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View Poll Results: If Republicans take control of Congress, who would you prefer to see as Speaker?
John Boehner 11 44.00%
Michele Bachmann 14 56.00%
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-17-2010, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Pundits are saying that tea partiers may not want John Boehner to be the next Speaker since he doesn't represent the soul of today's conservative movement. Their preferred choice? Michele Bachmann.

If Bachmann became Speaker, how would this affect the political discourse in Washington?
Nothing will change in D.C. It doesn't matter who the Speaker of the House is, it will be business as usual. Left/Right, Dem/Repub, Lib/Con they're really a bunch of self-serving phonies.
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Old 09-17-2010, 07:33 PM
 
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I'd prefer Ron Paul...
Good idea.

He could: Shout em down! Shout em down!

No means no!
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Old 09-17-2010, 07:44 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Nothing will change in D.C. It doesn't matter who the Speaker of the House is, it will be business as usual. Left/Right, Dem/Repub, Lib/Con they're really a bunch of self-serving phonies.


I guess you have turned a blind eye to freshness in the air.

Elite career politicians are getting 86'ed by, the working class.

More to come.
The swamp will be brackish for a little while, until the rest come up for a booting.
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Old 09-17-2010, 07:45 PM
 
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I voted for Bachmann. With Sarah Palin as President and Ms. O'Donnell as Senate Majority Leader, I can give up Jerry Springer and watch C-Span instead.
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:38 PM
 
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I voted for Bachmann. With Sarah Palin as President and Ms. O'Donnell as Senate Majority Leader, I can give up Jerry Springer and watch C-Span instead.
What a combo that would be! If the three of them are in charge, C-SPAN could also replace Comedy Central.
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:47 PM
 
Location: SARASOTA, FLORIDA
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Either one would be a MAJOR improvement over the anti American nutcase we have now for sure.

The worst congress ever running things right now today and you ask this question. And the leader is of course a dem with a psycho issue. Amazing.

Toss a coin, dumbo the clown would be better then what we have right now.

And someone mentioned evil. Well, poster child of evil is your current speaker.
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Texas State Fair
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I'd prefer Ron Paul...
Ron Paul ! ! !
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Old 09-18-2010, 01:05 AM
 
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i want pelosi fired, preferably from a cannon
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into a steel reinforced concrete wall.
It appears that conservatives support violence against their adversaries. Of course, this isn't really news to anyone, is it?
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Old 09-18-2010, 03:46 AM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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Pundits are saying that tea partiers may not want John Boehner to be the next Speaker since he doesn't represent the soul of today's conservative movement. Their preferred choice? Michele Bachmann.

If Bachmann became Speaker, how would this affect the political discourse in Washington?
We can only pray that the Republicans take over Congress and gridlock occurs. The best thing that can happen in DC is nothing!
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Old 09-18-2010, 03:49 AM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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Is there a "just shoot me" option?
There was not one when Pelosi took over.
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