Kevin McCarthy? Next Speaker Of The House? My God!!

[busterbrown]

Rachel Maddow’s opening piece tonight illustrated just how ignorant and stupid this man is, based on a his first foreign policy
roll out statements.. This guy to put it simply, seems to have the verbal skills of a 6th grader..and he was fucking reading his statements.. I’m telling you, not making it up.. I don’t know who wrote his stuff but there were about 6 errors which which seemed like obvious typos, however he read right through them..These typos/wrong wordings were so obvious, that it ....Well it was frightening..Really!!

Perhaps his gaff concerning Clinton today, was just a plain case of absolute stupidity..

Oh Yea, just remembered ( writing this post too quickly) He mentioned the country known to the world as Hungry?
As “HUNGRIA", Yea Hungria..

This is just an amazing piece. Please if anyone can get a clip.. Please Post..

[UTUSN]

1. Democracy happens. The Greeks also griped about the whaddacallits. n/t

[lordsummerisle]

2. Just don't

misunderestimate him, whatever you do

[MainSt99]

18. McCarthy's no Tea Partier

He might be awkward and lack gravitas but from all indications, McCarthy's strength is, he has people skills.... The ability to influence other Republicans.

However, any Speaker Of The House has to be an able orator and that first speech speaks poorly for him.

What does it mean for house Democrats? IMO, McCarthy will continue in Boehner's footsteps, trying to keep order among the crazies in the Tea Party. Hopefully as speaker, he will give Obama more respect than Boehner did.

[link:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/25/meet-kevin-mccarthy-the-potential-next-speaker-of-the-house/|

[ieoeja]

41. Maybe he'll have the fortitude to drop the GOP's "Hastert Rule".

Speaker Hastert would not let anything come to a vote that did not have enough support among Republicans to pass without a single Democratic supporter. Just because Hastert did it that way, doesn't mean his successors had/have to do it the same way. No Speaker for over 200 years before him did it that way.

And nobody holds Hastert up as a model Speaker for anyting except this one rule of his.

14 Conservative Blue Dog Democrats
46 "Moderate" New Democrats
--
60 Conservative Democrats
170 Conservative Republicans
---
230 Conservative Congress-critters

With 218 needed for a majority, he could have a governing majority in the House while ignoring:

68 Liberal Democrats
36 Tea-Party Republicans
101 who have not joined an ideological caucus

[angryvet]

3. Hilary is Untrustable

he said that without a written speech. The man is an idiot. SPEAKER of the house?????

[Person 2713]

4. Arrogant and ignorant is a dangerous mix

[napi21]

5. But he's BETTER than the other two who have been mentioned as

possible speakers. Boy, That's a really scary thought! Shows there's not an intelligent one in the whole lot!

[KeepItReal]

6. Here's the video!!

This dude is functionally illiterate!!

[Electric Monk]

7. OMG! What a maroon! Thank you for posting that. I hope it goes viral.

I re-posted it in V&M as well, to get more eyeballs.

[KeepItReal]

9. You're welcome. His ascendency to Speaker of the House has to be a joke

This dude couldn't win a middle school spelling bee.

Hungria!?!?

[bvf]

11. Good grief!

That was painful. Can't imagine how idiotic he must sound speaking off-the-cuff.

[RussBLib]

17. he just handed Hillary and the Dems a golden opportunity

CAPITALIZE

[busterbrown]

21. Just got in from work..

Thanks so much!!

[KeepItReal]

25. You'e welcome

[vanlassie]

8. He's from Bakersfield. Just saying.

[BlueJazz]

10. I used to live in Hungria. Seemed like I always wanted something to eat.

[KeepItReal]

12. That place does have the best Hippos

[pinboy3niner]

14. And don't forget their televised national Games

[bvf]

13. As a fellow

Hungriarian, I know how you feel.

The biggest thing I learned about my ethnic heritage as a youngster is that we'll eat pretty much anything.

[PufPuf23]

29. When I lived in Hungria, often went next door to Ramenia for cheap noodles. Yum.

There is something seriously wrong in a country where an illiterate can be Speaker of the House.

[WiffenPoof]

15. This is even...

Worse than Bush... If that is possible.

And just remember... He would be second in line to the Oval Office.

