Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley dead at 84

The Spokesman Review ^ | 10/18/2013 | Spokesman Review

[volunbeer]

Tom Foley, a Spokane native who rose to the highest position in the U.S. House of Representatives – a spot two heartbeats away from president – is dead at 84.

[Liberty Wins]

Foley lost in 1994 in a conservative wave similar to the Tea Party movement. Washington State voters had passed an initiative establishing term limits and he personally filed a suit against it - “Tom Foley vs. the People of Washington.” The idiot Washington Supreme Court nullified the people’s vote and made him look like a smarmy power-crazed corrupt jerk.

[maineman]

Adios!

[SW6906]

The only good thing I can say about him is that at least he was very pro-gun. Lifetime NRA member and proud of it, if I remember correctly. Stopped some stupid legislation during his tenure.

[b4its2late]

Will he continue to vote Democrat?

Probably many times and in different states!

[b4its2late]

Good one. Never heard that before...

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Washington State voters had passed an initiative establishing term limits and he personally filed a suit against it - "

Then the good citizens of Washington term limited him, permanently. And now you know the rest of the story.... Good day!!

:)

[OrangeHoof]

Considering what has followed after him in the House Democrat leadership, he was absolutely civil. Wrong, but civil.

[billhilly]

As a wag remarked when told that Calvin Coolidge had died, "How did they know?"

[Lizavetta]

I believe that was Dorothy Parker.

[frithguild]

a venture socialist

brilliant!

[frithguild]

a victim of the government shutdown?

[infool7]

a venture socialist

That's about as appropriate as crony capitalism.

[Lions Gate]

Now explain to Jesus on Judgment Day why you supported, pushed for, and wanted millions of American babies to be murdered?

What a wasted life by a sick, evil, little man.

[ontap]

Note the lack of accomplishments!!!!!

[USS Alaska]

No comment.

Following your Mother's advice about not saying anything if you can't say something nice?

Well, I should be with you on that but foley was a fat, drunk, Irish prick, a vindictive bastard that would rip his opponents toenails out with glee.

I won't say I'm glad he's dead because I don't care one way or the other about old piles of dog shit.

[ontap]

Wrong!!!

And he’d angered the National Rifle Association – a decades-long supporter – by allowing the House to vote on and pass a ban on some military-style semi-automatic rifles. For the first time since the start of the Civil War, a sitting House speaker lost a bid for re-election.

[SW6906]

Cite? I seem to recall him being a strong gun rights supporter. Can you provide more than “Wrong!!!”?

[SW6906]

In the New York Times article on his death that almost spends more text bashing Republicans than praising Foley, there is this:

"And despite a long history of opposing any gun control measures, Mr. Foley helped win House passage of a 1994 ban on assault weapons, which played a major role in the Republican victory that fall."

[RetSignman]

The only good thing I can say about him is that at least he was very pro-gun.
+++++++
Lots of hunters in the state of Washington, he as most liberals, play to the demographics.

[billhilly]

Is it safe to say you harbor a dislike for the recently deceased?