(10-04-2023 06:56 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(10-04-2023 06:45 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(10-04-2023 05:07 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(10-03-2023 09:44 PM)banker Wrote:  I’m not a big fan of Gaetz, but what he has done is not only right, but possibly the most right thing during my 40 years of voting.

Conservative principle number one in my book is personal responsibility. I think most others on the right hold it in high regard. This message board is constantly littered with posts calling for people and institutions to be held accountable. Kevin McCarthy was just held personally accountable for failing to honor his word and failure to help guide the House back on track to doing its job.

You can’t want Garland or Myorkas impeached and kicked out and turn around and defend the Speaker when his back room deals and failure to oversee a House that takes the use of the People’s treasure in a serious and prudent manner. He agreed to get us back to operating fiscally in an appropriate manner and then decided to just let the brokenness of the system continue.

At some point you have to stop the bleeding and send a message. This is a tough fight because so many of those House members have their hand in the cookie jar. We screw up every 2 years by not voting them out, so I’m glad somebody was willing to commit political suicide to make a statement for us.

Complicated issue, but this is about as good a summation as anyone can offer. Well done, banker. +3.

And well done in the final measure also to former Speaker McCarthy. When faced with his own obvious failure to deliver on the terms he promised, he did the right thing and announced that he was stepping aside. In other words, he accepted personal responsibility for his own missteps and subordinated his personal feelings about Matt Gaetz and others who had come after him personally. He in the end understands that the interests of the nation are much bigger and more important than him. Good for former Speaker McCarthy.

If only the Trumplets would likewise realize that this works both ways. And whatever personal dismay they may have regarding the undeniable mistreatment of their demigod is far less important then what is in the best interests of the nation. That, of course, won’t happen. Personal responsibility and integrity is only for the other chumps, in the view of the M.O.B. Brigade.

And now let the requisite “Reeee” and “TDS” wailing begin.

Wait, what? Am I missing something? He was voted out, he didn't step aside.

Article: "After vote to unseat him, Kevin McCarthy says he will not run again for House speaker". - - Link: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/10/...696347771/


Votes have consequences. For some, at least.