wait, wasn't it Christians who were the writers of the Constitution?  And wasn't it New England religious leaders who inspired the Bill of Rights?  Are those the kind of people he's talking about?  If those two pus filled pimples are against him, that should fill every conservative in the nation with confidence for him as Speaker.

• 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 II

Definition leads to clarity, clarity leads to understanding, understanding leads to good decision making.  

By Rich Kozlovich 

Good decision making is a serious problem for Republicans.  There's a reason they're called the "stupid party", they earned it. I posted this piece, McCarthy is Done and Now, the Real Story Begins, saying:

Before this vote to dump McCarthy everyone was laughing at Gaetz, and now, ....and now...., this is going to change things as never before.  First, everyone said his efforts were going nowhere.  Then it was said the ethics committee was investigating  him, and by all accounts at the behest of McCarthy, and could cost his is seat in the Congress.  He knows whether or not he's guilty and I doubt he would be pursuing this if he was, and we already know some charges brought against him were lies the media ran with. Now we're hearing ..... Chaos, Chaos, Chaos, without McCarty we have chaos.  Really?  Ya gotta be kidden me! Why is it getting rid of a guy who was given a "F" rating by Conservative Review for his votes over the last six years, who loved more spending, more debt ceiling increases,....... massive spending and debt increases I might add, ......... abandoned every conservative principle he claims he believes in, was cozy with Democrats with back room deals is chaos, yet all that capitulation to the left isn't chaos?  

And I got kickback on this which surprised me, from conservatives.  Well, this week has been a fiasco of inane intellectual blabber ...... from conservatives!  I've been aghast at the ranting from those who claim to be conservatives over Gaetz's successful ousting of McCarthy, claiming we'll now have chaos without McCarthy, which I will cover in Part III. Can they all be that foolish?  

Apparently they can!  So I will run a series of pieces to clarify all of this for them, because it's clear a lot of conservatives are in some serious need of some clarity, and clarity starts with defining things properly.  This the second in my series, and the theme will be, Gaetz, whatever his flaws, is the hero in this story.

Here's what the conservative base of the Republican party is concerned about, and what McCarthy and his fellow CINO's (Conservative in Name Only) in the Republican caucus failed to do anything about by continuing to fund everything the Democrats and Biden demanded of them.

1. Over eight million illegal immigrants have invaded America, and this administration, and the Democrats, along with some Republicans in Congress are complicit in that criminality, and yet their public stand is the "border is secure".  Which almost no one believes.
2. Biden wants the Congress to authorize borrowing another six to seven trillion dollars, money we can't pay back under the current system.  
3. Biden wants home mortgage interest rates to be raised to 7%.  
4. Inflation has caused basic essentials to cost between 25 and 30% more since he was fraudulently elected to office.
5. His foreign policy decisions have been disastrous starting with Afghanistan leaving billions of dollars of American military equipment to the Taliban, and now wants to fund Ukraine to billions of dollars we don't have - all unaccountable billions of dollars - and is depleting America's arsenal in support of Ukraine. 
6. His pandemic polices, along with the racist DEI demands he's imposed on America's military have devastated a once stable military into a crumbing mess right before our very eyes. These DEI generals and admirals, misfits all, can't fix the jet fighters, or the nation's submarines, but they fixed the gender and white supremacist issues that "plagued" the military. 
   
7. He's destroyed the nation's energy independence inherited from Trump,  drained the energy reserve to lower gas prices, and now America has to buy oil from the Middle East, and even of all places, Venezuela, with their heavily contaminated oil. 
8. Crime is skyrocketing in all of America's Democrat controlled major cities.  The result:
   
• Destroyed lives
• Bankrupted businesses.
• Forcing out the stable productive citizens, leaving these Democrat run sewers. 
• Turning these cities over to the thugs, murderers, drug addicts, bums, along with the poor and elderly who can't afford to leave, putting them at the mercy of monsters.   
  
• These leftist misfits refuse to prosecute criminals. 
• They've stripped the police, at least those who are left, of the power to deal with them, and the nitwits in the Democrat party and their catspaws in the media applaud all that.

