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vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:12:24 AM  
Probably had "Oh, and one more thing, before you go. If I find out you had anything to do with the insurrection attempt, you will be brought to justice, you greasy shiat." Still ringing in his ears as he walked out.
 
Notabunny [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 12:27:40 PM  
Qevin found out that Uncle Joe is now Uncle No
 
whidbey
2023-02-03 1:44:14 PM  
President Biden made clear that, as every other leader in both parties in Congress has affirmed, it is their shared duty not to allow an unprecedented and economically catastrophic default."

Cue:  Shiatgressive rage, distortions
 
padraig
2023-02-03 1:44:44 PM  
"Not even the fee for the gaming license."
 
Ragin' Asian [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 1:47:25 PM  
🎶He was a one horned, ones eyed, skulking people eater🎶

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SiotMoc
2023-02-03 1:48:47 PM  
FTFA: "President Joe Biden and Barely Speaker Kevin McCarthy "
Nice.
 
leviosaurus [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 1:49:42 PM  
How much does your party suck when the best representative you can find is from farking Bakersfield?
 
bighairyguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 1:50:23 PM  
He should go talk to his bosses on the Freedom Caucus.  They can give him a nice poo-flinging explanation.
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-02-03 1:50:29 PM  
POTUS GOES WHERE?!

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Blathering Idjut
2023-02-03 1:50:33 PM  
Oh, he understood what happened in the meeting.  He's a republican.  They just substitute their own reality.
 
maniacbastard
2023-02-03 1:51:42 PM  
The only way republicans seem to be able to negotiate is when they take hostages. That is an act of desperation by someone that lacks a good position or anything to trade.

How they govern is frickin' weird and creepy as hell.
 
Meatsim1
2023-02-03 1:52:26 PM  

vudukungfu: Probably had "Oh, and one more thing, before you go. If I find out you had anything to do with the insurrection attempt, you will be brought to justice, you greasy shiat." Still ringing in his ears as he walked out.


Like the DoJ has given anyone of McCarthy's status any reason to be worried about participating in an insurrection
 
Jumbled
2023-02-03 1:53:49 PM  
But he got Santos to vote for him!
 
foo monkey
2023-02-03 1:55:17 PM  

bighairyguy: He should go talk to his bosses on the Freedom Caucus.  They can give him a nice poo-flinging explanation.


Sometimes it's the only way to get through to humans.
 
foo monkey
2023-02-03 1:56:09 PM  

Meatsim1: vudukungfu: Probably had "Oh, and one more thing, before you go. If I find out you had anything to do with the insurrection attempt, you will be brought to justice, you greasy shiat." Still ringing in his ears as he walked out.

Like the DoJ has given anyone of McCarthy's status any reason to be worried about participating in an insurrection


Sounds to me like someone's not being patient and trusting the process.
 
sleze
2023-02-03 1:58:46 PM  
Why don't reporters just keep asking the same question when politicians dodge and refuse the answer the question asked?
 
jvl
2023-02-03 1:59:20 PM  
Congress: You will spend $X. The Constitution says Congress gets to decide this
Congress: Taxes/revenue will amount to $Y. The Constitution says Congress gets to decide this
Congress: Oh, and you can only borrow $Z. The Constitution has no opinion on this

What court is going to uphold item #3? It's smart for the Admin to try to obey #3 as best they can, but once that have made a good-faith effort, seems like they should just violate #3 and let Congress cry to the courts.
 
OldRod [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 1:59:38 PM  
"Barely Speaker Kevin McCarthy"

Ouch!
 
makerofbadjokes [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 2:00:22 PM  
Qevin is still under the assumption the groundhog gave him 6 more weeks of no legislation.

Not exactly expecting to see anything positive for the next few years
 
NickBob78
2023-02-03 2:01:40 PM  
I think we will really default this time.  The GOP will use the ensuing economic fallout to try and convince voters it was Biden and the Democrats fault.  It will work a little.
 
The Bunyip
2023-02-03 2:04:31 PM  
I hope Biden made him sit and wait 15 minutes alone, one for each vote he needed to claw the title away from Pelosi.Everyone, everywhere should.
 
Yakk
2023-02-03 2:05:55 PM  
The video where contradicts his own position by analogy was the chef's kiss.
 
palelizard
2023-02-03 2:06:08 PM  

NickBob78: I think we will really default this time.  The GOP will use the ensuing economic fallout to try and convince voters it was Biden and the Democrats fault.  It will work a little.


