Wrestleknownothing Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) To paraphrase Terry (Tom?) Brands, Jim Jordan loves politicians, but he doesn't love legislating. I just read that in 16 years Jim Jordan has not gotten a single piece of legislation signed into law. The Center for Effective Lawmaking ranked him 431st out of 435 Congressmen in the last Congress. His bi-partisanship scores are in the same range. Only 3 members are below him. And this is the best speaker candidate my fellow Republicans could come up with? Edited October 17, 2023 by Wrestleknownothing Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmodium Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 10-20 people control this Congress. He represents them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 That’s the way a lot of legislators work. The speaker, I see more as a referee than an inventor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestlingRasta Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 59 minutes ago, Offthemat said: That’s the way a lot of legislators work. The speaker, I see more as a referee than an inventor. Great example except….he’s never been speaker. He’s only been a committee ranking member 4-5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 6 hours ago, WrestlingRasta said: Great example except….he’s never been speaker. He’s only been a committee ranking member 4-5 years. It’s kind of sketchy attributing authorship of legislation. Laws are written with a lot of legalese to make sure that they’re focused, and can contain loopholes for congressmen. Jordan is a lawyer, and has little legislation in his name. Pelosi, who is not a lawyer, has a lot of legislation. Mostly resolutions, but to me, that means her staff did the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 8 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said: To paraphrase Terry (Tom?) Brands It was Terry. I remember seeing it. Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 minute ago, Offthemat said: It’s kind of sketchy attributing authorship of legislation. Laws are written with a lot of legalese to make sure that they’re focused, and can contain loopholes for congressmen. Jordan is a lawyer, and has little legislation in his name. Pelosi, who is not a lawyer, has a lot of legislation. Mostly resolutions, but to me, that means her staff did the work. If by little you mean zero, you would be correct. To me that means neither he, nor his staff, did any work. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmodium Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Offthemat said: It’s kind of sketchy attributing authorship of legislation. Laws are written with a lot of legalese to make sure that they’re focused, and can contain loopholes for congressmen. Jordan is a lawyer, and has little legislation in his name. Pelosi, who is not a lawyer, has a lot of legislation. Mostly resolutions, but to me, that means her staff did the work. Jordan is not a lawyer. He went to law school but he never practiced law or took a bar exam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: If by little you mean zero, you would be correct. To me that means neither he, nor his staff, did any work. Sure, that’s possible, but not likely. There’s something to him that so many would be voting for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmodium Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Just now, Offthemat said: Sure, that’s possible, but not likely. There’s something to him that so many would be voting for him. MAGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestlingRasta Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, Offthemat said: It’s kind of sketchy attributing authorship of legislation. Laws are written with a lot of legalese to make sure that they’re focused, and can contain loopholes for congressmen. Jordan is a lawyer, and has little legislation in his name. Pelosi, who is not a lawyer, has a lot of legislation. Mostly resolutions, but to me, that means her staff did the work. I mean, people can move the goal posts, wiggle waggle, and excuse the facts in any number of ways, and they will, people will for legislators on both sides of the aisle. The relevant facts here are that in 18 years as a legislator, much of the last few with increasing influence, he has never passed a piece of legistlation, is currently under and defying a congressional subpeona, and is somehow close to being named speaker of that house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 minute ago, Plasmodium said: Jordan is not a lawyer. He went to law school but he never practiced law or took a bar exam. Okay, but he has the education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 5 minutes ago, WrestlingRasta said: I mean, people can move the goal posts, wiggle waggle, and excuse the facts in any number of ways, and they will, people will for legislators on both sides of the aisle. The relevant facts here are that in 18 years as a legislator, much of the last few with increasing influence, he has never passed a piece of legistlation, is currently under and defying a congressional subpeona, and is somehow close to being named speaker of that house. Well, I’m not too worried about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 9 minutes ago, Plasmodium said: MAGA Dovetailing off of Soundgarden, Ultra Maga Not OK. Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 If legislative record were the marker, Jim wouldn't be in the running. Apparently that is not a thing. Has Hakeem Jeffries passed lots of legislation he authored? Is he qualified by his legislation writing prowess? I don't know, but he was up for the vote today. mspart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 minute ago, mspart said: If legislative record were the marker, Jim wouldn't be in the running. Apparently that is not a thing. Has Hakeem Jeffries passed lots of legislation he authored? Is he qualified by his legislation writing prowess? I don't know, but he was up for the vote today. mspart He's at least not a conspirator to trying to throw our votes and and overthrow a duly elected President. To me, there'd be no dispute over that one. Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 31 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: If by little you mean zero, you would be correct. To me that means neither he, nor his staff, did any work. Jordan saved use from more new stupid laws, or at least didn't contribute to the mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offthemat Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Jeffries has a law degree and a list of legislation. Some of it isn’t bad. But he would be catastrophic as speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 9 minutes ago, Offthemat said: Jeffries has a law degree and a list of legislation. Some of it isn’t bad. But he would be catastrophic as speaker. I agree! Why, when I look for a speaker I look for someone who denies democracy, tries to overthrow it, and ignores subpoenas! Freedom! Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmodium Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 35 minutes ago, Offthemat said: Jeffries has a law degree and a list of legislation. Some of it isn’t bad. But he would be catastrophic as speaker. We'll find out in 2025! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmodium Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 After looking at Jim Jordan's resume, AOC will surely get a pass from MAGA on her bartender resume. Wow, his is sparse AF and he is soon to be Speaker - third in line(?) to POTUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) I like the word "catastrophic" as applied to someone who hasn't even hinted at "catastrophic" in his career. Funny how language is used to sound the dog whistle, eh, friends? Edited October 17, 2023 by Ban Basketball Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Plasmodium said: After looking at Jim Jordan's resume, AOC will surely get a pass from MAGA on her bartender resume. Wow, his is sparse AF and he is soon to be Speaker - third in line(?) to POTUS. Yeah, but he's an authoritarian. That's the measuring stick as we stand today. As Joe Scarborough, darling of the "tea party" and " not the brains of the outfit" said today, " yes, it CAN get worse. " Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestlingRasta Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 59 minutes ago, Offthemat said: Jeffries has a law degree and a list of legislation. Some of it isn’t bad. But he would be catastrophic as speaker. But at least we’d get some alphabet raps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ban Basketball Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, WrestlingRasta said: But at least we’d get some alphabet raps Dog whistle sounded...NOW! Owner of over two decades of the most dangerous words on the internet! In fact, during the short life of this forum, me's culture has been cancelled three times on this very site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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