Can the left wing journalists and activists, and even Democratic politicians, who all supported defunding the police, who have been refusing to prosecute criminals escape the consequences of the resulting crime wave, street violence, and the murderous predators they've turning loose on society.   They think so! How?  Because they claim there's no crime, it's all conservative propaganda being used to divide the party, and anyone who claims otherwise is nothing but an out and out Nazi racist.  

But does reality really trump fantasy?  Maybe, and maybe not!  Allegedly 47% of America approves of Biden, and presumably his polices and the Democrat party.  Is it possible that many people in America are that stupid?  Maybe, and that's frightening.  But what's really frightening is how many "conservatives" supported a seriously failed Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, who never saw an expenditure he didn't love or a debt ceiling he couldn't break through.  And they're concerned about preventing a government shutdown?  Ya gotta be kidden me. 

• 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

By Rich Kozlovich

Before this vote to dump McCarthy everyone was laughing at Gaetz, and now, ....and now...., this is going to change things as never before.  First, everyone said his efforts were going nowhere.  Then it was said the ethics committee was investigating  him, and by all accounts at the behest of McCarthy, and could cost his is seat in the Congress.  He knows whether or not he's guilty and I doubt he would be pursuing this if he was, and we already know some charges brought against him were lies the media ran with.

Now we're hearing ..... Chaos, Chaos, Chaos, without McCarty we have chaos.  Really?  Ya gotta be kidden me!

Why is it getting rid of a guy who was given a "F" rating by Conservative Review for his votes over the last six years, who loved more spending, more debt ceiling increases,....... massive spending and debt increases I might add, ......... abandoned every conservative principle he claims he believes in, was cozy with Democrats with back room deals is chaos, yet all that capitulation to the left isn't chaos?  

This is a man who claims he won't run again because he won't sell his soul to the Democrats, and that all this was due to nothing more than personal animus against him by Gaetz. While the animus between them is palpable, and it's clear that's part of the story, that's not really the issue is it?  

Did he abandon all conservative positions on spending and other issues or didn't he?  Did he fail to honor his agreements with the conservative wing?  Yes, he did, and that's the real issue isn't it. 

As Rep. Nancy Mace noted:

"[McCarthy] has not lived up to his word on how the House would operate.” ............I came here to take difficult votes and do the right thing, regardless of the pressure and regardless of the threats (bc there’s been plenty of both). Today I’m voting against 95 percent of my party in the hopes of fixing how Congress operates,.............With the current Speaker, this chaos will continue. We need a fresh start so we can get back to the people’s business free of these distractions. I’ll work with anyone willing to do that and look forward to voting for a Speaker who shares this vision for changing Congress and getting us back on a path to delivering results for the people.”

The vote was a bit of a shock since only eight Republicans voted to oust him, which I think is truly telling of where the Republican party stands on all the spending and insanity of the Democrats.  It also shows what I think is an important point.  McCarthy's chumminess with the Democrats meant nothing when he needed them, and historically, Democrats will abandon everyone, anyone, or anything if it gives them a boost, even if its temporary.  That's history, and that should have been recognized by the most casual observer.  This piece about Pelosi's promises exemplifies that. 

The House won't pick a new Speaker until next week, and while there's no Speaker, legislation is at a standstill, and the nation's safe for at least a week anyway.  What kind of speaker will be picked?  This really gets rich.  Rep. Austin Scott claims the next House Speaker won’t be anybody as conservative as Rep. McCarthy! Why, is the House going to pick Nancy Pelosi?  

 

McCarthy's view of things are what you would expect claiming compromise is necessary and claimed:

 

"Doing the right thing isn't always easy, but it is necessary,"  [and he was] "proud of what we accomplished........."

 

So practically groveling to the left is "compromise" and raising the debt ceiling and spending like drunken sailors is doing the right thing and made him proud?  Is there any doubt he's not the answer, he's the problem, and he's just the tip of the iceberg.  All this to avoid a government shut down.  I'll tell you what, we'll come back to that.

 

Now the Democrats are crowing and preening themselves over what is clearly a problem for Congressional Republicans, in both houses, claiming .....laughably claiming..... they voted against McCarthy because “We're going to vote with Matt Gaetz because we are anti-MAGA".    But they "could hardly contain their joy at the dysfunction on the other side", because here's the real reason they voted against McCarthy.  They're trying to show Republicans are undisciplined and incapable of governing. 

