The House makes history.
By on Jan 4th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
The House makes history.
The 110th Congress has officially elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as Speaker of the House, making her the first woman in U.S. history to hold the position.
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It is official….Nancy Pelosi is the new Speaker…now we have to pray for a heart attack for Cheney…and a drug relapse for Mr Bush
January 4th, 2007 at 1:52 pmCongratulations homegirl!
January 4th, 2007 at 1:53 pm“It’s a beautiful day”!!!!
January 4th, 2007 at 1:56 pmYaaaaaaayy!!!!
I’m so damn happy…
January 4th, 2007 at 2:01 pmThe most direct and profound way to restore dignity and respect for the American people in the eyes of the international community would be to impeach George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and the other key members of his criminal gang. Changing Bush’s policy of resisting the ICC and joining forces with the global effort to establish an international rule of law, we can then try Bush and his regime for war crimes in the International Criminal Court. To do anything less is criminal.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:06 pmYou’ve come a long way baby!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:06 pmI wonder how jason hindler is taking this ?
January 4th, 2007 at 2:07 pmWatching Nancy Pelosi on TV just now, I couldn’t help watching her accept the gavel as the new House Speaker. And she’d damned good looking, too!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:08 pmHuzzah! Huzzah! There is hope for this country yet.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:08 pm(Sounds of bubbly corks popping)
January 4th, 2007 at 2:09 pmCongratz to Nancy Pelosi!!! I truly hope she does well for this country. I look forward to the 100 hour blitz to change government for the better. I am happy that within 100 hours the Dems will officially close and secure our borders against illegals, increase our minimum wage, outlaw the death penalty, and bring all our troops home. Seems like alot, but Nancy and the rest campaigned on these issues almost exclusively. It would just be puzzling if they didn’t accomplish there main issue’s first. 3 cheers for the new Speaker!!!!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:13 pmWOOT!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:13 pmJoefriday – LOL, that was funny!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:13 pmThis is a very good start. She’s strong. She’s the right person in the right moment in history. She’s going to continue to make history as a strong, effective leader.
The initiative has officially been passed from Bush to the House and Senate.
Now Bush and the neocon media get to play defense, which they do best, because they are ruthless attack dogs that have not a clue what creative and selfless leadership is.
Advise to Pelosi and the Democrats: Ignore the criticism. If the Republicans and mass media have good things to say about you, you’re obviously not doing your job. You don’t want or need the support of trolls.
Maximize participation of those who are constructive in any party and minimize the influence of those whose record demonstrates that they are merely interested in maintaining the status quo. They had their chance and they blew it big time. The country made it clear it doesn’t want them to have another chance to continue the destruction of the country.
Force the president to go on record vetoing legislation the majority of the country wants, based on many polls. Such vetos will only help build his legacy as the most reviled president in history and further drive a wedge between the president and his party.
We are in the midst of the biggest shift in party affiliation in this country in our lifetimes. People are finally waking up.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:14 pmw00t !!!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pmmay god/allah/buddha/quat/jah/yhwh/jehovah/krishna/shen/allofem
keep her safe, sane and healthy…
As Prince one said: “Shes a brick house funky electric momma in devil pumps”……..and now she has a gavel as well.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pmCONGRATULATIONS & ALL MY BEST!!!!!!!!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pmNothing at all will change, They have legalised Bushes crimes and are part parcel of the same old evil imperial empire
January 4th, 2007 at 2:21 pmAnyone care to light a match under R2’s strawidiot?
January 4th, 2007 at 2:22 pmJoefriday – LOL, that was funny!
Comment by margaret — January 4, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
Thanks. However, it seems roger_roger has his undershorts in a wedgie over this. Maybe jason, IRI and roger2 can go out tonight and cry in their beers together.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pmCongratulations Speaker of the House Pelosi. Best wishes to the new new Congress. Now do something for the good of this country.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pmI hear Miers resigned. Baby George is running out of mommies. Who will he ask if he can go number two? And what about the separation anxiety? It just might drive the boy to drink, ya think?
