{"id":20022,"date":"2022-08-13T21:25:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T01:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=20022"},"modified":"2022-08-13T21:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T01:25:23","slug":"guest-contributor-tomd-13aug2022-mccarthy-and-mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/guest-contributor-tomd-13aug2022-mccarthy-and-mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor &#8211; TomD &#8211; 13AUG2022 &#8211; MCCarthy and McConnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomd77\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow ugc\">Tom | Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/category\/guest-contributors\/guest-contributor-tomd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TomD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the Republicans prevail in the house and senate in the midterms but McCarthy and McConnell remain as the leaders, just look for more of the same. But if we could somehow get Rand Paul and Jim Jordan, it would be happy dance in the streets time.<\/p>\n<p>Both these guys are fighters, the opposite of the current \u201cleadership\u201d. Have you ever seen more inept \u201cleadership\u201d than offered to us by Paul Ryan and McConnell in 2016-2018? They did nothing at all despite having the House, Senate and Presidency by substantial margins.<\/p>\n<p>The current Dims hold all three branches but the two legislative branches by razor thin margins. Despite which, they are ramming incredibly destructive legislation down our collective throats. 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