 

So, that's how this story is playing out today?  There's a lot of anger being expressed by Republicans over McCarthy being ousted, including the Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry.

 

But J. D. Rucker defines this properly calling the GOP feckless, and wondering where was all this angry emotion over illegal aliens pouring across our borders, the debt deals that rose our debt to 33 trillion dollars, how the FBI has been politicized and is rounding up Trump supporters and throwing them into prison, or that the Justice department is clearly performing illegal acts involving election interference. 

Why is it all that's meaningless but kicking their RINO buddy, actually their CINO buddy, Conservative in name only, is outrageous, and that really makes them angry.   

 

Not the inflation their legislation generates, or the damage from the false pandemic narrative and mandates, not the blatantly criminal activity of the Biden Crime family, or the corrupt practices of Department heads of the Deep State. No, they're angry at Gaetz for making McCarthy accountable for his actions, all of which they supported.  

 

That's today, but remember, tomorrow is only a day away, and in Washington, tomorrow can become an era! Gaetz response to all the hand wringing and outrage against him:

"It's to the benefit of this country that we have a better Speaker of the House than Kevin McCarthy!.........We are breaking the fever now, and we should elect a speaker who's better”

But what this all really shows is the Congress is out of control and is driving the nation to ruin.  Now that's what I call chaos, and a good, and long shut down, would be a good thing, starting with laying off 80% of all the bureaucrats in the federal government, and start looking at eliminating them permanently.  

• 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

The World as I See It: The McCarthy Saga

By Rich Kozlovich 

Over the years I've published articles entitled:  The World as I See It:....followed by the subject matter, and in this piece about McCarthy's mission to become Speaker of the House, I will start with these two quotes, which I will come back to.

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Seneca, the Elder

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.— H.L.Mencken

First, we need to answer three questions.  

• Should McCarthy have been challenged? Yes!
  
• Should he have been challenged  as hard as he was? Yes!
  
• Was it done properly? No! 

First, the Republicans in the Congress are made up of three factions.  The swamp dwelling RINO's, the conservative Constitutionalists, and the average go along to get along crowd, who aren't nearly as well informed or as bright as we, or they, think they are, nor as well informed or as bright as they should be, and they all have a problem with thinking they're special.  They're not.

McCarthy and the RINO swamp dwellers were arrogant and dismissive of the conservatives in the Congress, and the nation, right from the very beginning, and McCarthy moving into the Speaker's office without being chosen as Speaker is in my view an example of that arrogant and dismissive attitude.

Which brings me to the negotiations by both.  

McCarthy didn't negotiate in good faith because he and his supporters didn't think he had to negotiate at all, and didn't want to negotiate, in the first place.  Negotiating at the 11th hour wasn't negotiation, it was desperation, and finally capitulation.

The Conservatives didn't negotiate in good faith because they really didn't want McCarthy as Speaker no matter what was negotiated, although, if he'd agreed to half of what he's now agreed to, I believe all this might not have occurred.  His arrogance cost him, because it welded the "anyone but McCarthy" mentality firmly in that groups mind, and emotions, yet they continued to negotiate as if they would vote for him if he capitulated on some important issues.  And while they eventually had to vote him in, their actions demonstrated they weren't  acting in good faith, but were now trapped by their folly, and since that became clear, at least to me, it diminished them.

While he ultimately did get chosen, and it appears a call from Trump to Gaetz was what it took to push Gaetz and the remaining holdouts over the line.  Now, we need to ask:  What really occurred in the end, and what will be the long term results?  First, now everyone knows Trump is the leader of the party, not Mitch McConnell.  Outside of the gutless Republicans and RINO's in the Senate, no one cares one whit for what McConnell thinks.  The conservatives are willing to bend for Trump, and McCarthy is now totally indebted to  him.  Will that make him a better Speaker?  As an example, "will he commit to not raising the debt ceiling without a concrete plan to cap spending and operate under a budget that balances in 10 years....to force deep cuts in the federal budget.....?" We'll see! 

