And as for John Boehner... I hate the bastard... a white
hot hatred!
Read this! (Via National Journal; by Tim Alberta and
Daniel Newhauser) (Hat tip: Mark Levin)
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House Republicans are quietly discussing a proposal that
could fundamentally alter the way future speakers of the House are chosen,
according to multiple GOP sources, with the objective of avoiding a repeat of
John Boehner's embarrassing re-election vote in 2013.
The rule "tweak" began as an informal
discussion but has morphed into a concrete proposal that is beginning to
circulate in the House. According to people briefed on it, any Republican who
votes on the House floor in January against the conference's nominee for House
speaker — that is, the candidate chosen by a majority of the House GOP during
its closed-door leadership elections in November — would be severely punished.
Specifically, sources say, any dissenters would be stripped of all committee
assignments for that Congress.
* AND BOEHNER COULD DO IT. THE CONSTITUTION MAKES
CONGRESS (A MAJORITY OF EACH HOUSE) OVERSEER OF ITS OWN RULES, REGULATIONS, AND
PROCEDURES.
* AND YOU CAN BET THAT BOEHNER AND SENIOR GOP
ESTABLISHMENT MEMBERS ARE CONSPIRING WITH PELOSI AND SENIOR DEMOCRATS TRYING TO
GET THEIR SUPPORT BASED UPON WHAT BENEFITS BOEHNER TODAY MAY BENEFIT PELOSI
TOMORROW...
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
* FOLKS... AGAIN... I'M NOT COUNSELING VIOLENCE... BUT
SHORT OF VIOLENCE... HOW DO WE TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK? THE GAME IS RIGGED!
"There's a real concern that there's between 30 and
40 people that would vote against the speaker on the House floor, so they're
trying to change the conference rules to make sure that doesn't happen,"
said a GOP member familiar with the proposal.
* I WANT EVERYONE TO VOTE AGAIN BOEHNER! BOEHNER IS THE
PROBLEM! BOEHNER AND HIS LACKEYS!
* BUT PUTTING THAT ASIDE... THIS WOULD BE A DIRECT
BROADSIDE AGAINST THE VERY CONCEPT OF INTRA-PARTY DEMOCRACY! THIS IS AS
UN-AMERICAN AS IT GETS! ANY MEMBER WHO SUPPORTS SUCH A PLAN THEREBY NAMES
HIMSELF "ENEMY OF THE REPUBLIC" - IN MY VIEW AT LEAST.
At the same, time, according to sources, conservative
lawmakers are discussing something of a counter-proposal. Under their plan, the
November leadership elections would be pushed back until after the lame-duck
session of Congress ends in December. This idea was described by one House
conservative as a preemptive strike to warn leadership not to consider any
significant legislation during the 15-day "lame-duck" period between
November's midterm elections and the start of the new Congress.
This proposal, in light of the proposed penalties for
voting against the Speaker in January, could also be aimed at giving a
challenger additional time to organize supporters for the conference elections.
Even if the first proposal is adopted, Republicans would
still be allowed to vote for anyone in those closed-door internal elections,
during which members choose their leadership officials for the next Congress.
But once a majority of the conference has voted for their candidate as speaker,
that decision will be final.
* FOLKS... BOEHNER IS TRYING TO TAKE OUR INDIVIDUAL
REPRESENTATIVES CONSTITUTIONALLY GIVEN POWERS AS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AWAY FROM
THEM! HE'S TRYING TO MAKE AN END-RUN AROUND (AGAINST) THE CONSTITUTION!
* THIS IS "THE PEOPLES HOUSE" WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT - NOT BOEHNER'S HOUSE!
* JOHN BOEHNER MUST BE STOPPED.
When the House holds its chamber-wide vote for speaker on
the first day of the new Congress, all Republicans will be expected to support
the party's nominee.
* THEY SHOULDN'T BE!
Next year, barring any surprise development, Boehner will
be that nominee.
* HOPEFULLY HE'LL DIE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN... OR NEXT
BEST... DECIDE NOT TO RUN.
It's unclear the degree to which leadership is involved
with pushing the proposal.
* OH, PLEEEAAASE...!!!
According to Republicans close to the situation, the plan
was not authored by or circulated within Boehner's team. Instead, they say, the
Speaker's allies in the rank-and-file are promoting the idea as a way to avoid
another awkward display of intra-party rivalry at the start of the 114th
Congress.
