Kevin McCarthy wins the speakership after 15 rounds of voting

It was a long and winding road, but it was better than the lifeless party "unity" seen in the Democrats.

Babylon Bee couldn't wait: After 15 Grueling House Speaker Votes, America's Long National Nightmare Can Finally Begin   . . . "Finally, we will get down to the people's business of stealing all their money for our pet projects, making backroom deals, and holding meaningless investigations where we yell and point angrily at people to get some sweet sound bytes for our reelections," said McCarthy to the assembled warmongers, rapists, and half-dead geriatrics in the room. "Our long congressional nightmare is over, and the long national nightmare is finally here! Huzzah!"  "Those in the crowd who were still sober enough to stand then stood and cheered.". . .

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What comes next won't be pretty.

Image courtesy of Richard Terrell at TerrellAfterMath.

The Incomprehensible Election for House Speaker   "It is surprising to see the lineup of people who support Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker, given his poor performance as House Minority Leader.  What is far worse is the disingenuousness of some of the unhinged arguments McCarthy supporters are spewing.

"Kevin McCarthy does not have a stellar resume.  He served as House Majority Leader, the number two man in the House, during the checkered speakerships of John Boehner and Paul Ryan.  I don’t hold him responsible for anything he did during that time, but I do hold him liable for his failures as the House Minority Leader since.". . .

It is one thing to disagree on who should be Speaker.  But to trot out smear tactics and panic that define progressive methods of “argument” is a way to truly destroy the Republican Party.  Perhaps it should die, and quickly.  It seems too feckless to me to stop our nation’s downward spiral.