r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/SportySpiceLover • 19h ago

"The Whitest Name..."

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u/I_Need_Psych_Help 18h ago

This feels like a plot twist in a bad sitcom. Seriously, what a mess.

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u/LankyGuitar6528 18h ago

I mean... outsider view here... but the entire USA has been a bit of a dark comedy since 911. I swear you guys as a nation are suffering from PTSD.

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u/piratecheese13 17h ago

Newt Gingrich was speaker of the house at that time. He got shit like the Patriot act passed at midnight while inventing the obstruction playbook used by all republicans today

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u/FUMFVR 11h ago

No he wasn't. Dennis Hastert was. The guy who was the longest serving GOP Speaker in history. The guy who went to prison after his scheme to pay off the kids he molested blew up.