Comments on: List Circulating in State House to Vacate Speaker’s Chair, Joe Straus

By: seb

seb — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:39:00 +0000

I totally agree with you cwjensen!

I would like to see a list of those who voted for Straus to replace Craddick.

Who are these 11 republicans????

By: CWJensen

CWJensen — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:39:06 +0000

The “Moderate” Republicans have No place in Texas or Washington politics………………………………….We need to return the party to strong conservative values before the liberals turn our country into a third rate European style Socialist bankrupt want a be.

By: Ron Larkin

Ron Larkin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:08:33 +0000

It seems we have a history of electing people,without knowing who we are choosing,,,,Reference in point is Barney Frank,,Spkr Queen Pelosi, His Majesty himself, the POTUS,,and now we’re picking on poor Joe,,,My self,, I’d prefer a totally clean slate,,,Maybe an entire new slate would at least learn something from the past,,,Doubtful,,but at least we can alsways hope,,,And for a previuos lister,,When have you ever applied for a job,,and have all your back ground sealed from scrutiny,,,Birth records, school admissions,,Pass port,,We really dont have a clue who this guy is,,,,and Dems are afraid to ask.

By: Doug Sanford

Doug Sanford — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:48:47 +0000

The speaker question is simply the Democrats trying to take control. The republicans who are working with the dems should realize they will be shafted once dems have control.

Look at Pelosi

By: R Lee

R Lee — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:28:37 +0000

Yes Dixie, ‘better the devil you know than the devil you don’t', Maybe ol’ Tom C. wasn’t such a bad guy after all!

By: Dixie

Dixie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:41:30 +0000

It’s not Straus’ doing in “hogging the limelight.”

For those who put Straus in & now want him out–guess it’s a good lesson in knowing what your picking before you pick it.

By: Joey Dauben

Joey Dauben — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:34:58 +0000

I haven’t heard too much out of Straus. Everything has been kinda blinded by Perry’s half-A stimulus rejection.

But Speaker Joe didn’t strike me as the kinda backbone to hog media limelight.

I’d give anything for the return of Craddick.

By: Political Policeman

Political Policeman — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:13:03 +0000

Jean – your posting has absolutely no relevance to the context of the article. If you wish to raise doubts about the birth place of the POTUS there are hundreds of other locations on the internet for you to do so that will allow readers/commenters of the Texas Insider to stay on point. Your attempts to distract and “rile up” are useless.

By: Jean Saunders

Jean Saunders — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:01:38 +0000

Good idea! But where were these people when Obama’s birthplace was in dispute? Why does everyone fall for the Certificate of Live Birth & think that’s a birth certificate? Why aren’t the anomolies on his Selective Service Card noted & questioned? Why are the statements of his grandmother Sarah and the Ambassador of Kenya ignored. THEY have stated that the house where Obama was born is a known location – nospecial marker as “President of the United States needed; “everyone knows where it is”. Many lawsuits have been brought to courts only to be dismissed without so much as a review!

By: Capitolist

Capitolist — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:03:41 +0000

My thoughts from the beginning of all this were that Straus would not be our speaker going into the 2011 session.

Now wondering if this will happen sooner than some of us thought.

Are committee assignment effected if the Speaker is removed? What is the motivation for all this activity?