https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=355FJIRn6bo
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After several unsuccessful votes for House Speaker, Republicans have unearthed an obscure Constitutional Rule that allows the Speaker to be chosen in a Wipeout-style obstacle course.
“With a heavy heart, I move to take this contest outside, to the giant red ball things in the reflecting pool, to determine who will lead this great legislative body,” said Congressman Jim Jordan. “Once the obstacles have been thoroughly covered in dish suds, we will face each other in this glorious arena, the winner chosen fair and square. May God be with us all.”
Representatives then shuffled out of the building single file as aides rushed in swimsuits and safety helmets.
Halfway through the contest, McCarthy announced he was fully confident he would still be House Speaker, even as he careened hilariously through the air after being smacked in the face with a giant red moving pole.
Go here to read the rest. After a week of trying Kevin McCarthy (R.Ca.) is Speaker of the House. The week demonstrated the perils of such a small majority and the deep dissatisfaction that most Republican rank and file feel after the electoral debacle last year. The Democrats enjoyed the spectacle but Bob Hope had their number long ago:
The main goals of the GOP in the House should be to conduct searing investigations and to say no to almost anything Biden wishes to do. Let’s see if they can do it without turning their majority in the House into a complete goat rodeo.
“Let’s see if they can do it without turning their majority in the House into a complete goat rodeo.”
I think the Almighty would break a good sweat pulling off a miracle of that magnitude.
It would seem that the biblical method of casting lots (throwing dice) would have been the right way after all.