Re: Kevin McCarthy Is Out For Vengeance, Baby!

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On 23 Feb 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_l...@ggmail.com> posted some
news:sv5vit$n3h$7...@dont-email.me:

> It would be much easier just to engage the dark web and have them all
> sanctioned. Some would do it for free.

As I may have mentioned, in Republican politics these days, cannibalism
is on the menu. Now, it seems, not only is it on the menu, it's the damn
Early Bird Grand Slam Special. From Politico:

A top McCarthy ally, Brian O. Walsh, is overseeing an attempt to recruit
primary challengers to take on members of the infamous “Gaetz Eight” —
the Capitol’s nickname for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and seven
Republicans who supported his fire-McCarthy push — according to six
people familiar with the plans who were granted anonymity to discuss
them. The McCarthy revenge campaign is ready to marshal the former
speaker’s considerable donor network on behalf of Republican primary
candidates who are deemed strong enough to pose a credible threat to one
of the eight. “These traitors chose to side with Nancy Pelosi, AOC and
over 200 Democrats to undermine the institution, their fellow
Republicans and a duly elected Speaker,” Walsh said in a statement.
“There must be consequences for that decision.”

Oh, knock off the whole AOC paranoia, will you? Put a sock in the
argument that it was the Democrats who were in any way responsible for
how the crazies ran amuck and threw your boss out on his ass. Just stick
with the pure, entertaining GOP-on-GOP crime. You owe the nation that
much.

That quiet work shows McCarthy’s appetite for payback remains intense,
even months after his October ouster as speaker and December departure
from Congress. It also illustrates that even out of office, the former
speaker and his supporters can make life miserable for his detractors —
a further sign that the House GOP power struggle between burn-it-down
hardliners and more establishment conservatives is alive and well. Walsh
is acting with McCarthy’s blessing. While the former speaker is not
involved in the day-to-day work of the project, he is briefed on its
progress, as are key donors, according to a person familiar with the
effort who was granted anonymity to discuss it.

It's hard to blame McCarthy. He really did get hosed pretty badly,
albeit by people to whom he willingly handed the hose. This is
old-school political payback, something those of us who cut their
professional teeth in the Massachusetts State House learned about in our
misspent youth. It's actually rather refreshing to see politics played
at this most fundamental level, rather than dealing with the conspiracy
fantasies currently skylarking through the heads of the people who gave
McCarthy the boot.

“One of the most dangerous things that you could do is have an
untethered McCarthy,” said Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), a former top
lieutenant of the ex-speaker. “In terms of some of the people that have
done stupid things over the past several months.”

The Untethered McCarthy—coming this spring to the Abbey Theater, Dublin.

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