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Why weren't the last two Republican speakers more successful? They were 'nice guys'
« on: November 21, 2018, 07:51:02 pm »
Why weren't the last two Republican speakers more successful? They were 'nice guys'

by Philip Wegmann

November 21, 2018 12:52 PM
 
Nice Republicans don’t do well in Congress. And after the better part of a decade, they have little to show for their now lost majority.

There were no lasting spending decreases. There was no immigration reform. No real Obamacare repeal. Nice Republicans finish last, at least according to Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.

“Well, Boehner and Ryan are nice guys,” the old GOP bull said of the last two Republican House speakers — one who is now a weed lobbyist and the other soon to be some kind of a roving public policy wonk.

A legislative veteran of four decades and the second-most senior member of the House, Sensenbrenner points instead to former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. “You know,” he tells a recent meeting of the Washington Examiner editorial board, DeLay “was called The Hammer for a reason.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-werent-the-last-two-republican-speakers-more-successful-they-were-nice-guys
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Re: Why weren't the last two Republican speakers more successful? They were 'nice guys'
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2018, 07:53:15 pm »
Ditto for the two POTUS nominees before Trump.
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Re: Why weren't the last two Republican speakers more successful? They were 'nice guys'
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2018, 08:18:36 pm »
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Why weren't the last two Republican speakers more successful? They were 'nice guys'

Because they were being blackmailed.
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Re: Why weren't the last two Republican speakers more successful? They were 'nice guys'
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2018, 09:35:23 pm »
They were middle-of-the-road guys from middle-of-the-road states. And include Denny Hastert in that group.

Want firebrand, go for guys like Newt from the South.
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