Tuesday, November 16, 2004

 

Rule No. 1: IOKIYAR

Looks like the House leadership is going to push to change the rules, so that Tom Delay can continue as House Majority Leader while under state court indictment in Texas.

What seems to have fallen down the memory hole of nearly every news source reporting this, though, is the fact that it was Gingrich's crusaders in 1994 who imposed this automatic-step-down rule in the first place, in order to avoid further "Dan Rostenkowskis."

The problem here is the Democrats, who always, but always, misunderestimate the underhandedness of Republicans. The modern Republican Party is now entirely captive to the idea that The Rules Only Apply To Other People. The Dems simply don't understand that every time they sit down to play poker with the GOP, the game that's really being played is TEGWAR -- "The Exciting Game Without Any Rules."

posted by Michael 11:06 PM