The very definition of insanity....

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  1. Tek

    Tekkytyke Well-Known Member

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    Tekkytyke, Jan 4, 2023
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    I don’t want to get into a political discussion, at all, but I do feel I need to say thank you for bringing me two days’ worth (so far) of top class entertainment. This had completely passed me by.
     
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    Just lost his seventh vote and that plank Matt Gaetz has nominated Donald Trump.
     
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    How does it work, do they just keep voting until he gets in?
     
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    If they keep going the next elections will be upon them before they know it :):)
     
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    It took them 2 months in 1850’s to elect a speaker , given a lot of the current Republican policies are taken from the mid 19th century, it might happen again
     
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    America is a democracy in name only and we are heading that way.
     
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    Don't they have to be a member of the House to be speaker?
     
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    Keep voting until someone gets a majority.
     
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    Nope. Traditionally they are but they don’t have to be.

    Do you reckon they’ll have the 10th vote now or adjourn?
     
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    No, it can be anybody.
     
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    Elected Oligarchy.
     
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    DazFrumTarn, Jan 7, 2023
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    Cards on the table. I have next to no understanding of the American political system. The more I hear about it, the less it makes sense. Am I alone in this?
     
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