http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/06/01/mr-speaker-step-aside/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/06/01/mr-speaker-step-aside/comment-page-1/#comment-370 The Unrepentant Individual » Frist: You’re doin’ a heckuva job, Denny! Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:05:39 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/06/01/mr-speaker-step-aside/#comment-370 [...] And these days, neither does Doug: Once Republicans acheived power in the 1994 elections, they were pretty quick to jump off the term limits bandwagon that had been a part of their electoral success. With a few notable exceptions, many of the members of the Class of `94 who had campaigned on the promise that they would only serve for a set number of terms suddenly found several convenient reasons why it was a good idea to break a promise to the voters. The real reason, of course, was that, once they had it, many Republicans found that they liked power and they liked being powerful. Why give it up voluntarily ? [...] [...] And these days, neither does Doug: Once Republicans acheived power in the 1994 elections, they were pretty quick to jump off the term limits bandwagon that had been a part of their electoral success. With a few notable exceptions, many of the members of the Class of `94 who had campaigned on the promise that they would only serve for a set number of terms suddenly found several convenient reasons why it was a good idea to break a promise to the voters. The real reason, of course, was that, once they had it, many Republicans found that they liked power and they liked being powerful. Why give it up voluntarily ? [...]

]]> http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/06/01/mr-speaker-step-aside/comment-page-1/#comment-369 The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Frist: You’re doin’ a heckuva job, Denny! Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:05:24 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/06/01/mr-speaker-step-aside/#comment-369 [...] And these days, neither does Doug: Once Republicans acheived power in the 1994 elections, they were pretty quick to jump off the term limits bandwagon that had been a part of their electoral success. With a few notable exceptions, many of the members of the Class of `94 who had campaigned on the promise that they would only serve for a set number of terms suddenly found several convenient reasons why it was a good idea to break a promise to the voters. The real reason, of course, was that, once they had it, many Republicans found that they liked power and they liked being powerful. Why give it up voluntarily ? [...] [...] And these days, neither does Doug: Once Republicans acheived power in the 1994 elections, they were pretty quick to jump off the term limits bandwagon that had been a part of their electoral success. With a few notable exceptions, many of the members of the Class of `94 who had campaigned on the promise that they would only serve for a set number of terms suddenly found several convenient reasons why it was a good idea to break a promise to the voters. The real reason, of course, was that, once they had it, many Republicans found that they liked power and they liked being powerful. Why give it up voluntarily ? [...]

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