10-04-2023, 05:56 PM
(10-04-2023, 02:37 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: The Dems had a chance to keep a moderate conservative in the Speaker position and instead, elected to get him removed and now we will likely end up with worse and an even bigger headache for both sides.
Moderate conservative? First, that's oxymoronic. Second, McCarthy isn't moderate at all. When you look at his voting record and his positions you can see that he is solidly on the conservative side of the GOP. While he was pretty acquiescent to Trump in many ways, he isn't quite the bootlicker the "Freedom" Caucus members are, but he is just as conservative, if not more so, than several of them.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
