Posted on 09/26/2015 12:48:42 PM PDT by Rockitz
Gomert!! Gomert!!
Marsha is HISTORY!! She tried to deflecy baby killing into a stupid “reconciliation” bill She was exposed as a RINO!!
I don't see how that works. Don't you need a majority "to deny anyone the Speakership"? And, if you have a majority, why don't you "have the numbers to elect a full-blown conservative to the Speakership"?
Then, who do you like for Speaker?
That kind of fatalism is killing conservatism. Muslim’s are fatalists. Have hope and win, even if it’s incrementally. We’re winning, stop whining.
Rubio was speaker of the House in FL. Are there not other incumbents who know how to lead in a legislative branch?
What you describe is a long term mindset. In Jan ‘92 R Minority Leader Bob Michels said there was no way the Republicans would ever be in the majority and therefore we should support Al-the-pal-Dixon Democrat because he would trade pork-barrel favors with the R establishment.
The anti-establishment/good government types were so enraged that we cross-over and voted for Mosley-Braun to be against Bob Michels. So the weak Dem beat Michel’s guy who was selected to take a dive. 6 years later we were able to replace her with anti-establishment Peter Fitzgerald.
But when Fitzgerald was deciding whether to go for a 2d term, the Hasterts crooks made it very plain they would spend unlimited money to defeat him...with the R establishment supporting Obama in Nov even if they couldn’t beat him in the primary.
So Peter didn’t run again and we were back to square one.
Not Gowdy. He missed the plane.
Though I would have never thought Boehner would resign, I surely don’t think anyone but McCarthy will replace him.
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