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HOUSE RULES BAN 'LIAR', 'HYPOCRITE', 'INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST'
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Posted on 09/15/2009 1:27:21 PM PDT by kcvl

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To: kcvl
Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:
• call the President a “liar.”

I thought that self-defense was always allowed.

At the risk of sounding like a fourth grader: 0bama started it.

41 posted on 09/15/2009 1:45:13 PM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs.)
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To: poindexters brother
I wonder if “Manchurian” or “ineligible” is banned.

I'm almost positive "Sedition" and "Treason" are...

42 posted on 09/15/2009 1:45:18 PM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: kcvl

43 posted on 09/15/2009 1:45:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: Faith

Apparently House rules prohibit telling the truth. Now THERE’S a shock!


44 posted on 09/15/2009 1:47:27 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: kcvl

Gee I wonder who inspired the sexual misconduct language.


45 posted on 09/15/2009 1:48:32 PM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
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To: kcvl
Well then, le's give this a try:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"


46 posted on 09/15/2009 1:50:22 PM PDT by 444Flyer ( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
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To: kcvl

Republicans should attach a reprimand for Pete Stark for what he said about Bush on the House floor. (He was never punished).

See if Democrats believe what they say.


47 posted on 09/15/2009 1:51:06 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
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To: kcvl

Why come up with these guidelines now?


48 posted on 09/15/2009 1:51:06 PM PDT by henkster (The frog has noticed the increase in water temperature)
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To: kcvl
The House generally requires its members to abstain from personal insults during debate. Over the years, the institution has developed a long list of precedents deemed out of order, including insults directed at the president.

Some are downright odd: You can't call the president “a little bugger” or refer to any alleged sexual misconduct, for example. Others are more predictable: Don't call the president a liar or accuse him of lying.

Democrats initially cited the latter precedent in saying that Wilson's outburst was a violation.

But Congress was meeting in a special joint session for Obama’s speech on Wednesday, not under the House's normal rules of debate.

“It doesn't violate House rules because the House wasn't in (normal) session,” said Donald Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington.

Wolfensberger noted that under regular rules, House lawmakers wouldn't be allowed to stand and cheer as they frequently do at presidential speeches before Congress.

House Parliamentarian John Sullivan agreed that the House's rules on debate probably don't apply to the incident. But he and others said the House has wide latitude in interpreting its general code of conduct that says “a lawmaker shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.”

A lawmaker doesn't have to violate a specific rule to get scolded.

from msnbc.com

49 posted on 09/15/2009 1:52:10 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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50 posted on 09/15/2009 1:53:10 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: kcvl

I wish I was a Congressman so I could get sanctioned/reprimanded on a daily basis!!!!


51 posted on 09/15/2009 1:53:19 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: kcvl
Headline:

"LIARS BANNED IN CONGRESS"

Works for me!

52 posted on 09/15/2009 1:54:04 PM PDT by 444Flyer ( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Wolfensberger noted that under regular rules, House lawmakers wouldn't be allowed to stand and cheer as they frequently do at presidential speeches before Congress.

President Obama STAGED his "joint session" in peace time as a campaign speech with applaud cues for the Democrat base.

If he didn't want them making noise, he would've addressed AMERICA from the Oval Office.

But no, Obama WANTED the noise and to see like he had support.

ONE MAN expressed dissent from this dog and pony show and the nation of Democrats has turned against him.

It was a fair and justified act. There cannot be two standards at play.

The president was already engaging in divisive partisan politics smearing the opposition party. This is not the purpose of a joint session of congress.

53 posted on 09/15/2009 1:56:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: 444Flyer

Next thing you know tax cheats and grifters will be reprimanded.


54 posted on 09/15/2009 1:57:03 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: kcvl

55 posted on 09/15/2009 1:58:56 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: kcvl

THIS IS SO WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS, WHERE TO BEGIN?


56 posted on 09/15/2009 1:59:25 PM PDT by yield 2 the right (Freedom is never free, it costs blood, sweat and tears, and to some that is too high. I disagree!)
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To: kcvl
At first glance, it appears that “douchebag” is still available as an insult.
57 posted on 09/15/2009 1:59:30 PM PDT by Carling (Gatesgate: Obama's Waterloo)
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To: kcvl

Did they ban “quisling”, “marxist”, “usurper” and “Larry Sinclair” yet?


58 posted on 09/15/2009 2:00:37 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Did they ban wee weed up?


59 posted on 09/15/2009 2:01:30 PM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: Kartographer

Excellent.


60 posted on 09/15/2009 2:04:10 PM PDT by 444Flyer ( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
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