Here's a story for you:

[PCIntern]

No bullshit, this is true …

Five years before I matriculated in dental school, a fellow from Long Island, as a first year student, ascended to the presidency of his class by standing in front of the room and announcing that “fact”. He presided for all four years, and I recall speaking to a member of his class not all that many years ago who said that he just assumed that the Administration of the school appointed him, as did most everyone else. The individual in question was extremely charismatic and yes, handsome in a Jewishy James Franciscus way (my characterization), and he was extremely effective as a class president.

Now here’s the part that’s most interesting, and why I posted this: almost no one in the class was particularly upset by this. They found out that it was all self-aggrandizing and a ruse, but then it worked out. It was OK. In a very real way, it was a form of autocracy, which, not a couple of people characterized as benevolent despotism. When I asked them over the years, if they didn’t think that it was more than vaguely sociopathic, they literally shrugged her shoulders and dismissed it by saying “I guess so” or the equivalent.

This fellow practiced literally a few doors from me and I knew him well. He was a bullshit artist with the talent of Van Gogh

And so, representative or Leader McCarthy has moved into the Speaker’s office, which, I guess, means that he is the Speaker if you follow this line of fascism. It is brazen and frightening, but apparently most effective. Wotta country, Wotta world.

[live love laugh]

1. Republicans gonna Republican. 🤷🏽‍♀️

ETA: Bet anything your former classmate is Republican.

[SheltieLover]

5. Yup!

All about perception, never truth because qpuke is fugly!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I've seen that happen in school too

Act like the leader and few will question it. Often no one will. The competition is over before it begins. Ballsy.

[Walleye]

3. But McCarthy is not really a natural leader, and he's going to be miserable in that position

And that makes me feel kind of good

[SheltieLover]

4. Hopefully, he is totally humiliated when he has to move out!

[no_hypocrisy]

8. My line of thinking as well. This could backfire.

How many Republicans (before the move) thought they'd vote for him as SOTH. Not so much now . . . . . That's overreach that transcends party.

[SheltieLover]

10. It sure is. Qpukes in disarray. Lol

[Joinfortmill]

6. Wow!

[malaise]

7. How does he just move in

What are the rules?
This is crazy.

[leftieNanner]

9. Kevin has actually moved into the Speaker's Office!!!?????

That's astounding.

Hope he loses the election and has to move out. And I hope that it takes them ten ballots to pick the next Speaker. I want him to be humiliated.

He is a clueless, classless idiot.

[crickets]

12. Omg, he did.

https://ijr.com/mccarthy-reportedly-speakers-office-lacking-may-move/



I so hope he has to move out in shame. Wow.

[Quakerfriend]

11. Love you stories, PC! I've seen this

happen in the workplace.

I think Kevin wii be humiliated.
I predict Scalice (?sp) will sneak it-
God only knows why anyone would vote for him…

[Hekate]

13. I'm impressed, PC. What a fund of experiences you have had.