January 4th, 2007 at 2:24 pm#22 – I’ll buy!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:26 pmSorry, R2, you missed Rham Emmanuel yesterday saying that Iraq was on the back burner because they had to tackle Minimum Wage first.
Of course you had to get past the Sheeehan group interuption first.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:27 pmCongratulations Speaker Pelosi! Now go put all their balls in a vice grip! :-)
January 4th, 2007 at 2:29 pmtom oliphant on franken says that hastert was not there to hand the gavel to pelosi… “tacky”…
January 4th, 2007 at 2:35 pmCongratulations, Speaker Pelosi.
Now lace up your ass-kicking boots and get busy!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:37 pmNonna’s in charge now! That should be an improvement. None of the Italian-American grandmothers I know take ANY crap!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:43 pmSo the Dems decided that minimum wage is more important then Iraq or Securing our Borders? Man this country is sad.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:46 pmShouldn’t the caption be “makes herstory”?
January 4th, 2007 at 2:48 pmTough shit, Rogerx2.
SPEAKER PELOSI!!
Heh.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:48 pmSpeaker Pelosi looked poised and dignified. The shots of old loser Dennis Hastert he looked grumpy, pouty and like his under wear was bunched up his ass.
It’s a beautiful day.
Look out George and Dick, as Herman Goerring said: “The jig is up.”
-GSD
January 4th, 2007 at 2:49 pmZ- any chance she could start with R2?
January 4th, 2007 at 2:49 pmHastert doesn’t hand her the gavel. Classless and clueless to the end.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:53 pm#31, no they did not decide that RR they decided to start governing the country again rather than exploit it for their party as the republicans hhave done for 6 years now.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:54 pmSo the Dems decided that minimum wage is more important then Iraq or Securing our Borders? Man this country is sad.
Comment by Roger_Roger
I hate to put it like this, but R2 makes a point here. I though it was all about Iraq. I read every day on this blog that Nov 7 was all about Iraq. But rubber is meeting the road now and Iraq is not as high of a prioity.
So, Nov 7 was NOT about Iraq.
I do wish the new speaker luck and hope for wisdom.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:57 pmZ- any chance she could start with R2?
Comment by RUCerious
Works for me.
Roger….? Where the hell are ya? Roadtrip!
January 4th, 2007 at 2:58 pmIt really didn’t hit me until today that this is an historical occasion; the first woman speaker of the house.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:58 pmIn some ways it is regrettable that women have not risen to such level in the past, but it happened today and that makes this a day to remember.
The future remains to be seen, but at this point, it is difficult for me to think that this will be anything but a marked improvement for the country.
ok – second thought… today, send congratulatory messages…
tomorrow, and everyday thereafter:
email, phone, us mail each of your reps and senators this simple message:
GET OUT NOW.
NO MORE LIES. NO MORE LIVES.
( btw: capital switchboard – 866.340.9281 )
January 4th, 2007 at 3:01 pmWhat were the many things that the Republicans considered more important in their tenure?
Terri Schiavo!
Stopping gays from getting “married”!
Giving big-business tax breaks they denied the middle-class!
Lowering taxes while raising spending to bring us the largest deficit in history!
The previous Republican majority couldn’t even get off their lazy behinds and pass the spending bills due months ago!
Yep, it’s official. The Republicans have put America on track towards destruction. With luck, the Democrats can turn the drive towards national destruction around and save this country from our previous failed leadership.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pmComment by robert — January 4, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
damn, robert… remember the FIRST 100 HOURS thing?
January 4th, 2007 at 3:04 pmplease don’t be so dense…
Why should anyone who believes the laws of the Unites States should be equally applied to all, be happy that Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House?
GW Bush admitted on national television that he broke the FISA statute and a federal judge says he broke the FISA statute, and the maximum penalty is five years in jail.
His excuse that he believes the FISA statute is unconstitutional, and he can ignore it, is just like me ignoring gun control laws because I believe they are unconstitutional!
