No Surprise: Pelosi Picks Godless Communist Lefturd Pete Stark to Replace Rangel

Under Pelosi, it just gets worse and worse…

Ooops!  Sorry, that was Fred Gwynne.   You know, the guy who played Herman Munster.  Here’s the real monster:

Pete Stark

Pelosi picks fellow Californian to take gavel after Rangel bows out
By Michael O’Brien and Jared Allen – 03/03/10 - The Hill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has picked liberal firebrand Rep. Pete Stark to replace ousted Chairman Charles Rangel on the tax-writing committee, according to a House leadership aide.

The decision was made during a Wednesday morning leadership meeting following Rangel’s announcement that he would temporarily step aside as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, the aide said.

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In Stark, Pelosi is picking a fellow Californian to head one of the House’s most powerful committees. Stark becomes the sixth House Democratic chairman from the Golden State.

Stark is next in line for the post in seniority, but his maverick personality had led some to question whether he would get the gavel even on a temporary basis.

The 19-term Democrat has a penchant for making controversial remarks. In 2003, Stark challenged then Rep. Scott McInnis (R-Colo.) to a fight during a Ways and Means Committee hearing, calling him “a fruitcake.” He also said in 2007 that President George W. Bush was amused by the heads of U.S. soldiers getting blown off. Pelosi condemned the remarks and Stark subsequently apologized on the House floor.

Last summer, Stark called Blue Dog Democrats “brain dead.”

Picking Stark, an atheist, is “not without problems” for leaders and potentially for the caucus, according to a Democratic leadership aide.

[Ya' think?  Now, I'm not saying that I'm against atheists---after all, Ronin is an atheist---but, I am against atheists with an agenda who think it is their religious duty to remove God from America.]

But every scenario that involved anything other than a direct passing of the gavel to Stark — in accordance with standing House rules — would have brought the Steering and Policy Committee and very likely the full caucus into the mix, potentially for votes for and against certain members. This was exactly the situation that House leaders wanted to avoid heading into Wednesday, aides indicated.

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CBC members reacted to the news of Stark’s ascension to the top post with tepid praise.

“We do believe in seniority around here,” said Lewis. Lewis said the Ways and Means Committee would mean later Wednesday to discuss the news.

“Pete’s a good man. He’s next in line,” said Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), giving a thumbs up sign.

Rep. Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.) declined to comment about Stark.

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Susan Crabtree and Molly K. Hooper contributed to this article.

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