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'Cantor is the first House Majority Leader to lose since 1899' (Original Post) onehandle Jun 2014 OP
. ProSense Jun 2014 #1
Except that his opponent is worse yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #26
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #2
Hey, I was gonna say that! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2014 #18
Oh crap! bobGandolf Jun 2014 #25
He'll pull a Lieberman tallahasseedem Jun 2014 #3
woo hoo split the knuckledragger vote! Myrina Jun 2014 #5
No he won't. former9thward Jun 2014 #6
I didn't know that... tallahasseedem Jun 2014 #7
Can he run as a write-in candidate? JimDandy Jun 2014 #17
Possibly. former9thward Jun 2014 #21
hope he takes lindsey graham with him sawdust Jun 2014 #4
Couldn't of happened to a nicer guy.... VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #8
ummm, what about Tom Foley in 1995? Suich Jun 2014 #9
He was Speaker, not Majority Leader. tritsofme Jun 2014 #10
Oops...sorry! Suich Jun 2014 #14
when gerrymandering is their doom. pansypoo53219 Jun 2014 #11
One of the pitfalls of gerrymandering... kentuck Jun 2014 #12
That's why this is so Delish!!! malaise Jun 2014 #13
And given that the Majority Leader position was first created in 1899, this has never happened B4 tomm2thumbs Jun 2014 #15
Thank you.. like Ever. Cha Jun 2014 #23
Couldn't have happened smallcat88 Jun 2014 #16
That unctuous, smarmy cretin just got hoisted on his own petard. He wasn't even in his catbyte Jun 2014 #19
Funny. I was just listening to a Fox video someone posted Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #20
Okay then! Now we're getting some perspective on how nice it is that ol cantor had Cha Jun 2014 #22
Wow, I couldn't be happier! n/t bobGandolf Jun 2014 #24
They might as well say "first to lose, ever" Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #27
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
26. Except that his opponent is worse
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 04:58 AM
Jun 2014

I would rather they get rid of Paul Ryan....although Canter was so arrogant. This new guy is big time anti-immigration and very religious. Did we really want to have this guy win??????

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
18. Hey, I was gonna say that!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:27 PM
Jun 2014

Guess I'll have to say something different. ....

Good, I'm glad it happened to that nasty scumbag.

Suich

(10,642 posts)
9. ummm, what about Tom Foley in 1995?
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:02 PM
Jun 2014

"Foley was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign."

Or are you just talking about losing in a primary?

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
12. One of the pitfalls of gerrymandering...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:12 PM
Jun 2014

All those Republican voters may not go along with the status quo? Oops!

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
15. And given that the Majority Leader position was first created in 1899, this has never happened B4
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:18 PM
Jun 2014

*(update to the link mentions this to ease the confusion)

catbyte

(34,174 posts)
19. That unctuous, smarmy cretin just got hoisted on his own petard. He wasn't even in his
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:43 PM
Jun 2014

district tonight. That's what happens when you get too big for your britches.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,273 posts)
20. Funny. I was just listening to a Fox video someone posted
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:48 PM
Jun 2014

They said it has never happened "In the history of the Republic".... LOL fox news

One of the other clowns referred to Cantor's opponent as now being "Congressman elect"

They really DO hire idiots.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
22. Okay then! Now we're getting some perspective on how nice it is that ol cantor had
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 04:38 AM
Jun 2014

to go. Too bad about those lamenting his loss.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
27. They might as well say "first to lose, ever"
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 05:08 AM
Jun 2014

saying "since 1899" implies it's happened before (which it hasn't).

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