No longer his circus, no longer his monkeys

[Umbran]

Yes, bask in the knowledge that a "crappy" law has been used to punish a man whose major crimes are ignored. As no other attempts at punishing him for playing hide-the-sausage with high school wrestlers, this is at least something.

And Al Capone was caught on tax charges, never mind how many deaths he was ultimately accountable for. Sometimes, you prosecute the thing for which you've got the evidence, not the thing that you'd most like to see him prosecuted for.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

And Al Capone was caught on tax charges, never mind how many deaths he was ultimately accountable for. Sometimes, you prosecute the thing for which you've got the evidence, not the thing that you'd most like to see him prosecuted for.

Exactly.

 

[calronmoonflower]

I disagree. The House GOP has been pushing the Hastert rule for quite some time. They are not interested in the process. The Hastert rule limits what can be brought up to floor to that which the majority of the majority agree on. It's used by the GOP to limit the power of minority groups. It isn't even a written House policy. It's a belief that the GOP uses to control what can and can't be voted on. So as far as them caring for the process? Yeah, that's a gigantic pile of hot and smelly you know what. The process be damned, it's all about the content of bills. As long as the content is that which the GOP likes, they could care less about the process.

You forgot blaming descending minority groups because the speaker wouldn't submit a bill that would pass if it actually got a vote by saying the minority is blocking it.It's all part of the process and it stinks. Of course Dems did much the same in the Senate under Reid.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, now that he's SotH, at least Ryan is sounding like a responsible politician.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/01/politics/paul-ryan-planned-parenthood/index.html

Now, if he can translate that rhetoric into effective stewardship of the House, things might get done...

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Well, now that he's SotH, at least Ryan is sounding like a responsible politician.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/01/politics/paul-ryan-planned-parenthood/index.html

Now, if he can translate that rhetoric into effective stewardship of the House, things might get done...

I doubt that'll stop him from letting republicans push bills to defund Planned Parenthood. It's just going to be more of the same.