Could This Man Be The Next Speaker of the House???

[Yavin4]

You don't have to be an elected member of the House to be the Speaker of the House.

[MrSlayer]

1. Why not Limbaugh?

He's the real leader of the party.

[TomCADem]

3. Cut to the chase. Make It Koch, Adelson Or Norquist.

[MrSlayer]

7. True.

Those are the real scumbags behind the curtain.

[BlueDemKev]

11. Or Beck?

[BainsBane]

2. You're trying to give us nightmares

No me gusta.

[Kablooie]

4. They might elect Bork to be the speaker.

[davidpdx]

5. Why not Reagan then?

LOL

[Thor_MN]

8. It would be about as productive as now, waiting for Reagan to gavel the house back from recess

hmmm, maybe some candles would help?

[DFW]

6. The next Squeaker of the House, maybe

Casanova Gingrich has been Speaker already, and that didn't turn out so well.

Granted, Bonehead isn't turning out very well, either.....

[lunatica]

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

I'm sick of seeing the boner's chin all wrinkled up and shivering in self pity. Ack!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. No

But he could be House Spincter.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

13. Heh, heh...

But seriously, there are too many people wanting power in Washington that they'd give it up to Newt.

[Bluenorthwest]

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

I only learned that fact recently, and it surprised me.

[yellerpup]

14. If that's the case, then why isn't Grover

up? He's the only person in the USA who can make repukes toe the line.

[Texin]

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

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.