(*SNORT*)
Still, it's difficult to imagine Boehner's friends moving
forward with such a drastic plan without his approval, if not support.
(*SMIRK*)
"There are members frustrated with other members
about what happened last time," said a senior Republican.
Twelve House Republicans refused to vote for Boehner's
reelection in January 2013 at the outset of the 113th Congress.
* YEP. PATHETIC, HUH? FOLKS... IF YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN
HOUSE MEMBER... CALL HIM OR HER AND DEMAND HE OR SHE NOT SUPPORT BOEHNER - OR
ANY OTHER RINO FOR THAT MATTER!
This level of dissent was insufficient to oust Boehner
from the speakership...
* AND WE'VE SEEN THE RESULT OF HIS SPEAKERSHIP - DISASTER
AFTER DISASTER!
...but served to embarrass the speaker and publicly air
the party's dirty laundry. The incident infuriated Boehner's allies, who
claimed no opposition was voiced privately during the conference elections — an
affront to the traditional process of keeping internal campaigns private.
* WHY KEEP INTERNAL CAMPAIGNS PRIVATE? I WANT TO KNOW WHO
MY REPRESENTATIVE SUPPORTS... WHO MY REPRESENTATIVE OPPOSES... DOESN'T MATTER
IF THAT REPRESENTATIVE IS REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT!
* FOLKS... UNDERSTAND... PROBABLY 90% OF THESE BASTARDS
SHOULD BE TARRED, FEATHERED, AND RUN OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! THEY'RE SCUM! THEY
SEEK TO SERVE THEMSELVES - NOT YOU AND I. PARTISANSHIP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
IT; THE TWO PARTIES ARE FLIP SIDES OF THE SAME DIRTY, DEVALUED COIN!
Still, even with plenty of members still upset over that
2013 incident, adopting this proposal won't be easy. A majority of House
Republicans must vote for any change to the conference rules, and some
lawmakers would certainly oppose the change. Such sweeping punitive measures
would be difficult to keep under wraps, such as Boehner and the Steering
Committee did in late 2012 when three outspoken conservatives were kicked off
committees for failing to support party initiatives.
* IF THE MAJORITY OF GOP CONFERENCE MEMBERS HAD AN
ETHICAL BONE IN THEIR BODIES THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE ALLOWED BOEHNER TO GET AWAY
WITH THAT!
"The Speaker at any one point in time has probably
90 to 100 votes, for sure. So it's just a matter of making the case to a mere
20 folks or so and get the rule changed. But I think there would be a lot of
people who would still vote for the Speaker, but would have a real hard time
with that kind of rule change," said the first Republican member.
* WHAT KIND OF PERSON SUPPORTS A RINO LIKE BOEHNER?
ANOTHER RINO.
* WHAT SORT OF PERSON SUPPORTS AN INEFFECTIVE INCOMPETENT
LIKE BOEHNER? ANOTHER INEFFECTIVE INCOMPETENT!
* WELL... YOU JUST READ IT:
"The Speaker at any one point in time has probably
90 to 100 votes, for sure.
(*SIGH*)
* AND AGAIN... BACK TO THE DEMS... BEHIND THE CURTAINS
THE DEMS SUPPORT BOEHNER BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHO AND WHAT HE IS AND BECAUSE
THEY'RE TERRIFIED THAT A TEA PARTY SPEAKER WOULD BE ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE
MEDIA PROTECTIVE ZONE SURROUNDING THE LEFT.
The timing of this proposed rule tweak is especially
interesting. Nobody is expected to compete with Boehner for the speakership
next Congress, much less beat him.
* AGAIN... MY POINT... WHAT OTHER VIABLE
"SOLUTION" IS THERE FOR "WE THE PEOPLE" BUT VIOLENCE? (IT'S
A SERIOUS QUESTION! IT'S A QUESTION EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD ASK HIMSELF OR HERSELF.)
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the Financial Services
Committee, has quietly considered a campaign against Boehner. But Hensarling's
allies argue that Eric Cantor's resignation this summer, which triggered a
leadership shake-up and fortified Boehner's position atop the conference, make
it highly unlikely Hensarling will seek the speakership.
