For the Sake of Twenty: The Republicans and the Speakership
The current impasse among the Republicans in their attempt to elect a new Speaker of the House reminds me greatly of the passage in the Bible wherein Abraham reasons with God regarding the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah . Genesis 18:23-32 For the sake of illustration, let's suppose that the Republican caucus of the U. S. House of Representatives is Sodom; Kevin McCarthy is Abraham; and Matt Gaetz, a member of the Republican Freeedom Caucus is God (we could have chosen any other member to play God, among those twenty in the Freedom caucus who oppose McCarthy, but Gaetz will suffice). The conventional reasoning goes somewhat like this: KEVIN : The Republican caucus has 222 members. Will you destroy the entire Republican caucus if only 202 are corrupt? MATT : Yes, I will destroy the entire Republican caucus if only 202 are corrupt. KEVIN : Will you destroy the entire Republican caucus if only 150 are corrupt? MATT : Yes, I will destroy the entire Republican caucus if only 150 are c