Naw. It's going to go up to the line, but as the true deadline approaches, people are going to get more and more annoyed, and the GOP will backdown so long as the Dems don't.
 
FreakyBunny [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 2:06:54 PM  
These assholes could tell their base the sky is green and half would believe it and the other half would be like "we know it's blue, but fark you libs!".
 
Subtonic
2023-02-03 2:07:56 PM  

Blathering Idjut: Oh, he understood what happened in the meeting.  He's a republican.  They just substitute their own reality.


"Oh yeah, Joe was real nice about it. The old man said take any rug in the house."
 
pueblonative
2023-02-03 2:09:05 PM  
Qevin probably thinks confusion is a funny Oriental philosopher
 
Claude Ballse
2023-02-03 2:11:23 PM  

NickBob78: I think we will really default this time.  The GOP will use the ensuing economic fallout to try and convince voters it was Biden and the Democrats fault.  It will work a little.


It's dangerously close. The corporate sponsors who donate to the republicans will have an absolute meltdown akin to the financial meltdown their businesses will succumb to. Leaving republicans confused as to how this happened because they truly have no comprehension skills.

One day, we may very well indeed require a final solution to the GOP question to oust these people from government. Particularly if the UN becomes legitimately involved in human rights violations at the behest of China and Russia.
 
DoctorCal
2023-02-03 2:11:30 PM  
I don't think he's confused. Nothing has changed. He's still empowering conservatives to hold the government hostage.
 
bhcompy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 2:15:57 PM  

NickBob78: I think we will really default this time.  The GOP will use the ensuing economic fallout to try and convince voters it was Biden and the Democrats fault.  It will work a little.


If we do default, it doesn't really matter what happens after that, as the dumpster fire finding the dynamite kind of ruins everything
 
Autoerotic Defenestration
2023-02-03 2:17:53 PM  
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HighOnCraic
2023-02-03 2:20:01 PM  
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Dr Dreidel
2023-02-03 2:21:44 PM  
"There's nothing in there but me walking away that does not believe at the end of the day we can come to an agreement."

I lost my English-Derpinese dictionary a while back (and Google has a well-known anti-conservative bias so it's not on their list of "approved" languages*), can someone translate?

* although I guess since Derpinese is closely related to English but has slightly different forms and rules (in addition to word substitutions like "nukular" for "nuclear") it's more appropriately a dialect or pidgin
 
Officer Barrelroll
2023-02-03 2:22:40 PM  
FTFA: McCarthy emerges from meeting with Biden clearly not comprehending what happened in there

Terribly written headline. MAGA will read it and yell about how McCarthy left dementia riddled Biden confused.

They will have to look up what comprehending means first, but someone will help them Google.
 
A Room Full of Angry Raccoons
2023-02-03 2:25:53 PM  

leviosaurus: How much does your party suck when the best representative you can find is from farking Bakersfield?


We don't know 'em but we don't like 'em, we care less how they feel.
 
A Room Full of Angry Raccoons
2023-02-03 2:27:07 PM  

sleze: Why don't reporters just keep asking the same question when politicians dodge and refuse the answer the question asked?


They're more concerned with keeping their access than doing any real journalism.
 
macadamnut
2023-02-03 2:30:50 PM  

sleze: Why don't reporters just keep asking the same question when politicians dodge and refuse the answer the question asked?


In real countries they do, and it's spectacular.
 
Puglio
2023-02-03 2:31:32 PM  

Dr Dreidel: "There's nothing in there but me walking away that does not believe at the end of the day we can come to an agreement."

I lost my English-Derpinese dictionary a while back (and Google has a well-known anti-conservative bias so it's not on their list of "approved" languages*), can someone translate?

* although I guess since Derpinese is closely related to English but has slightly different forms and rules (in addition to word substitutions like "nukular" for "nuclear") it's more appropriately a dialect or pidgin


I think he means as long as he doesn't walk away, they will come to an agreement.
 
fruit flies like a banana [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-03 2:37:32 PM  

NickBob78: I think we will really default this time.  The GOP will use the ensuing economic fallout to try and convince voters it was Biden and the Democrats fault.  It will work a little.


They are pretty psycho. But six months from now, when the stock market tanks, when the ratings agencies start talking about downgrades (or do it, again), and when poll after poll shows Americans overwhelmingly blaming Republicans for it, all before we even default, what then?
 
whidbey
2023-02-03 2:37:44 PM  

Dr Dreidel: "There's nothing in there but me walking away that does not believe at the end of the day we can come to an agreement."

