Timothy Birdnow

The GOP is not one party but two, and only half of it is actually an opposition party, and of that half only a handful are actually trying to turn back the tide; the rest are enjoying the fruits of elected office. This country is in far too much trouble for business as usual. This is a war, not a disagreement. We need Churchill and not Chamberlain.

Kevin McCarthy was Neville Chamberlain.

And a majority of Republicans in the House liked that because they really don't want to stick their necks out. They have a good thing going and don't want to screw it up. That's been our problems for as long as I've been alive; the GOP is happy as a second banana, a party with little appeal (pun intended). Their job is to be a foil for the Democrats, and to make it appear there is opposition so the Conservatives in society don't blow up. Most Republicans are there to make money and offer a pressure valve, but it's intended to be a Potemkin Village; smiling peasants waiving at the Tsar from their new homes when in fact those homes are movie set false fronts and the peasants are paid actors who move along the river to appear in the next "town".

Kevin McCarthy was going along with that. He talked a good game but when push came to shove he was hat and no cattle.

Another point to ponder about all this; with Joe Biden being asleep at the wheel, a kind of political Rip Van Winkle, the Speaker of the House stands to be far more important than ever. Newt Gingrich came close to being America's Prime Minister, and that during the era of Bill Clinton, an oversized personality. Mr. Biden, you are no Bill Clinton! So if Jim Jordan becomes Speaker he could well be the big man on campus. He could well overshadow Biden, become more of a Prime Minister than a Speaker.

And if he plays his cards right and moves a pro-American agenda forward he can have major gains in the House in the '24 election, even with the Democrat vote fraud machine. If we can then get a Senate Majority Leader who doesn't undercut Jordan (something possible as Mitch McConnell is looking to share a room with Joe Biden at the Happy Acres Nursing Home and Hospice) We can make Joe Biden largely irrelevant. This is a great opportunity.

But the RINO wing of the GOP will fight Jordan's Speakership at every turn. Steve Scalise has thrown his hat in the ring, for instance, and I can see the knock-kneed Establishmentarians jumping on board THAT donkey cart. And make no mistake about it; Mitch McConnell will tamper with this to prevent Jordan from ascending to the Speakership. That is when he's not staring off into space.

Sadly, we got McCarthy because nobody wanted the trouble of the job and the RINO wing wouldn't vote for anyone other than a business-as-usual guy. So this is going to be a wild ride.

In the end Britain took Winston Churchill out of mothballs and put him in charge - and his iron will carried the nation to ultimate victory. America and the GOP need Winston now.

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