The Tennessee Dhimmicrats had quite the drama play out today in the House. We went down to the Hill today to hopefully watch a historic event and what a historic event was witnessed. We saw the Dictator Speaker Jimmah Naifeh pull political hi-jinks in which the Republican Caucus couldn’t avert. When you have a caucus member willing to sell their soul for a position, game over. And that’s what Kent Williams (R D) of Elizbethton (Carter County District 4)did today.
Williams, who calls himself a Republican, broke with the caucus and voted for himself after being nominated for Speaker of House by a Democrat! I had actually predicted this was what the Dhimmis were planning to do after the whole recess folly incident. My friend, who I said that to, told me no way. She was sure Odom (D) was going to nominate Naifeh again for Speaker. Dhimicrats plus Williams vote totaled 50 vs 49 votes for Jason Mumpower by Republicans.
It was pretty choice for Williams in accepting his win for Speaker by lecturing people on ethics and getting along. The gallery actually started to laugh. I’m expecting that Williams should be changing parties by tomorrow.
Considering that the Republican House never expected to win the majority in November I think all they need to do is regroup and get back on their work horses for the 2010 election which is when they DID expect to take the majority. They need to focus on all the wimpy, wishy-washy Republicans who can’t decide which party they belong to and primary them out of office.
Cross posted at Bear Creek Ledger
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2 Howard (1 comments) // Jan 13, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Get over it. This is what you get for being juvenile enough to require all Republican house members to sign a pact to vote for other Republicans when positions come open. This is a State House, not a fraternity. The people of TN are wise to the scheme you’re trying to ram down their throats. Seems that the election of 2008 taught you nothing. In suffering mass rejection, most people with some measure of introspection would realize that they are doing something wrong. Seems that’s too much to expect.
3 Rick (1 comments) // Jan 14, 2009 at 12:11 am
Funny, looks like the Dummicrats took a secret oath to get their manboy Kent elected. I don’t recall seeing any Dummicrat vote for Mumpower.
It was obviously clear that Williams had no clue of what was occurring and his co-habitator Jimbo will be driving the agenda.
Kent may as well get used to it. His fifteen minutes of fame hit a new low. Lower than Don Sundquist. Now it’s up to the Senate to cut the heads off those hydras.
4 Nelson Muntz (1 comments) // Jan 14, 2009 at 12:24 am
Ha! Ha!
5 John Robey (1 comments) // Jan 14, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Poster, if you’re going to set out to blog, you might take a few English classes. Oh sorry, it’s only Hispanics who should have to do that. And by the way: Ha, Ha, Ha!!!!!!
6 Timothy Whiston (1 comments) // Apr 12, 2009 at 1:50 pm
If you can’t see past the need to support your party regardless of real issues (like this is some sort of high school football game) then you’ll of course miss the value of what Williams did. He is initiating change on a significant scale that just might put an end to this childish nonsense of always pulling the party line regardless of the merit or value of the platform.
Look at the last 100 years of our state and federal government and tell me what suggests that we don’t need drastic change?
The plans Williams has may or may not work smoothly but they represent a very real effort to “shake things up” and create change which is BADLY needed.
Flame away if it makes you feel better. But the fact is if you aren’t ready for change you WILL be marginalized in the years ahead because the American people and even the folks in TN are fed up with the joke that our government has long been.
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