Even though the presidential campaign is providing loads of entertainment and maybe even a bit of substantive discussion, the real show is in the House of Representatives. There is chaos in the Republican-controlled House after the far right ousted John Boehner and blocked Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. The right wing nuts are ascendant and in full display in the Freedom Caucus.
The Freedom Caucus is an assortment of the most ideologically-pure right wing Republicans. There are reportedly about forty members, a fairly small number relative to the House’s 435 members. Apparently, if you have nothing to lose and have the financial encouragement from various far right Super PACs, you can refuse to budge, compromise or legislate and lead all the other “establishment” Republicans around by a ring in their collective nose.
The forecast is for increasing chances of grandstanding with a 95% chance of brinksmanship followed by a flurry of governing-by-extortion attempts. It’s gotten so bad that Republicans are begging an apparently reluctant Paul Ryan to make a run for Speaker of the House since he’s such a smart, sane, level-headed guy. Never mind the Ayn Rand complex and the catfish noodling. Enjoy the cartoon and be sure to check out the links behind the ‘toon.
[Perky excited news or advertising woman]
Forget presidential politics, on Capitol Hill it’s Conservatives Gone Wild!
Who will come out on top in the House?
Will it be the conservative right-wing?
Will it be the conservativer righter-wing?
The Freedom Caucus is in the driver’s seat— after dumping leftist hippie, John Boehner and blocking Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s path to the speakership.
The Party of No is becoming the, Party of Noer!
The Tea Party-happy “Freedom Caucus” meets in the basement of a Tex-Mex restaurant to plot the future of the country.
From disappearing Appalachian-trail-hiker, Mark Sanford, to No-Religious-Freedom-for-Muslims, Pastor Jody Hice—
Forty-ish House Republicans rehearse all manner of ways to say “no,” no matter what!
But how can just forty Republicans force a four-hundred-and-thirty-five-member body to do what they want?
Easy! Just Say No!
With nothing to lose and plenty of Right-Wing Super-PAC money to gain, the Freedom Caucus is free to go wild!
Why just hate Democrats, when you can hate all those other Republicans, too?
With Right-Wing Conservatives going so Right-Wing Wild, the only sensible, smart choice for House Speaker looks like . . .
. . . A catfish-noodling bow-hunter in love with Ayn Rand.