McCarthy has been publicly humiliated beyond anything I've seen.  He's never going to forget or forgive this humiliation, and that's understandable, and that shouldn't have been done.  He's been so weakened he'll be walking on a frozen pond with thin ice from now on.  I almost feel sorry for him, and whether he deserved it or not, that was bad politics, bad strategy, and bad manners that will haunt the conservatives in the future, and one has to wonder if that it will come back to haunt Gaetz, except, there's a caveat to that.

While I think the conservative caucus gave up the high ground on integrity during all this, and I think in the short run it will impact their ability to get things done, in the long haul it's not going to matter.  In point of fact, their actions may be a major factor in getting things done.  The swamp, on both sides of the aisle, is now scared. 

McCarthy's supporters in the House, and the RINO's in the Senate, along with Republican state leaders have been given an unpleasant wake up call.  They're in for a fight, as these "rebels" are activists and activists with a cause don't care what anyone thinks, or says, including the media.  They're not going to be intimidated and they're not going to be suppressed or impressed by the "leaderships" threats or pronouncements, and their base, which is turning activist, is supportive of these "rebels", and that base is getting larger by the day, and they're going to push their positions as far as they can as hard as they can.

So, that leaves us with what?  

The House cannot pass legislation without agreement from the Senate and the President.  No bill revoking all this spending insanity or impeachment actions will ever be brought up in the Senate while Schumer has the majority, making legislation or impeachments passed by the House toothless.....sort of......because that doesn't mean they're helpless.  There are a number of things the House can do no matter what the Senate or the President does or doesn't do.

• First, the House controls the purse strings.  They can shut down the government over spending, and if the nation is caught between government shut downs and gridlock versus passage of all these insane initiatives by Biden and the Democrats, the nation will be far better off with gridlock and shutdown. They just have to possess the backbone to defend that position.
  
• Second, no legislation passed by the Senate can become law without consent of the House, so they can stop any insane laws being pushed by treasonous leftists controlling the Senate and the administration.  

These first two initiatives, along with passing legislation they know won't be taken up by the Senate, can be used as an impetus for a RINO hunt in the Republican party.

• Third, they can honestly investigate all the criminal activity by the agencies and departments of the federal government, along with the Democrats controlling them over the last 16 years and demand prosecution.

The Congress really doesn't have the Constitutional authority to do that. Except the Democrats have done it already with Trump, and now in order to fight such an action they'll have to publicly state they've been corrupt.  Even though they can't make the administration take up prosecution on criminal activity there's value to these actions. 

By impeaching those who have failed to live up to their oaths of office, whether the Senate takes up those impeachments or not, and investigating the criminal activity of elected and appointed officials along with their bureaucratic myrmidons, they will establish the facts regarding their failure to perform sworn duties, and their clearly criminal activity for future use and historical posterity.

• Fourth, they can, and should, publicize their findings constantly, and attack the media for their collusion and corruption with the Democrat party, and even personally attack the integrity of media personalities when they lie, distort, or misrepresent the facts, and that includes these nitwit celebrities.  
• Fifth, they need to create a coalition to start a massive grass roots effort to overturn the Republican leadership in each and every state, and that should start with the parents who've been fighting the arrogance and tyranny of school boards across the nation that are condemning America's children to leftist insanity. 

These parents are now motivated, and that motivation needs to be fanned into flames of conservative passion, and do that by creating and funding a national organization under the name:  Fixing Education in America is Job One.

• Sixth, they need to have the guts to do all that, because to take that stand means embracing conservative values and principles and having the courage to demand the nation re-implement and reaffirm those foundational Judaic/Christian values on which America was founded and flourished.

Which bring me back to the two quotes at the beginning of this piece.  I think this beginning is the end to the absolute control of the Republican party by the RINO's, and Americans asked for all this and has been  getting it good and hard, and at some point they're going to do something about it.

One of my heroes in business was Chuck Steinmetz.  I was so impressed with him thirty years ago, after I started my own pest control company, I went to hear him speak at the University of Kentucky Pest Control Short course.  After he spoke I went up to him and introduced myself telling him I'd come to the Short Course because after ten years in the industry I just started my own business and wanted to hear what he had to say.   I find what he said to me over thirty years ago is timeless, and is applicable to a great many things, including good government.  

He said there were only two things needed to be successful in business, brains and guts, and you can hire brains.  That applies to getting good government also.