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Former GOP House leader, Illinois Rep. Bob Michel has died at 93
Chicago Sun Times ^ | 02/17/2017

Posted on 02/17/2017 6:33:55 AM PST by rdl6989

WASHINGTON — A former aide says former House Republican leader Bob Michel has died at age 93.

Michel was an affable Illinois congressman who served as leader of the GOP House minority for 14 years. His skill at seeking compromise with the Democrats was critical in helping Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush pursue their agendas during their presidential terms.

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1 posted on 02/17/2017 6:33:55 AM PST by rdl6989
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Bob Michael was a really nice guy and a supreme gentleman, but he pretty much invented and sustained the GOPe’s mantra of, “Go along with Democrats to Get Along with Democrats”.


2 posted on 02/17/2017 6:38:12 AM PST by Obadiah (Democrats continue to wage their crusade against normal.)
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To: rdl6989
His skill at seeking compromise with the Democrats...
3 posted on 02/17/2017 6:39:23 AM PST by Obadiah (Democrats continue to wage their crusade against normal.)
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To: Obadiah

It’s sometimes hard to believe that Reagan came out of Illinois sometimes.


4 posted on 02/17/2017 6:39:45 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: rdl6989

Mr. “Go-Along to Get-Along”.


5 posted on 02/17/2017 6:42:23 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Repeal & replace Obamacare, tax reform, fix infrastructure, fixin military, Israel, kill enemies)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Or California. Both liberal hellholes.


6 posted on 02/17/2017 6:42:50 AM PST by Luke21
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To: rdl6989

RIP. His legacy will be as the ‘RATS favorite RINO appeaser.


7 posted on 02/17/2017 6:46:01 AM PST by nickedknack
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To: rdl6989

Whenever I saw the guy, he was jolly and laughing, while Democrats were cutting our throats.


8 posted on 02/17/2017 6:50:51 AM PST by PallMal
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To: Luke21

His district bordered the one I lived in for 62 years, until recently moving to TN. We had Tom Railsback, who was much like Michel, but the libs and unions got Lane Evans in back in 82, iirc, a young lawyer that turned out to be as extreme left as any congressman ever, IMO. He never married, and was rarely seen with woman other than his mom.


9 posted on 02/17/2017 6:59:08 AM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: rdl6989

Generally a good man, but little more than a trained houseboy for the democrats.

That said.. RIP, Rep. Michel.


10 posted on 02/17/2017 7:18:03 AM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals' agony is my entertainment.)
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To: Obadiah

There were still deomocrats to get along with in those days. The blue dog was alive and well, at least in the South. Sherman, Lincoln, and Grant had not yet been dead for four generations.


11 posted on 02/17/2017 7:23:48 AM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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De mortuis.... but he was a lousy minority leader.


12 posted on 02/17/2017 7:42:08 AM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: Hieronymus

Very true. As I recall that was very much a time of transition in politics, but it took a long time (too long) for many in the GOP to realize that people like Tip O’Neal and Ted Kennedy, among many other Democrats, were engaged in raw political warfare.


13 posted on 02/17/2017 7:42:55 AM PST by Obadiah (Democrats continue to wage their crusade against normal.)
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To: rdl6989
When one considers the individuals who bracketed Newt Gingrich in his occupancy of the office of Speaker of the House, one can only conclude that Gingrich was one of the very great Speakers and one of the very great vote getters for the Republican Party.

He stood out like a lighthouse of conservatism against the sea of Rinos. Gingrich was out of favor in this forum until the crowd backfliped when he supported Trump but he should stand on his own and must be counted a great Speaker even if he had opposed Trump.


14 posted on 02/17/2017 7:50:03 AM PST by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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To: rdl6989; LS; Impy; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; Theodore R.; campaignPete R-CT; PhilCollins; ..

RIP.


15 posted on 02/17/2017 8:00:35 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Obadiah

Just as the Democrats once had a conservative wing as wel as a liberal wing, so the Repbulicans once had an explicitly liberal wing as well as a conservative one. I doubt that those in the liberal wing, who now style themselves as moderates, or moderate conservatives, ever really had a problem with the agenda of the Democratic liberal wing.

Historically, the Republicans were the more liberal party up through the new deal, and only with Nixon does the liberal wing of the Pubs seem to be in a definite second place. With an emphasis on the word “seem.”


16 posted on 02/17/2017 9:54:28 AM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: nathanbedford

Newt gave us the “Contract with America.” He is an intelligent guy who doesn’t always think things through well before saying them.

I’m not sure what Bob gave us, but he seemed well-intended.


17 posted on 02/17/2017 11:22:07 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: fieldmarshaldj; rdl6989; LS; Impy; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; Theodore R.; ...

Was he conservative enough? I moved to Illinois in 2001, so I didn’t hear many of his views.


18 posted on 02/17/2017 11:25:46 AM PST by PhilCollins
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To: rdl6989

The rare Illinois politician who never went to jail.


19 posted on 02/17/2017 11:27:05 AM PST by dfwgator
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What were the main differences between Republicans and Democrats, between 1950 & ‘70? I used google, to find that information, but that didn’t help. I was born in 1967.


20 posted on 02/17/2017 11:28:12 AM PST by PhilCollins
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