Capitol Hill Blue Forums Political Issues Politics In General Prediction for the new Reep House

Regarding the agenda put forth by McCarthy’s House, I predict that the entire upcoming two years of “investigations” and obstruction of good sense will be a series of reruns of the Speaker selection circus - to be known in history as The UnGovernment.

The investigations will be so incompetent, disorganized, and generally chaotic that they will result in little more than a treasure trove of Dem campaign soundbites for 2024. The only downside is that we will see two years of missed opportunities for any actual national problem-solving.

Have you ever watched utube vids of Republicans asking questions in Congressional hearings? The only question ever asked has a presumption of some crime having been committed and are used solely as soundbites for the base. I don't know why the people testifying don't turn it around on these clowns and respond with an implication the questioner is the actual guilty person.

That is all they are intended to be. The GOP has devolved into a collection of YouTubers and Twitter Trolls. The most honest moment of the McCarthy fiasco was Mike Rogers going after Matt Gaetz (why did anyone restrain him!?).

The collective wisdom of the GOP couldn't fill a teacup.

I didn't actually see the 14th and 15th Speaker votes on C-SPAN, but I was live blogging it on Joe My God in real time. The other bloggers were giving a play by play of what they were seeing on C-SPAN.

Crazy, crazy evening.

I predicted several times here that the new Republican controlled house would be a political payback, revenge house. That sooner or later they’d impeach Biden for nothing more than the democrats impeached Trump twice. That McCarthy would payback Pelosi for denying the minority leader his choices to serve on the 1-6 committee by denying certain democrats any committee assignments. This is beginning to take place.

McCarthy expected to keep 3 Democrats off House committees

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/mccarthy-expected-keep-3-democrats-220300965.html

Also, more investigations into Hunter Biden and an investigation into the 1-6 committee itself. Along with an investigation into our southern border, which also has begun with impeachment motion being filed. I forget what else I predicted, but all involved political paybacks, revenge against the Democrats.

House Republican files articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...t-filed-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-rcna65174

This is just the beginning. Setting precedence like Reid did with the nuclear option which McConnell escalated, Pelosi being the first speaker to deny the minority leader his choice of who he places on committees in our history, which McCarthy is escalating, etc. Simply means this Republican house is much more interested in political paybacks, revenge than governing. If the Democrats didn’t believe or think the GOP would retaliate and escalate, they were mighty dumb.

How all this revenge tactics plays out; we’ll have to wait and see.

Republiclowns "investigated" Benghazi NINE times. NINE!!! They're as useless as teats on a boar.

Of course, everybody knew that. The point of the OP is that their brash and bumbling incompetence is not going to favorably impress anyone who is not already deeply delusional, and it is likely that their infighting will increase. My prediction is that GOP power is scheduled to erode significantly, due to who and what they have become.

There is no comparison between what Trump was impeached for (either time), nor his criminality to what the Reeps threaten. The performance of the J6 committee was incredibly well researched and orchestrated. Did you notice that they used only right-wing testimony to make their case? The Reeps' performances are guaranteed to be s**tshows.

The idea that if a right action is taken against a wrongdoer is inadvisable, because the wingnuts will retaliate, is a capitulation to a spiral into social and political decay. Frankly, I find it encouraging that the Dems are not much willing to play the retaliation/escalation game.

While I agree with you logtroll, I’m always looking at how these actions will affect the next election. The infighting among Republicans probably will have more effect than denying a couple of democrats any committee assignment or even impeaching Biden if that happens which I predict will.

The question then becomes how many people will care if the exclusion of a couple of democrats from committee assignments is valid or if impeaching Biden is done for valid reasons or political revenge? I’ll take a SWAG and say probably more than half won’t care.

I don't think the appointment of Dems to committees will have much effect either. What I am talking about is the show. For whatever crazy reason, Trump could whip up and consolidate the base with his lies, blame, and posturing, I attribute that to a "charisma" effect that he has, which makes him a successful con man, in spite of all factual reality.

I don't see that in any of the horde of wackos that are now fighting for power and relevance in the GOP. They are fractured, frantic, wannabe bullies - there is no cohesive force among them. I predict the result to be two years of incoherent caterwauling.

Every time you mention Trump's two time impeachments, it sounds as if you don't think there was legitimate grounds for those proceedings. It must have been a "perfect" call and it must have been a "routine tourist group".

From above since it was nothing more than a tourist group, there can be no investigation into two Congressmen who participated in planning the group visit, therefore Rep Pelosi was wrong to keep them off the committee. She had no objection to anyone who was not being investigated .... it's a clue.

The polls indicate it's half and half, therefore I will conclude it must not have happened .... o my lying eyes.