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2016 Postmortem

Texin

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15. What!??? How can that be?

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:39 PM

Dec 2012

How can the House rules allow an unelected person to lead it? That makes aboslutely no fucking sense. Granted, they're getting their marching orders from corporate putocrats and lobbyists, but I seriously have my doubts that the congressional rules allow a non-member to actually lead that legislative body.

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Could This Man Be The Next Speaker of the House??? [View all] Yavin4 Dec 2012 OP

Why not Limbaugh? MrSlayer Dec 2012 #1

Cut to the chase. Make It Koch, Adelson Or Norquist. TomCADem Dec 2012 #3

True. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #7

Or Beck? BlueDemKev Dec 2012 #11

You're trying to give us nightmares BainsBane Dec 2012 #2

They might elect Bork to be the speaker. Kablooie Dec 2012 #4

Why not Reagan then? davidpdx Dec 2012 #5

It would be about as productive as now, waiting for Reagan to gavel the house back from recess Thor_MN Dec 2012 #8

The next Squeaker of the House, maybe DFW Dec 2012 #6

I don't care as long as he/she doesn't cry in self pity at the drop of a hat lunatica Dec 2012 #9

No Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #10

Heh, heh... Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #13

I doubt it, but isn't it interesting that the Speaker does not have to be a member of the House. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #12

If that's the case, then why isn't Grover yellerpup Dec 2012 #14

What!??? How can that be? Texin Dec 2012 #15