There's a certain satisfaction in seeing McCarthy getting his comeuppance. McCarthy has always lacked a moral compass. He always tries to figure out which way the wind is blowing & then heads that way. No wonder some don't trust him. The radicals on the right have no desire to govern, only to cause chaos & jam their way into more power. The country is against them, & the party should be as well. The GOP needs to find a more rational & courageous moderate to be their speaker who will force the radicals to fall in line. Even if it means threatening to fund challengers to them in 2 years. Having said that, there's something to be said for spending curbs in exchange for raising the federal debt. Will we ever fix the ballooning federal deficit, or will we watch it spiral out of control? Earmarks to direct federal money to individual projects are out of control. They vanished for a decade after 2011 following the “bridge to nowhere” & other embarrassments. Last year's $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill contained no fewer than 367 pages of pet projects that lawmakers earmarked for their home state or district. Congress brought home the bacon for some 5,000 separate earmarks at a cost of $9.7 billion. Insane. The GOP group of 20 is also seeking to heavily fortify the U.S. border with Mexico. Are we ever going to repair this broken system, or is the plan to keep accepting more illegal immigrants until we are overwhelmed? These legitimate issues have to be addressed.

There's a certain satisfaction in seeing McCarthy getting his comeuppance. McCarthy has always lacked a moral compass. He always tries to figure out which way the wind is blowing & then heads that way. No wonder some don't trust him. The radicals on the right have no desire to govern, only to cause chaos & jam their way into more power. The country is against them, & the party should be as well. The GOP needs to find a more rational & courageous moderate to be their speaker who will force the radicals to fall in line. Even if it means threatening to fund challengers to them in 2 years. Having said that, there's something to be said for spending curbs in exchange for raising the federal debt. Will we ever fix the ballooning federal deficit, or will we watch it spiral out of control? Earmarks to direct federal money to individual projects are out of control. They vanished for a decade after 2011 following the “bridge to nowhere” & other embarrassments. Last year's $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill contained no fewer than 367 pages of pet projects that lawmakers earmarked for their home state or district. Congress brought home the bacon for some 5,000 separate earmarks at a cost of $9.7 billion. Insane. The GOP group of 20 is also seeking to heavily fortify the U.S. border with Mexico. Are we ever going to repair this broken system, or is the plan to keep accepting more illegal immigrants until we are overwhelmed? These legitimate issues have to be addressed.

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