Can we all say Awwww

sleepyjeff · 01-09-2007, 09:47 PM

I will agree with you on that point WB....Nethercutt was a creep. To campaign and win soley on term limits then turn around and ignore them when it was no longer convenient---no class.

Alex · 01-09-2007, 10:11 PM

But isn't someone who can admit they were wrong worth our respect?

Alex · 01-09-2007, 10:47 PM

Speaker of the House is not a position that seems to end well in recent years.

Dennis Hastert 1999-2006 (managed to lose position without any particular humiliation but his party was resoundingly tossed)
Newt Gingrich 1995-1999 (took blame for seat losses in 1998 election and resigned both position and seat in congress)
Tom Foley 1989-1995 (unpopularly sues home state to overturn term limits and gets voted out of office; first since 1860 to be so defeated)
Jim Wright 1987-1989 (after ethics investigation he resigned the post and then his seat a month later)

Then a decade of calm:
Tip O'Neill 1977-1987 (Retired from office still holding the position)

Back to trouble:
Carl Albert 1971-1977 ("retired" after allegations of taking bribes from a lobbyist that turned out to be affiliated with South Korean intelligence)

Personally, since Sam Rayburn kicked it the position doesn't seem to have attracted America's best.

sleepyjeff · 01-09-2007, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Jim Wright 1987-1989 (after ethics investigation he resigned the post and then his seat a month later)

Then what did he do?

Alex · 01-09-2007, 11:16 PM

Uh, nothing much. Am I not getting something?

01-09-2007, 09:47 PM	#1
sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	I will agree with you on that point WB....Nethercutt was a creep. To campaign and win soley on term limits then turn around and ignore them when it was no longer convenient---no class. __________________ River Guardian-less
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	But isn't someone who can admit they were wrong worth our respect?
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01-09-2007, 10:47 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Speaker of the House is not a position that seems to end well in recent years. Dennis Hastert 1999-2006 (managed to lose position without any particular humiliation but his party was resoundingly tossed) Newt Gingrich 1995-1999 (took blame for seat losses in 1998 election and resigned both position and seat in congress) Tom Foley 1989-1995 (unpopularly sues home state to overturn term limits and gets voted out of office; first since 1860 to be so defeated) Jim Wright 1987-1989 (after ethics investigation he resigned the post and then his seat a month later) Then a decade of calm: Tip O'Neill 1977-1987 (Retired from office still holding the position) Back to trouble: Carl Albert 1971-1977 ("retired" after allegations of taking bribes from a lobbyist that turned out to be affiliated with South Korean intelligence) Personally, since Sam Rayburn kicked it the position doesn't seem to have attracted America's best.
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01-09-2007, 11:16 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Uh, nothing much. Am I not getting something?
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