In both cases he and I should be arrested, and brought to trial where we can convince the Supreme Court that the laws we violated were unconstitutional and we should be found not guilty.
Is it not the job of the Speaker of the House to bring forward impeachment hearings when a president breaks the law?
So when she says the idea of impeachment is off the table, after the president admits to breaking the law, does that not make her unfit for the job?
So tell me again why I should be happy that she is Speaker of the House, when I believe the government officials should be held responsible when they break the law?
January 4th, 2007 at 3:06 pm#31 roger roger
January 4th, 2007 at 3:11 pmSour grapes don’t taste too good do they?
What were the Republican priorities during their tenure as majority?
Flag burning, right to die, tax cuts for the wealthy, big business favors, secrets, late night votes, bridges to nowhere, and so forth.
What positive accomplishment for America was theirs? I can’t think of any. What positive accomplishment for their pockets and their cronies was theirs? Too numerous to count here.
Love it, awesome. Maybe some work will get done now.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:12 pmDem Soldier,
I completely agree that the Repugs didn’t prioritize correctly. The thing is, the elections that brought the Dems into power just ended. Those elections were won on specific issues. Iraq was front and center. The Dems won on that issue. The currently haven’t done 1 single thing. Hell, they may shortly have a troop increase under there watch. It is just sad when both parties talk about certain issues to get elected and then forget them once they are in office. Putting minimum wage ahead of the death’s of American Soldiers is Heartless IMO.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:14 pmDidn’t Bush change the succesion line? Am I wrong or is the Speaker no longer 3rd in line? Seems like I remember something about that a while back.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:15 pmBob, from CNN today:
January 4th, 2007 at 3:24 pm“After passage of a series of routine resolutions — including elevating 89-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, as President Pro Tempore, third in the line of presidential succession — the Senate floor opened for business.”
I would love to hear Roger_Roger condemn the Repub Congress that sat in power for 12 years and did not fulfill their promises spelt out in their Contract for America that they were elected on as he does after one day of Democrat rule.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:29 pmquestion then – has the President Pro Tempore always been third in line? Is it like a beauty pagent with 1st runner up for VP? What exactly is the breakdown and did W alter it?
January 4th, 2007 at 3:29 pmAnd with that, Stephen Colbert’s TV personna committed hara-kiri. ;)
January 4th, 2007 at 3:29 pmPutting minimum wage ahead of the death’s of American Soldiers is Heartless IMO.
Comment by Roger_Roger
Maybe, just maybe Dems can work on one thing behind the scenes, while getting another done. What a concept!
Get your stuff, we’re going on a roadtrip — no sleep til DC!!!
January 4th, 2007 at 3:35 pmdamn, robert… remember the FIRST 100 HOURS thing?
please don’t be so dense…
Comment by katy
The point is: If Iraq was the big issue that got the Dems elected, then why is Iraq not the FIRST issue on the plate? Is there not at least one person a day on this very site stateing that Iraq was the reason for the change in power? Which is more important, $1/hour more for 4% of the nation or the lives of the troops over in Iraq?
It looks like the new Congress have answered that one already.
Iraq was the battle cry, politics as usual is the order of the day.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:36 pm#53
I truly hope your right. If this big 100 hour thing isn’t mostly about Iraq and Securing out Borders, you all should ask the Dems to resign. They campaigned on these issues and they proclaimed they were of the utmost importance. If they put petty nominal issues ahead of major issues that involve life and death, they should quit and you all should be asking them to quit. If you think this war is wrong, then discussing minimum wage while Americans are dying in a war that we shouldn’t be in is near criminal. I trust however that within the next 100 hours, the new Dem congress will pass a resolution demanding we bring the troops home ASAP. I mean, they campaigned on it afterall.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:41 pmNancy is your new Mother Roger, get used to it.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:44 pmGet your stuff, we’re going on a roadtrip — no sleep til DC!!!