* ODDS ARE THAT HENSARLING WILL BETRAY US BY NOT RUNNING.
(I WISH I COULD WRITE OTHERWISE...)
(*SHRUGGING WHILE SIGHING*)
"I don't think you'll see that kind of drama,"
Rep. Paul Ryan, a close friend of Hensarling, told National Journal earlier
this month. "I think Jeb would look at it if there were an open seat. But
I don't think an open seat is going to occur."
* RYAN IS BOEHNER'S BUTT-BOY. HE'S MADE THAT CLEAR. HE'S
AN ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN WHO "PLAYS" TEA PARTIER DEPENDING UPON
WHICH AUDIENCE HE'S ADDRESSING AND HOW WIDESPREAD THE MEDIA COVERAGE WILL BE.
RYAN IS A FAKE, PHONY, SON OF A BITCH. PERIOD.
It seems, then, the proposal is aimed more broadly at
preventing another contentious leadership election that feeds the narrative
about divisions within the GOP.
* FOLKS... THERE IS NO TRUE OPPOSITION PARTY TO THE
DEMOCRATS! BOEHNER'S GOP... RYAN'S GOP... THE GOP OF MOST OF THE FOLKS IN POWER
IS AT BEST A "DEMOCRAT-LITE" PARTY. (THE SLOWER BOAT TO DISASTER...)
And it may be aimed particularly at freshmen entering the
House next year, some of whom have said on the campaign trail that they would
refuse to vote for Boehner.
* AND IF THEY SAY IT AND GET ELECTED THEY'D BETTER FOLLOW
THROUGH! (OR ELSE!)
Tea-party-aligned candidates in Alabama, Georgia, and
North Carolina have already said they will not support the Speaker.
* AMEN!
It also comes as members close to the Speaker have been
circling the wagons over the last few months.
* SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS! (THEY CERTAINLY HAVEN'T BEEN FIGHTING TO SAVE THE COUNTRY OVER THE PAST
FEW MONTHS... YEARS...)
Reps. Devin Nunes, Pat Tiberi, and Tom Cole, some of
Boehner's inner circle, have been trying to force members to pay their dues to
the National Republican Congressional Committee, and if they don't they don't
get to sit on A-level committees, such as Ways and Means.
* SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAFIA, DOESN'T IT?
ALWAYS "KICKING UP A PORTION OF THE TAKE."
* FOLKS... TEARS SHOULD BE RUNNING DOWN YOUR CHEEKS AS
YOU READ THIS!
On that topic, Capitol Hill has also been abuzz in recent
days about the other potential procedural changes - pushing back the conference
leadership elections.
Conservatives could make the case that members won't have
sufficient evidence by which to judge the new leadership team that took over in
late June. And, indeed, some already have hinted that Kevin McCarthy and Steve
Scalise - the new majority leader and majority whip, respectively - should be
evaluated primarily by their decision-making during the lame-duck period.
* WHAT "CONSERVATIVES?" THIS IS NONSENSE!
Still, it's difficult to imagine a majority of the
conference supporting such a proposal. From a logistical standpoint,
rescheduling the conference elections — which traditionally overlap with
freshmen orientation, so that incoming members may participate — could prove
impossible at this late stage.
* BUT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN... THAT PLAN TAKES TRUE
"PARTICIPATION" AWAY FROM MOST MEMBERS!
More importantly, most Republicans are calling for unity
heading into the next session of Congress, and several leading conservatives
acknowledged Thursday that there likely won't be a contested leadership race
anyway.
* FOOLS...
* THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS TO KEEP DOING THE SAME
THING TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT!
* BOEHNER HAS BEEN A FRIGGIN' DISASTER...!!! SHOULD THAT
ALONE DISQUALIFY HIM FROM BEING RE-ELECTED?
* FOLKS... I WRITE THE FOLLOWING ONLY HALF IN JEST:
"HILLARY-BOEHNER 2016"
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
* SERIOUSLY, FOLKS... TOTALLY NON-PARTISAN... THE
AMERICAN SHEEPLE SEEM TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS INCOMPETENCE - OR IS IT JUST MY
IMAGINATION?
"I don't see anybody right now going forward and
mounting a challenge to the Speaker," said Rep. Raul Labrador, who lost
his bid this summer for majority leader.
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