I lost my English-Derpinese dictionary a while back (and Google has a well-known anti-conservative bias so it's not on their list of "approved" languages*), can someone translate?

* although I guess since Derpinese is closely related to English but has slightly different forms and rules (in addition to word substitutions like "nukular" for "nuclear") it's more appropriately a dialect or pidgin


I'm so stealing that.
 
Gin Buddy
2023-02-03 2:42:32 PM  

Dr Dreidel: "There's nothing in there but me walking away that does not believe at the end of the day we can come to an agreement."

I lost my English-Derpinese dictionary a while back (and Google has a well-known anti-conservative bias so it's not on their list of "approved" languages*), can someone translate?

* although I guess since Derpinese is closely related to English but has slightly different forms and rules (in addition to word substitutions like "nukular" for "nuclear") it's more appropriately a dialect or pidgin


Second comment today that I couldn't decide between Smart or Funny so ended up going with both.

We live in strange times indeed...
 
Aquapope
2023-02-03 2:43:02 PM  

NickBob78: I think we will really default this time.  The GOP will use the ensuing economic fallout to try and convince voters it was Biden and the Democrats fault.  It will work a little.


It will work a lot.  Most Americans have no idea what any of this is about, but the GOP will be the louder of the two narratives and will drown out the truth with claims that the Dems hate capitalism and working Americans and refused to negotiate common sense spending.  Trying to explain why that's a bunch of horseshiat won't work to people who don't care enough to understand it already.  They'll just hear "Dems did it", and that's easy to believe and consistent with the lies they've been believing for years, despite what their lying eyes have been showing them.
 
EJ25T
2023-02-03 2:57:52 PM  

Aquapope: NickBob78: I think we will really default this time.  The GOP will use the ensuing economic fallout to try and convince voters it was Biden and the Democrats fault.  It will work a little.

It will work a lot.  Most Americans have no idea what any of this is about, but the GOP will be the louder of the two narratives and will drown out the truth with claims that the Dems hate capitalism and working Americans and refused to negotiate common sense spending.  Trying to explain why that's a bunch of horseshiat won't work to people who don't care enough to understand it already.  They'll just hear "Dems did it", and that's easy to believe and consistent with the lies they've been believing for years, despite what their lying eyes have been showing them.


It will only work a lot with the Republican base. The Common Clay of the New West.
 
KodosZardoz
2023-02-03 3:06:34 PM  

Dr Dreidel: "There's nothing in there but me walking away that does not believe at the end of the day we can come to an agreement."

I lost my English-Derpinese dictionary a while back (and Google has a well-known anti-conservative bias so it's not on their list of "approved" languages*), can someone translate?

* although I guess since Derpinese is closely related to English but has slightly different forms and rules (in addition to word substitutions like "nukular" for "nuclear") it's more appropriately a dialect or pidgin


He obviously hired Herschel Walker as a speechwriter.
 
fatassbastard [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 3:09:51 PM  
"We hate Democrats therefore we're going to keep putting stupider and stupider people in charge until we actually do destroy the country, then we'll blame it on the Democrats."
 
Eddie Barzoom
2023-02-03 3:16:03 PM  
The dude is just trying pain dumb.
 
Eddie Barzoom
2023-02-03 3:16:46 PM  
Lol autocorrect pwnd

"The dude is just plain dumb"
 
EJ25T
2023-02-03 3:19:52 PM  

Eddie Barzoom: Lol autocorrect pwnd

"The dude is just plain dumb"


No, you had it right the first time. He's so damn stupid, it hurts.
 
Graffito [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 3:33:44 PM  
Anytime I hear someone trot out the credit card analogy I turn her/him off.  They are not prepared to have a serious discussion.
 
NateAsbestos [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 3:33:59 PM  

padraig: "Not even the fee for the gaming license."


I've heard this phrase brought up but have no idea what it's about...?
 
SomeAmerican
2023-02-03 3:37:41 PM  
The short version is that the D's and the R's are on completely different planets.

In the D's world, it's the responsibility of Congress to determine spending, and how that spending should be paid for (including taxes & borrowing).  And since funding bills start in the House, and McCarthy runs the House, McCarthy needs to take point.

In the R's world, this is a great time to make lots of noise and get lots of attention.  And many R's don't care if the country defaults or not.  So it's up to Biden and McConnell to come up with sufficient bribes to make the House care, otherwise over the fiscal cliff we go.

Right now, the White House should be hammering the media over and over again with the message of Congress is responsible for spending, this is not a negotiation, there is nothing to negotiate.
 
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