Comment by Zooey
I call SHOTGUN!
January 4th, 2007 at 3:45 pm#47 – Roger_Roger, I see where you’re coming from.
I can only assume that the Dems have decided to clean up the mess that the Reps left behind (ignored spending bills) and hit a few issues they were elected on (ethics reforms, minimum wage, breaking the chains with lobbyists) first off while they’ve got a wave going.
Once this is done, they’ll concentrate on how to address the problems in Iraq and the “war on terra”. I’m sure we can all agree that this has reached the status of biggest mess of the US. It’s not something that can be shoved down the throats of the Dems or Reps without there being some deliberation. (Something the Reps denied the Dems when they were majority party.)
I remember the Republican Contract on America, and the items they’ve decided to renege on because they got drunk on power. I’m just praying that the Dems don’t replay history and do it themselves. Yes, the 100 hour agenda is agressive, and yes the Reps are being closed out for this first major push of items that can be done quickly.
So far, the war in Iraq has lasted longer than WW-II. It’s not something that will be cleaned up over night.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pm#58,
We see eye to eye, but reforming how lobbying works, changing minimum wage, and ethics reforms are certainly not even close to as important as Iraq. Furthermore, they weren’t primarily elected based on minimum wage and lobby reform. They were elected because of Iraq. For them to shun and push off saving American lives is very cold and semi evil if you believe the war is illegal like the Dems have said.
Saying a war is wrong that Americans are dying in and then turn around and work on Lobby Reform first should make ever Dem and eveyone that voted for them extremely mad.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:54 pmRR – I heard that corruption turned out to be the main voter issue. Hence, all these rule changes?
from cnn:
‘Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, told reporters that Democrats would move quickly on rules changes.
“On Thursday and Friday, we’re going to adopt rules that will change the way the people’s House operates to ensure its integrity, to ensure its openness and to ensure its transparency,” Hoyer said Wednesday.’
and:
January 4th, 2007 at 3:54 pm“First on agenda: Tighter restrictions on earmarks, lobbying, gifts and travel”
Its like seeing your house burning down with your children inside and deciding you need to mow the grass first before you address your burning down house.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:55 pmI happened to catch it live on my lunch hour. It really was thrilling to see history being made.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:10 pmNancy looks like the new Betty Crocker, but I love her.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:14 pmAnyone who’s favorite band is the Grateful Dead ROCKS!
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January 4th, 2007 at 4:15 pmRoger,
Your metaphors are almost as good as mine.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:20 pmGood picture of her too. Her hair looks freshly done.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:21 pmHastert’s last job was to hand over the gavel to the new Speaker. Fatty couldn’t even do that job right, like many of the other ones he was supposed to do while Speaker.
He made Boehner do it.
Funny as heck when you think about it. lmao
January 4th, 2007 at 4:22 pmThanks ForTruth!!
January 4th, 2007 at 4:22 pmThat is funny Wayne. Fatstart couldn’t even bring his wrestling-coach ass to hand over the gavel to a lady. Thats a sure sign of male weakness.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pmNo problem Roger. Least I can do.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pmzooey – if you’re serious about that road trip, if you pass through illinois on I-70, let me know, i want to be part of that caravan…
January 4th, 2007 at 4:32 pmRoger since your fax machine obviously works, let me have the number – I have a few talking points I’d like you to repeat for us.
Now not being American, US government is a mystery to me – but isn’t the president and not the speaker C-In-C of the armed forces…? Just how does Nancy Pelosi stop the war?
January 4th, 2007 at 4:47 pmSaying a war is wrong that Americans are dying in and then turn around and work on Lobby Reform first should make ever Dem and eveyone that voted for them extremely mad.
Comment by Roger_Roger
DONE:
Protesters disrupt press conference on lobbying reform
January 4th, 2007 at 4:50 pm#72,
Pelosi can stop the war very easily. She simply has a vote to eliminate all spending on Iraq. With no money, the war is over overnight. Clean and simple!
