Why make things more complicated than they need to be?

The next Speaker of the House in Congress doesn’t need to be a political animal like every Speaker before…Republicans can do away with that by choosing their Speaker from OUTSIDE Congress, thus doing away with the inevitable political posturing.

The Speaker has authority over priorities in Congress, and those priorities have too often been subjected to what’s better for the politician…rather than for Americans.

America is better served by an objective referee…than a subjective politician.

In Article I, Sec2, subsec5, our Constitution says “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers” but doesn’t say ‘from the membership’.

Some could argue that, with the Speaker being in the presidential line of succession, it would be wise to have an elected representative, and it’s a point worth noting.

But, with all the political posturing and gaming that goes on, there’s also a good reason to have a Speaker above the fray, and thus immune from the attendant pressures.

‘Chusing’ a Speaker with the same background as a Supreme Court nominee, one who is faithful to the U.S. Constitution, should satisfy even the most critical Republican.

Just a random thought on the imminent drama.

(Updated – there is already, by law, possibilities of presidential succession that may involve non-elected officials from a President’s cabinet appointees.)

“Judge in Michael Cohen’s case officiated George Soros’ wedding“

Using courts to their advantage is a major strategy of the Left.

Raiding the personal lawyer of a Republican president is no surprise, and it’s high time the GOP understands that this will not stop…they must use their tactics against them.

In politics, when dealing with the Left…taking the ‘high road’ is a loser’s game.

This CDC study is 5 years old, and seems to never be reported…or referenced.

“CDC Study: Use of Firearms for Self-Defense is ‘Important Crime Deterrent’“

“Self-defense can be an important crime deterrent,says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The $10 million study was commissioned by President Barack Obama as part of 23 executive orders he signed in January.” (that’s Jan, 2013)

Commissioned by…Obama? How’s that for irony?

“Researchers compiled data from previous studies in order to guide future research on gun violence, noting that almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year.”

Talk about inconvenient truth – no wonder the main-stream media backing gun-control advocates never reports on this…it would totally destroy their gun-control narrative.

The buffoon that is James Comey insists it wasn’t necessary to tell pres-elect Trump that the dirt-dossier was a result of paid-for opposition research by Democrats.

Got that?

The information IN the dossier was urgent enough to brief Trump on, but the origin of that information – which would have reduced it to irrelevance – was no big deal.

Scary – this idiot was the FBI Director?

Seems bizarre…so many would give their attention to the way Facebook used personal information THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM…but ignore a hack of HUGE proportions that ‘STOLE’ private data on 600 million credit card accounts, and other financial data.

Ironically named, a Democrat-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau collected and stockpiled “data from more than 600 million credit card accounts, along with personal data from almost all mortgage loans taken out since 1998, as well as car payments and other financial data. All without anyone’s knowledge or consent.“

(Bold and underline emphasis added)

And yet, the Left agonizes over a hoax collusion theory, and Facebook info practices?

Look at what federal agencies (FBI, CIA, NSA, etc) have been doing – to gain political advantage – and then try convincing ANYONE the CFPB data-gathering is no big deal.

As for the CFPB ‘hack’…after what we’ve seen over the last 18 months…

…it wouldn’t surprise us if Democrats turn out to be the hackers.

Roger Simon wrote a too lengthy (in our opinion) reason for not reading Comey’s book.

Ours is much shorter…

…based on his dishonest past…why pony up good money, for more lies?

Grilling Pompeo during the secretary-of-state confirmation process, Democrat Senator Booker (NJ) fixated on how the nominee felt about gay marriage…

…as if, somehow, other nations in the world just love their gay community.

Try telling that to Iran, Nigeria, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, etc…

Booker’s actions speak volumes about political posturing…and diplomatic deafness.

“Inspector General Report Torches Andrew McCabe For Being a Serial Liar”

Prediction – another book, soon to be written.

“Prominent Missouri Democrat Calls for Reparations for Slavery“

We agree – anyone angry for being forced to live in America deserve to return home.

After all, if any slave descendant feels they’d be better off there, who are we to argue?

The least we can do is give descendants a free ride back to the homeland they desire.

“Trump pardons top Bush official Scooter Libby for obstruction of justice“

Libby was interviewed in the Valerie Plame issue, and accused of lying to interviewers over some non-issue that shows just how far afield a ‘special counsel’ can go.

(Sound familiar, anyone?)

Washington Times:

“White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Mr. Trump was operating off of new facts, including a witness against Mr. Libby who now says there were problems with the prosecution, and a court ruling that reinstated Mr. Libby’s law license, saying he had “credible evidence” to support his claims of innocence.”

(All emphasis added)

Thank you, President Trump.