Fairness? Open debate? Not in Nancy’s house!

By Cordeiro

Filed Under General on Jan 5 

Despite all the visceral hatred poured upon Newt Gingrich before, during, and after his tenure as the first Republican Speaker of the House in nearly five decades, Newt did manage one major accomplishment: He changed the way the people’s business was conducted in what is supposed to be the People’s House.

Prior to the Republican Revolution of 1994, very little was publicly known about how the House of Representatives was run. What we did know came from listening to Newt’s special order speeches from the well of the House, long after the power brokers had gone home for the night.

Do you like the fact that federal law applies to the lawmakers the same way it does to everybody else? You can thank Newt. How about the fact that committee meetings are open to the public and the media? Thank Newt again. How about the ability of the minority to influence legislation? Yeah. Thank Newt.

But don’t get that “thank you” letter written just yet. Within the next day or so, The Pelosi and her storm-troopers are going to rewrite the rules governing the House of Representatives and bring back the good old days of the smoke filled, backroom cesspool deals that haven’t been seen in Washington since the day Jim Wright was run out of town on a rusty rail. For those of you with short memories, Wright was the first sitting Speaker of the House to be defeated in a re-election bid since the Civil War.

And here I thought it would take a few months for the Democrats to over reach.

Comments

6 Comments

  1. Red State Eddio on 05.01.2009 at 22:34 (Reply)

    Nothing like Nancy “Left of Lenin” Pelosi to come up with a hair-brained scheme all on her own to continue her swan-dive into the tank of public opinion.

    1. Cordeiro on 06.01.2009 at 08:15 (Reply)

      With Congress’ approval rating at a whopping 18.4% (according to RCP), there’s not much room left for her to sink.

      I guess she could start digging.

  2. Alaina on 06.01.2009 at 01:23 (Reply)

    Ugh… I can’t believe we have 4 years of this…

    1. Gary Russell on 06.01.2009 at 09:51 (Reply)

      Patience, my dear, patience.

      This is all setting the stage for a REAL conservative movement. Without the constant (and unfair) media drumbeat of “BUSH/CHANEY = INCOMPETENT/EVIL”, America is going to wake up and realize that we’re being “led” by a Chicago politician, a San Fran uber-liberal, and a Las Vegas nutjob.

      1. Troy La Mana on 06.01.2009 at 14:05 (Reply)

        But only if the RNC gets off it’s collective arse and gets behind true constitionalists.

  3. East of Eden on 06.01.2009 at 10:28 (Reply)

    I have to agree with Gary. I know Nancy’s changes bode ill for the public right now, but then they will contribute to her eventual (and hopeful) downfall. Funny, how they will change the rules to suti their needs, and then cry when those same rules apply to the other side in a few years.

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