January 4th, 2007 at 4:53 pmZ and FT – If R2 is coming, and FT already called shotgun, I’ll just bring mine.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:54 pm“Just how does Nancy Pelosi stop the war?” – Comment by TerrytheTurtle — January 4, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
Ideally, by passing legislation that states the Budget for Defense cannot be spent on extending the occupation of Iraq. It’s how it was done for Vietnam! (Guess what. Communism did NOT take over the world because we left Vietnam!)
The down-side is that Pres. Bush will most likely issue a signing statement that he can spend any amount of money he wants on any project and not be held accountable by anyone. Funny, the Reps in power didn’t mind him doing that for the past six years. Why would they complain about a run-away Rep Presidency now?
Actually, the best way that Speaker Pelosi can address the issue is say “We have legislation that will remove us from Iraq. Pres. Bush can go along with this legislation, or we can start impeachment hearings on his lies about iraq. So, Mr. President which one will it be? Leave iraq, or start impeachment and stop all federal funding for our military?”
Yeah, it’ll make her reviled by everyone, but it’ll put Pres. Bush on alert that he’s got to be held accouuntable for something in his life.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:54 pm#73 – Note to Rahm: Get you prucking fiorities straight!
January 4th, 2007 at 4:56 pmDemocrat Soldier’s answer is the better one…but the 109th passed the spending for the DOD or was it the Iraq supplemental already?
January 4th, 2007 at 5:07 pmHeh, we have all jumped on the road tip, does Zooey even know yet?
January 4th, 2007 at 5:09 pmre-post: did anyone, particularly you rrooggeerr, even hear pelosi’s speech today?
in part:
“The election of 2006 was a call to change — not merely to change the control of Congress, but for a new direction for our country. Nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a new direction than in the war in Iraq.
“The American people rejected an open-ended obligation to a war without end. Shortly, President Bush will address the nation on the subject of Iraq. It is the responsibility of the president to articulate a new plan for Iraq that makes it clear to the Iraqis that they must defend their own streets and their own security, a plan that promotes stability in the region, and a plan that allows us to responsibly redeploy our troops.
“Let us work together to be the Congress that rebuilds our military to meet the national security challenges of the 21st century.
“Let us be the Congress that strongly honors our responsibility to protect the American people from terrorism.
“Let us be the Congress that never forgets our commitment to our veterans and our first responders, always honoring them as the heroes that they are.
http://sfgate.com/ cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=/ c/ a/ 2007/ 01/ 04/ BAG5ANCTQ27.DTL
she talked about the FIRST 100 HOURS before the election… these are things that have been needlessly put off for years by the repugs…
January 4th, 2007 at 5:26 pmshe has not and will not forget about iraq…
…
RogerX2 gave Bush years to mess up Iraq and still thinks we should stay there, but can’t give SPEAKER PELOSI more than a few hours to get us out.
January 4th, 2007 at 5:31 pmRoger2
January 4th, 2007 at 5:39 pmI wonder if you were so critical of your Republiscum friends in Congress when they diddled instead of questioning the war in Iraq.
PLC – actually Roger Rabbit thinks that the US should launch a full invasion of Iran – it will go just fine because he gamed it his Risk board first.
January 4th, 2007 at 5:40 pm#80 – Katy ~ Not R2’s strength, that listening thing. Much less the comprehension part of it.
January 4th, 2007 at 5:41 pmAmerica is REDDY, REDDY, REDDY, REDDY, REDDY, REDDY, REDDY, REDDY, REDDY for a woman House Speaker.
Nancy, “You go girl. You go girl.” This Nancy is going to be a lot different than one Nancy that lived in Washington D. C. Nancy Reagan, we don’t care about your White House dishes.
Yeah, this particular Nancy is going to focus on dishes all right. SHE’S GOING TO “DISH” IT OUT TO THE GOP. Eat that! Eat that! Eat that!
Helen Reddy’s wonderful song ‘I Am Woman’ still resonates across our country.
