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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcCarthy's alleged paramour voting for Chaffetz
Even some natural leadership allies such as Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) expressed doubts about promoting McCarthy to Speaker, a job second in line to the presidency.
He has not spoken to me personally for my vote, and Jason Chaffetz has, so thats where I am right now. At this point I will be casting a vote for Jason Chaffetz, said Ellmers, who is facing a GOP primary challenger. I cant vote for someone who doesnt ask for my vote.
Im apparently not high on his priority list, she added.
He has not spoken to me personally for my vote, and Jason Chaffetz has, so thats where I am right now. At this point I will be casting a vote for Jason Chaffetz, said Ellmers, who is facing a GOP primary challenger. I cant vote for someone who doesnt ask for my vote.
Im apparently not high on his priority list, she added.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/256270-freedom-caucus-endorses-rep-webster-for-speaker
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McCarthy's alleged paramour voting for Chaffetz (Original Post)
geek tragedy
Oct 2015
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Vinca
(50,310 posts)1. Wow - somehow I missed that little tidbit. More GOP family values?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)4. it's been heavily gossiped amongst Republicans for a while
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)2. Who says she is his "alleged paramour"?
Never mind, I just googled it and see that there is talk about them being a romantic item.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3. Which part are you questioning, "alleged" or "paramour?" nt
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)5. Just questioning where it came from
but I just googled it and saw. Thanks.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)6. "Rumors are running rampant", as Baba Wawa used to say!
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)12. Wouldn't that be
"Wumors awe wunning wampant..."?
Response to bullwinkle428 (Reply #6)
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shraby
(21,946 posts)7. On her wikipedia page, it says she's a "family values" person. Imagine that!!
blm
(113,100 posts)16. She's getting chewed up on her Facebook page.
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Rex
(65,616 posts)8. Translation; McCarthy dropped me like a rock at the first sign of inconvienence.
She thought it was going to be different than all those other times she cheated on her husband!?
HAAHAHAHAHAHA!
I love watching repuke scum eat each other alive!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)9. it's generally more risky to cheat on one's wife than on one's mistress nt
Rex
(65,616 posts)10. Good point!
I wonder how many cohorts he has in his skeleton closet?
the wives are accustomed to 'not giving a shit' if their idiot husbands cheat.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)11. Bwahahaha! n/t
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)13. Well, here is a curious tidbit from the NYT
Ellmers is one of the handful of freshmen whom McCarthy and the National Republican Congressional Committee didnt recruit and didnt assist but who won anyway a fact she says she has since reminded him of numerous times. McCarthy, who cant stand the sight of blood, appreciates the ex-nurses toughness. Ellmers is one of nine women in this high-testosterone freshman class and has to find her own way of being heard. She barraged McCarthy with e-mails and phone calls saying she saw little sense in the G.O.P. leaderships decision in June to send the White House a message by bringing to the floor a clean (or condition-free) debt ceiling and then resoundingly voting it down. Sometimes when Ellmers is talking to the whip and doesnt think shes getting through to him, she claps her hands loudly in front of his face. Sometimes McCarthy giggles and claps back.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/magazine/how-kevin-mccarthy-wrangles-the-tea-party.html?_r=0
Nothing weird going on there, no siree....
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)14. The Repigs are now a soap opera.
And caffeinated chimps with laptops are writing the scripts.