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Scuba

(53,475 posts) Fri Oct 9, 2015, 08:48 AM Oct 2015

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That awkward moment when ...

That awkward moment when there are 17 presidential candidates and yet not one Republican wants to be Speaker of the House.

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That awkward moment when ... (Original Post) Scuba Oct 2015 OP

Now that's funny! Little Star Oct 2015 #1

Watch Bobby Jindal or Huckabee try for that job... world wide wally Oct 2015 #2

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!! Octafish Oct 2015 #3

You don't have to be elected to the House to be Speaker central scrutinizer Oct 2015 #4

It reminds me of the waiting list to be an Admiral in the Imperial Fleet... Shandris Oct 2015 #5

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

1. Now that's funny!

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 08:49 AM

Oct 2015

world wide wally

(21,738 posts)

2. Watch Bobby Jindal or Huckabee try for that job...

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 09:26 AM

Oct 2015

and be rejected there too.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

3. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 09:34 AM

Oct 2015

Great site, Scuba!

On this day in 1871 Chicago burned to the ground, and Obama did nothing to stop it or help the victims after. Fact.

LOLOLOL!

central scrutinizer

(11,637 posts)

4. You don't have to be elected to the House to be Speaker

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 11:44 AM

Oct 2015

Trump for Speaker! Then he would have some experience to add to the resume

Shandris

(3,447 posts)

5. It reminds me of the waiting list to be an Admiral in the Imperial Fleet...

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 11:58 AM

Oct 2015

...circa 1982 or so.

It was pretty much a career-limiting move, for anyone who has somehow dodged seeing the original Star Wars trilogy for nigh-on 30 years.

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