I posted that it was Larry Phillips 4 hours ago. But what bothers me again is a double standard. I hate double standards when the media uses it, I hate it when the liberals use it, but I guess this is what makes me a RINO and a troll I also hate it when conservatives use it. In 2007 Tom Craddick was pulling these kinds of tactics and even much worse. He eventually won and he even ousted some republican chairmanships in favor of democrats who supported him. Where was your red flashing light when that happend? To me that was just as disgusting as what Straus is doing now, but we tend to overlook the sins of those who are deemed conservative.

If you want to say look we have a conservative house in texas now and I support so and so because I think they will push forward a more conservative agenda over Straus than thats very much fine and dandy. But if you are going to be outraged by these tactics, you must also throw Craddick under the bus for what he did in the same exact postion. All I want is for consistency in our ethics.

I think Erick has very high ethical standards and I dont think he knows the whole history here. But thats why you have to be carefull when you engage in these types of “satelite” takeovers. When the current speaker is challenged, and his party is still in power, its going to get very messy on all sides. Thats just the way they play the game here.