Robert Ariail for October 17, 2023

Totally rudderless, for sure.

They may not have a rudder, but they have Trump as an anchor.

Not quite correct. Their direction has been clear for years. Straight towards extremism and chaos. They’re just fighting over who gets to be the lead idiot.

Chance to increase knowledge. Port and Starboard: Starboard is from “Steerboard” which is the rudder that the Vikings and others used, mounted to the side of the ship near the rear. Since most everybody is right handed, the steerbord was mounted on the RIGHT side (if you’re facing forward). And port: Naturally you’d avoid tying up to the pier/dock on the side that had the steerbord, so the port side is opposite to the starboard side.

As for whether the thuglicans understand this: Who cares? They’re not gonna use it anyway.

What will we do with a drunken sailor?

When you are strongly opposed to a democratic government of the people, by the people and for the people, and you start excluding those you don’t like to divide/destroy it… you must be very wary — as you too can be excluded by this pointless/directionless policy.

Don’t know where we’d be if the rudder had been invented and the Steerboard wasn’t.

Rudderless-and brainless. Moderate republicans (yes, there are such sensible people) have begun to realize that their republican party has been lowjacked.

The boat should be named Republican party.

Da*n the direction! Full speed ahead!

Somebody once accused them of not having both oars in the water. They DO – but the oars are floating just out of reach.

No rudder and they lost the compass over the side.

GOP been wandering in wilderness for 40 years.

Now try steering with a captain who has no practical experience and only wants to run the ship aground because he hates it.

Thank you for the info. Very cool. Used to go sailing alot when I was a kid and never knew this. Nice to know.

It only takes one Representative to call for the Speakership to be vacated. Those are the rules of engagement agreed upon at the beginning of the term.

If they want to change the rules, they have to have another vote to recind/edit them. That has not been done . . . yet.

So any speaker elected is subject to the same 1 Rep can trigger a Vacate Vote rules that McCarthy was kicked out on.

Any RWNJ bozo that manages to squeek by can be kicked out by all the Democrats and 6 or more Republicans.

Any compromise candidate that gets elected by all the Democrats and 6 or more Republicans is immune to a Vacate Vote because the Democrats will act to save him/her.

So who is really in charge of the House, in the face of the Chaos Caucus?

The GOP House: Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn’t coming.

they not only lost their ruder they lost their minds too

No no, it’s worse than this.

Do ya think maybe one day the fascist republican aholes will wake up and change their crude lying bully ways?

Rudderless….i like it!

GOP has no plan anyway… so no rush and GYM loves showers.

74,000,000, when you decide to grow, we as a nation will grow.

The Republicans may be rudder-less, but they’re still ruder.