Paige

[KeepItReal]

19. I've found some more Kevin McCarthy footage:

[Cleita]

16. I have to write Rachel. He used to be my Congressman.

Last edited Thu Oct 1, 2015, 01:53 PM - Edit history (1)

He has never really been voted into office. Gerrymandering got him elected over and over because there was no candidate challenging him and the three times there was a weak candidate in the last ten years, that candidate was not backed by the Democratic Party and only tolerated as what I think was considered a pest, sort of like Bernie. I once asked why the official local Dem party didn't put resources behind a challenger and was told by party insiders that the seat couldn't be won so, Kevin McCarthy got a free pass to Congress.

The biggest frustration I always had on my ballot was having to leave that part blank because there wasn't an opposition candidate, not even third party often. What amazed me is how he advanced so quickly in the power structure in Congress. He was Bill Thomas's golden child and heir apparent. Look to Thomas's dealing and his ties to oil and big agro to piece this one together. If he gets Speaker, they need to give him a coronation not a gavel.

Edited to correct error.

[busterbrown]

22. Wow!!

Thanks for the heads up on the local level..

[KamaAina]

32. I thought California ended gerrymandering.

We now have a bipartisan commission drawing the districts like Iowa has. So why isn't there competition in his new district?

[Cleita]

34. It did and he now gets some competition in our ungerrymandered districts.

However, the candidates who have run against him are weak and the party doesn't do much to back them because the PTB in the different official local Democrats don't believe they are winners. Go figure that one out. I worked on the 2006 campaign for the Democrat opposing him but he won 70% of the vote. It was there that I found out the Democratic Party was lukewarm toward Sharon Beery's candidacy because they felt it was a losing seat.

In 2008 and 2010 he ran unopposed.

In 2012 after the end of gerrymandering, a weak independent candidate ran against him and again McCarthy got 73% of the vote.

In 2014 it seems, although I no longer voted in that district, he pretty much ran unopposed against a write in candidate.

Really, he has never had a strong Democrat run against him so he pretty much has skated in free with Koch Bros. and other oil industry money backing him like his predecessor Congressman Bill Thomas.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/21/kevin-mccarthys-rise-majority-leader-great-news-polluting-koch-brothers.html

Although the wikipedia page is a bit messy, it does show what the races were about or I probably should say non-races.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy_(California_politician)

Also a correction to my original post, it has been in the last ten years not fifteen years that he has run pretty much unopposed which is why I said he should get a coronation, not a gavel.

[KamaAina]

35. Cleita for Congress?

[Cleita]

37. No thanks. I'm too dumb for the job, but at least I'm smart enough to know it. eom

[KamaAina]

39. Well, too dumb to be a Democrat, anyway.

I mean, come on. Look at Gomer.

[Rex]

20. Hungria oh Hungria, my belly aches for you.

Come on everyone! You all know the national anthem of Hungria!

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. Hungria!

[CTyankee]

24. Pray for us.

[Danmel]

26. You really can't make this shit up

I weep for the future of this country.

[cpompilo]

27. OMG!!! BRING BACK THE ORANGE BONER! (never thought I'd say that!)

[Smarmie Doofus]

28. I saw it. They won't go through with it.

They're crazy.... but they are not stupid.

[Gothmog]

30. McCarthy is stupid even for a republican

[Cleita]

38. I hear he makes a hell of a rueben sandwich though. I wish he would go back to doing that.eom

[KamaAina]

31. Is that anywhere near Ubeki-beki-bekistan?

[Smarmie Doofus]

33. I like him. He's got a certain.... I dunno.... Leslie Nielsen-ish quality.

Listen. Seriously. People here thought Quayle ( The "Air-head Apparent.&quot was funny.

This NEW guy is comedy GOLD!

[Cleita]

36. Yes, the Koch bros. and oil industry at large are laughing all the way through their polluting,

fracking, global warming paths to the bank to cash in what Kevin McCarthy delivers to them in the way of legislation.

[Smarmie Doofus]

40. I'm not saying he's not a political prostitute. I'm saying that, as the public face...

... of the GOP House, his inability to speak and think coherently promises to bring discredit to his party and thus to its $$$ dominated agenda.