REVISED lyrics of ‘I Am Woman’
I am woman hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back and pretend
‘Cause I’ve heard it all before
And I’ve been down there on the HOUSE FLOOR
No one’s ever going to keep me down again ( REPUBLICANS ARE LOSERS. )
Oh yes I am wise
But it’s wisdom BORN of pain
Yes we’ve paid the price ( TOO MANY ABORTIONS IN AN ALLEY )
But look how much I gained
If I have to, CINDY SHEEHAN AND ALL OF US CAN DO ANYTHING
We are strong
We are invincible…………
I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin’ arms across this land
But I’m still an embryo ( WE’RE GOING TO PASS EMBYONIC STEM-CELL LEGISLATION )
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
If I have to I can face anything ( EVEN THE NIGHTMARE OF GEORGE W. BUSH )
John
January 4th, 2007 at 5:41 pmTo our resident trolls:
January 4th, 2007 at 5:43 pmThe Dems were SWORN in today! And before they can change their shoes, you are demanding that they end the war. Where the hell were you when Bush was starting the fiasco? You were cheerleading him, that’s what you were doing. Now you feel foolish and you are embarrassed, and you want to make fools of the Democrats because you, yourself, are the fool, along with George W.
The Dems WILL disable malicious Republican plans, they WILL advocate for the middle class and they WILL work to end the disaster of Iraq.
They can cut funding – but you know Bush can take money from elsewhere, and you will be the first one to say the Dems are pulling the rug out from under the troops already there.
They can demand troops be pulled out – but you know that Bush is the C-in-C and only he can make commands like that, as the generals are subordinate to him.
You forgot that the Democrats announced their plan for Iraq in October, it’s along the lines of the Murtha plan, but you won’t even give Murtha a chanco to implement it before you jump all over him.
Not R2’s strength, that listening thing. Much less the comprehension part of it.
Comment by RUCerious — January 4, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
obviously…
January 4th, 2007 at 5:44 pm“I would go for a full blown invasion (of Iran)” – Roger Rabbit, Sep 25th, 2006.
Right after this doozy:
“The average price of gas is already under $2.55. I am pretty sure it will be much lower by January. LOL”
Yes the jokes on someone, alright…
January 4th, 2007 at 5:44 pmR2-Hey dense one, The head of the RNC and all the rethug talking heads all stated the election turned on Republican corruption and Iraq was #2. Therefore the Dem’s have attacked the #1 problem first. You seem to get your talking points confused.Your arguments are rank silly-how old are you ? 12 ?
January 4th, 2007 at 5:53 pm“The election of 2006 was a call to change — not merely to change the control of Congress, but for a new direction for our country. Nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a new direction than in the war in Iraq.
Yet, Iraq is not the #1 prioity. The big change is politicsas usual.
is the responsibility of the president to articulate a new plan for Iraq that makes it clear to the Iraqis that they must defend their own streets and their own security, a plan that promotes stability in the region, and a plan that allows us to responsibly redeploy our troops.
And every day people tell us that stability in Iraq is not possible.
“Let us work together to be the Congress that rebuilds our military to meet the national security challenges of the 21st century.
Last time I heard this was when Bill Clinton was in office. No new gear (equipment) for years. We were still using Viet Nam era stuff when we went into Afghanistan and Iraq.
All I can say is..
Oh boy…..
January 4th, 2007 at 6:27 pmI call SHOTGUN!
Comment by ForTruth
Only if you can read a map, otherwise it’s RUCerious.
R2 can sit in the back with the non-map reader. No fighting, no whining.
Shotgun in the trunk with the extra pair of ass-kicking boots.
Mr Aphrodite gave me Hagette’s credit card for gas.
Are we set? Let’s go!
January 4th, 2007 at 6:29 pmRobert, Rsquared, et al; Repubs spent 6 years f**king things up, and you are upset that Dems can’t cure it all in one day. Get a life.
