Posted on 02/18/2017 3:11:42 PM PST by cotton1706
Robert H. Michel, who as the House minority leader from 1981 until his 1994 retirement became the longest-serving congressional Republican leader who never experienced majority power, died Friday. He was 93 and had lived on Capitol Hill much of the time since stepping down after 19 terms representing central Illinois.
Michel epitomized the congressional Old School in nearly every way, which worked to his advantage for almost all of his four decades in office. He prized collegiality, collaboration, civility and courtesy as essential political virtues. He evidenced a steady reverence for the institutional prerogatives, customs and limitations of what he fondly termed “the people’s House."
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“...collegiality, collaboration, civility, and courtesy...”
The four C’s of LOSING.
He got what he wanted from government—decades of comfort, prestige, perks, and money. And, by being perpetually in the minority, no blame for anything. He lived in a time when the sheeple were safely asleep, eager to be sheared by the Uniparty.
Bob Michel like Jerry Ford took the scraps the Democrats gave them and were happy with them. They were weak kneed RINO’S who took whatever seat was given them at the table, even if that table was the kids table in the kitchen.
When the House GOP were the Washington Generals, he was their Meadowlark Lemon. Oh well, I’m sure his District got lots of other people’s money.
Sumbitch was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge.
2 Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. The guy fought as a rifleman from Normandy, through France, Belgium and Germany. He may have been a RINO but he was a great American. May he Rest In Peace.
In 1992 he told us the Republicans would never win a majority in Congress and that therefore we should support corrupt Democrat Al-the-pal Dixon for US Senate. The Republican candidate was purposely put up to take a dive.
The anti-corruption people of 1992 (including but not limited to 3rd party voters and the newly registered ChristianCoalition types) were outraged, Declared Democrat in the primary and voted for Carole Mosley Braun. The hope was that an anti-corruption candidate would emerge in 6 years. Peter Fitzgerald, who won for St Senate in 1992, ran an anti-corruption campaign in 1998 and won thanks to the support of the building trades unions working the ground game for him. Michel, LaHood, Shimkus, Hastert, Kjelander (Rove's roommate), the corruption wing opposed Fitzgerald.
FR has definitely arrived at a new low. cackling at the dead like a caffeinated biddy hen.
it’s pretty disgusting.
awesome. a post from someone who isn’t acting like a pissed off three year old girl.
thank you.
Yup. He’s more or less the poster child for why we needed Trump.
Listen pal, Michel is the type of Republican that never fought for or gave a damn for the party base he supposedly represented. He's a Republican - and what the Hell does he and other Republicans do? They buy into this completely fabricated BS that Republicans must work in concert with their opponents to "get things done." This entire notion of civility and working together in Washington is utter crap. You know, the same opposition party that has dragged us to the brink only to be saved by a hail-mary from Trump.
If Republicans would just stand on their principles we wouldn't have a fraction of the problems we're having now. Look what happened to Democrats when tried to moderate - people like Joe Lieberman was ran out of the party and had to run as an Independent in 2006, and he was only moderate on Israel and the War on Terror, for crying out loud.
The man whose picture appears under the dictionary definition of ‘ineffectual’.
listen pal, he’s dead. move on. it’s just spineless to attack people that can’t defend themselves, not to mention juvenile and mindless.
I’m not attacking him; I’m commenting on his disgraceful political record.
Good riddance? Sometimes you guys here just don’t have a decent Christian bone in your body. The guy fought for this country in World War II. He was wounded and won medals for bravery. So if you don’t like his politics, I understand, but to wish him riddance in his death is a cold, heartless and unchristian thing to do. I’ve been here at this site for a long time and while I understand and hate RINOs like anyone else, I’d like to see a sense of decency and you sure don’t have it. Get a grip on yourself and show some decency.
Bob Michel was a family friend. He didn’t get rich and he actually didn’t get much for his district. I disagreed with his political stance and but he was an honorable man who just let the Rats get away with too much. My Dad sang with him and also fought across Europe to the Bulge. RIP
His political service is fair game. He is the epitome of establishment, don't-rock-the-boat Republicanism. One of those Republicans that the media always ran to when other Republicans went "too far."
it stinks to hell. it's cheap as hell.
I've read and admired many of your posts, but you're way out of line on this one.
indeed. it’s reprehensible. morally vile. something is going dangerously wrong with us when we dump on dead americans.
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