I don't admire Mike Johnson: he has terrible, regressive views, and given the power, he would make our country tremendously worse for most people who don't look like him and believe what he believes.
But, given his awful approach to the world, I am impressed that he has pursued necessary bipartisan action that approaches statespersonlike behavior in preventing government shutdown, deters Russian expansionism, and counters dysfunction.
@glennf Yes, it is odd how the Speaker meeting such a low bar is given so much regard. I mean, things like aid to important countries and keeping the government funded should be so straightforward. And when he finally lets it advance he is hailed as a good leader? Our standards have sunk so low they might strike magma...😁
@hoadlck I don't think it's a low bar. He's the wrong person for the job. He doesn't agree with bills that are being passed. But he's willing to go against his party, his terrible personal ideas, and the partisan nature of the office to build compromise. That's actually impressive.
The trouble is, compared to Nancy Pelosi, most speakers have been terrible in the last few decades. So in that sense, the non-Pelosi bar is low?
@franktaber I expect awful things from him the future. But he is dramatically outperforming extremely negative expectations. Nobody thought he could run the place. He's doing what needed to be done.
@mapto@franktaber See, I look at it like there is no reason for him to be good at this. Yet he is. The baseline should be “good of country, capable, etc." He is not in that mold. The fact that he can do it is sort of like watching Michigan J. Frog sing.
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