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To: afraidfortherepublic

Yes she is Guy’s Molinari daughter and NO she is not married to Bill McCollum.


13 posted on 12/02/2011 5:30:58 PM PST by scbison
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To: scbison

Bill Paxton is Molinari’s son in law and one of the chiefs who tried to overthrow Newt and wanted the speakership for himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Paxon


24 posted on 12/02/2011 5:47:01 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: scbison

Guy Molinari’s daughter is married to Bill Paxon. THIS Bill Paxon:

Leadership challenge

In the summer of 1997 several House Republicans, who saw Newt Gingrich’s public image as a liability, attempted to replace him as Speaker. The challenge began July 9 with a meeting between Republican conference chairman John Boehner of Ohio and Republican leadership chairman Paxon. According to their plan, House Majority Leader Dick Armey, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, Boehner and Paxon were to present Gingrich with an ultimatum: resign, or be voted out. However, Armey balked at the proposal to make Paxon the new Speaker, and told his chief of staff to warn Gingrich about the coup.[1][2]

On July 11, Gingrich met with senior Republican leadership to assess the situation. He explained that under no circumstance would he step down. If he was voted out, there would be a new election for Speaker, which would allow for the possibility that Democrats—along with dissenting Republicans—would vote in Dick Gephardt as Speaker. On July 16, Paxon offered to resign his post, feeling that he had not handled the situation correctly, as the only member of the leadership who had been appointed to his position—by Gingrich—instead of elected.[3]


25 posted on 12/02/2011 5:50:25 PM PST by Raebie (WS)
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