While most people were watching the trainwreck in the House in Washington D.C., the ‘Uniparty’, a coalition of RINOs and Democrats, emerged more openly in Ohio.
In the surprise upset, Stephens (R-Kitts Hill), who is allegedly pledging to stop far-right policies and act as a full moderate, is chosen as one of the most significant and influential leaders in the state…
Back in December, the GOP caucus voted for Derek Merrin to be speaker, a surprise to his two other challengers – one was Stephens.
Stephens decided to fight, and he fought in collaboration with the Democrats.
“They needed our votes and we took the opportunity to make sure that we were going to be working with the speaker who we felt at the end of the day would work with us on the issues we could agree on,” Democratic Minority Leader Allison Russo said.
Russo said her discussions with the Republican were productive and allowed her caucus to vote, all 32 of them, for Stephens. She mentioned they spoke about getting fair district maps — but most of the conversation was on priority bills, like education issues.
“The importance of our public schools and for them to be well-funded and well-resourced,” she said.
The deal may also stop the “Backpack Bill,” which would allow education funding to be awarded per child rather than to school districts for distribution, which Russo seemed to confirm.
This screws parents, undermines schools choice and reaffirms the supremacy of Democrats and their main lobby, the teachers’ unions, which keeps kids hostage to feed their political agenda.
And now over to Pennsylvania.
A Democrat-turned-independent Pennsylvania state representative was elected Speaker of the state’s House of Representatives on Tuesday, after several Republicans joined with Democrats in a surprise turn of events.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Mark Rozzi, who has served as a Democratic member of the House for a decade, said he would govern as an independent, after the closely divided chamber voted 115-85 to elect him Speaker. Rozzi is the first independent Speaker of the Pennsylvania House.
Despite taking a slim one-seat majority in November’s elections, Pennsylvania Democrats were down three members in the House on Tuesday, after the death of one state representative and the resignations of two others.
This meant Democrats had 99 members to Republicans’ 101 members and could not elect House Democratic Leader Rep. Joanna McClinton as they had planned.
Republican state Rep. Jim Gregory, who initially put forward Rozzi as a candidate for the Speakership, acknowledged the peculiar nature of his nomination on Tuesday.
“At first blush, many might be wondering why a Republican is standing up to nominate a member of the Democrat caucus,” Gregory said. “The answer is really very simple – we must have a Speaker that reflects the realities that we have before us.”
“For me, Rep. Rozzi has proven himself to be an independent voice,” he continued. “I believe that he will continue to forge that independent path in remaining a fair arbiter for the business of this chamber.”
Could this happen nationally? Probably not. Yet. But I wouldn’t rule it out too definitely.
You seem to have a new variant of TDS it’s not normally as serious but GDS has gotten a hold of you.
Try CNN as a cure.
Find out when you reach your expiration date and you’re rotting in your grave and wondering why you’re so uncomfortable and miserable. Even more miserable than you are now, which I am guessing is quite miserable.
The Republican Party has become a circular firing squad. They want to “go along to get along” with people who are stealing their lunch. Sounds like “Stockholm Syndrome” writ large.
“The answer is really very simple – we must have a Speaker that reflects the realities that we have before us.”
The reality is the staus quo morality, the default morality, today in America which is altruism, which leads to collectivism and socialism. Both Republican elected officials and Democrat elected officials come from the general population, the general culture of altruism-collectivism.
You must try and imagine what the American two-party system would be like in an America where the status quo morality and political-economic convictions, the taken-for-granted-default-mode moral and political convictions of the American culture at large were self-reliance, rational selfishness, individualism, and capitalism.
In that America the two parties would also be united on philosophical, moral, and political fundamentals but in a reverse direction, towards the direction of capitalism. The two parties would meet twice a year for probably no more than two weeks as a mere formality or to resolve minor issues that come up once in a while. Everything else would be in the hands of private citizens pursuing their freedom, liberty, and capitalist happiness.
In a two-party system philosophical unity grows inexorably over time resulting from the dominant convictions in that culture. Because the members of both parties come from the general culture and population of that society.
“Today’s culture is dominated by the philosophy of mysticism (irrationalism)—altruism—collectivism, the base from which only statism can be derived; the statists (of any brand: communist, fascist or welfare) are merely cashing in on it—while the “conservatives” are scurrying to ride on the enemy’s premises and, somehow, to achieve political freedom by stealth. It can’t be done….
If the “conservatives” do not stand for capitalism, they stand for and are nothing; they have no goal, no direction, no political principles, no social ideals, no intellectual values, no leadership to offer anyone.
Yet capitalism is what the “conservatives” dare not advocate or defend. They are paralyzed by the profound conflict between capitalism and the moral code which dominates our culture: the morality of altruism . . . Capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they cannot co-exist in the same man or in the same society.” – Ayn Rand
Moderate poison mixed with moderate nutrition? Moderate slavery? Moderate dictatorship? Moderate rights? Independent caudillo? Independent slave owner?
“The issue is not slavery for a “good” cause versus slavery for a “bad” cause; the issue is not dictatorship by a “good” gang versus dictatorship by a “bad” gang. The issue is freedom versus dictatorship.” – Ayn Rand
In this case, those are false fronts for leftists. You know “moderates and independents”, like Charlie Crist or Lincoln Chafee.
As a GOP poll watcher in PA, I’m afraid our party has completely caved. In 2020, too many concessions were made to democrats. The GOP legislators went along with the democrat’s fraud scheme. As a result, Mules, ballot stuffing, poll watchers thrown out and massive irregularities in ballots sent out and returned. 2022 was more of the same. A democrat judge of elections had me escorted out by a constable so I couldn’t watch the machine set up. However, in this dem district all republicans won by a margin of 2-1. After the state count it was reversed. Than Oz (a plant) quit before the final count. PA is similar to AZ., all fraud.
Very interesting and bad experience you had.
Tell me why you refer to Oz as a plant? I am not disagreeing as I never quite understood him as a Republican candidate. He seemed too egotistical to want to lose. So was he planted to win but vote with Democrats?
I think Dan might be over critical on this one. There are very few Democrats left that aren’t rabid leftists with beliefs too similar to the communist manifesto. If Rozzi has even a limited streak of sanity and fairness, it’d be better to have him as speaker than a lunatic leftist that hates Republicans.