January 4th, 2007 at 6:29 pmHastert’s last job was to hand over the gavel to the new Speaker. Fatty couldn’t even do that job right, like many of the other ones he was supposed to do while Speaker.
He made Boehner do it.
Funny as heck when you think about it. lmao
Comment by Wayne — January 4, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
That is funny Wayne. Fatstart couldn’t even bring his wrestling-coach ass to hand over the gavel to a lady. Thats a sure sign of male weakness.
Comment by ForTruth
Actually, if I recall something I read correctly, it’s the Minority Leader’s role to hand the gavel over to the incoming Speaker. If you’ll remember back in Jan ‘95 when Newt took over as Speaker, it was Dick Gephardt who handed the gavel to him (and not because Tom Foley wasn’t there; they said this was the tradition.) So it was Boehner’s role to hand the gavel to Speaker Pelosi.
January 4th, 2007 at 6:37 pmI am not saying in one day, but it need to be treated as the top priority they thought it was 3 months ago.
January 4th, 2007 at 6:38 pmOops, I missed katy volunteering for the roadtrip.
katy’s in charge of making sure we see all the odd attractions on the way to DC — giant balls of string, corn palace, trees you can drive through, etc.
January 4th, 2007 at 6:51 pmgiant balls of string, corn palace, trees you can drive through, etc.
Comment by Zooey — January 4, 2007 @ 6:51 pm
hey – i’m there… i’m good at stuff like that…
January 4th, 2007 at 7:16 pmnot gonna find any trees like that on our way to DC though…
Hey! Doesn’t she have to put on 500 pounds to have that job?
That seat behind her in the photo makes it look like she’s Tom Thumb’s sister.
I’m also a bit surprised that Cheney didn’t fly around the Rotunda like Baron Harkonen, with his buboes sliming the city. Isn’t he feeling well?
January 4th, 2007 at 7:25 pmActually, if I recall something I read correctly, it’s the Minority Leader’s role to hand the gavel over to the incoming Speaker.
— Wayne A. Schneider
You are correct. I doublechecked
http://rules.house.gov/pop/pop107_01.htm
under Election of the Speaker:
The Speaker is introduced from the Chair by the Minority Leader, who delivers a short statement and then hands the gavel over to the new Speaker.
I stand corrected….
January 4th, 2007 at 7:43 pmThank you Wayne for the education. The boner handed the gavel over. And Fatstart was not the one who should have done it.
January 4th, 2007 at 7:44 pmI’m also a bit surprised that Cheney didn’t fly around the Rotunda like Baron Harkonen, with his buboes sliming the city. Isn’t he feeling well?
Comment by Paul in LA
Disgusting!
But yeah, I’m surprised too…
January 4th, 2007 at 8:22 pmOK Dems voted for Iraq, but it is Bush’s fault.
Dems want us out of Iraq now, but they have no plan to get us out. They want Bush to decide that [..is the responsibility of the president to articulate a new plan for Iraq ...]
So, the Congress has no responsibility, it is all on Bush..
Damn, I though we elected Representatives and Senators to take responsibility, deflect it.
January 4th, 2007 at 9:09 pmso, line of succession = Cheney, Pelosi, Byrd
January 4th, 2007 at 9:43 pmhaha…check out the look on Denny Hastart (OH GAD!) at 4:18 into the video
January 4th, 2007 at 10:40 pmYou know, the end of bigotry and discrimination will be near when I stop hearing things like:
“The first woman speaker of the house”
“The first Muslim congressman”
“The first black winner of the Masters”
I’m fed up of that crap.
January 4th, 2007 at 10:53 pmIt’s a very sad day for America. Muslims and women protecting us, god help us.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:00 amIt’s a very sad day for America. Muslims and women protecting us, god help us.
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Thank you for that endorsement for the amazing power of women and minorities. We’ve come a along way, baby!
January 5th, 2007 at 12:29 amJust one tiny little note to all the reich winged troll’s that post hate and dominance….This one is about women…”We brought you into the world and we can take you out.”..Blessings
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