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brooklynite

(94,591 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 03:18 PM Oct 2014

Priebus: 'Impossible' for Orman to caucus with the GOP

Source: The Hill

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said the independent challenger to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) would not caucus with Senate Republicans if the GOP takes over the upper chamber's majority.

“It is an impossibility. It is not possible,” Priebus told Kansas City’s 41 Action News.

He called the idea that independent Greg Orman might work with Republican leadership in the Senate “ridiculous.”

Orman has said he would like to caucus with the party that holds a clear majority, and Priebus's comments that he's a Democrat in disguise may be aimed at undercutting that argument.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/220343-gop-to-kansass-orman-youre-not-welcome



Reince, thanks for all your help.
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Priebus: 'Impossible' for Orman to caucus with the GOP (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2014 OP
Thanks, Wince Penis, for ensuring that we get another caucus Democrat. Arkana Oct 2014 #1
I agree gopiscrap Oct 2014 #15
his name always sounds like a treatment for crabs or smegma yurbud Oct 2014 #17
Thanks, rince! elleng Oct 2014 #2
And the problem is........? LongTomH Oct 2014 #3
It was determined Mr Orman has a penis and not the living embodiment of a prick. Half-Century Man Oct 2014 #4
Have you seen his penis? Are there pictures? notrightatall Oct 2014 #5
Some of us use inferences Jack Rabbit Oct 2014 #10
See, It's not a slam dunk! notrightatall Oct 2014 #12
I think notright was making fun of the GOP quest to see Bubba's slick willy for a decade yurbud Oct 2014 #18
Any claim of mine as to seeing or not seeing is as valid as my first assertion. Half-Century Man Oct 2014 #13
Good point. notrightatall Oct 2014 #14
and the GOP continues to isolate riversedge Oct 2014 #6
So old Reince can't find room in the big GOP tent for Roberts, but he has seats for any Tea-ninny... marble falls Oct 2014 #7
Rinse Pubis lies. If Orman wins, Rinse will BEG him to caucus with the GOP. Everybody knows this. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #8
Technically it is not an impossibility but Reince doesn't understand parliamentary rules TeamPooka Oct 2014 #9
STFU, Rancid VA_Jill Oct 2014 #11
Here's a brilliant refutation of Reince Jim Lane Oct 2014 #16
Why do our candidates WestSideStory Oct 2014 #19
2016 electioneering is starting already jmowreader Oct 2014 #20

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
1. Thanks, Wince Penis, for ensuring that we get another caucus Democrat.
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 03:21 PM
Oct 2014

I don't care if Orman is Ben Nelson reborn--he's better than Pat fucking Roberts.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
4. It was determined Mr Orman has a penis and not the living embodiment of a prick.
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 03:27 PM
Oct 2014

So. no, he is not republican material.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
10. Some of us use inferences
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 04:37 PM
Oct 2014

For example, Mr. Orman is clearly a human being with the following characteristics:

  • Facial hair (Mr. Orman clearly shaves his);
  • Ridges above his eye sockets;
  • "Hard" skin texture, compared to human females;
  • A voice of lower soundwaves than human females;
  • A flat chest due the the absence of mammery glands.

These are characteristics common to human males distinct from females of the same species. One may therefore infer that Mr. Orman has a penis, unless it has been surgically removed as part of treatment for disease, without having to see it.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
13. Any claim of mine as to seeing or not seeing is as valid as my first assertion.
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 07:42 PM
Oct 2014

As to the second question, I have not taken any; nor am I skilled enough to hack into any accounts he might have.
If you really feel the need to confirm the existence of any penis of anyone in the USA; may I suggest you submit a Freedom of Information Request with the NSA. There is a reasonably good chance..................

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
6. and the GOP continues to isolate
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 03:40 PM
Oct 2014

themselves. and folks wonder why pres obama can not 'work' with Republicans!!

marble falls

(57,099 posts)
7. So old Reince can't find room in the big GOP tent for Roberts, but he has seats for any Tea-ninny...
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 04:02 PM
Oct 2014

coming down the pike.

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
8. Rinse Pubis lies. If Orman wins, Rinse will BEG him to caucus with the GOP. Everybody knows this.
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 04:05 PM
Oct 2014

So, with the DEMs out of the race, no mater who wins, the GOP doesn't lose.

VA_Jill

(9,979 posts)
11. STFU, Rancid
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 05:35 PM
Oct 2014

You might be chairman of the GOTP, but you don't get to make the rules in Congress. Go home, I heard your Uncle David calling you.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
16. Here's a brilliant refutation of Reince
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 09:25 PM
Oct 2014
Yesterday, RNC chairman Reince Priebus said Orman is not welcome in the Republican caucus. This is clearly an attempt to label Orman as a Democrat in order to help Roberts. If Orman is ultimately the deciding vote in the Senate, Orman will be able to order 50 crows, have them roasted, and get each Republican senator to eat one in public if that's what it takes to get him to join their side.


from the invaluable website electoral-vote.com, permalink here

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
20. 2016 electioneering is starting already
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 03:40 PM
Oct 2014

I see three scenarios.

First is the GOP gets over 50 seats without Orman - even 51 would be enough. If that happens, the Republicans will more than welcome him to the "winning team." Naturally they'll try getting him to affiliate with the Party, but even if he doesn't they'll take him.

The second is if the GOP gets exactly 50 seats without Orman. In that case they'll drive him away; the Republicans operate through obstruction while they're in office and pointing out how bad Democrats are while they're running for it. To make this strategy work they MUST be in the minority, and 50/50 with a Democratic vice president is as good as a 100-0 Democratic body.

The third is that the Democrats keep the Senate, which I think will happen. If this comes to pass, Orman caucuses with the Democrats and Reinhold is, once again, moot.

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