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In reply to the discussion: Denny Heck Wow [View all]LisaM
(27,800 posts)29. It didn't used to be all red. Tom Foley, former Speaker of the House, was from Spokane.
He was Speaker for 6 years, and pretty effective. Unfortunately, he got unseated in 1994, with the whole Gingrich Contract on America thingie.
Why the voters of Eastern Washington let themselves be bamboozled by George Nethercutt into losing a Speaker of the House is beyond me. Tom Foley was a good Congressman, and popular - charismatic, too, I saw him in person at a fundraiser once.
Gingrich did a lot of harm.
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He brought the right level of emotion and patriotism to the end of the hearing.
herding cats
Mar 2017
#2
WA state has extraordinary Dem leadership. I became interested in Inslee during the primaries
Lucinda
Mar 2017
#9
It didn't used to be all red. Tom Foley, former Speaker of the House, was from Spokane.
LisaM
Mar 2017
#29
Just watched him!! OMG!! Love! And yes, how marvelous to see the faces and hear the voices of
Leghorn21
Mar 2017
#10
WA has had a mixed bag (Scoop Jackson for example) but Tom Foley was a great Speaker
grantcart
Mar 2017
#16
Scoop Jackson retired 34 years ago. And people forget how liberal he was in many ways,
pnwmom
Mar 2017
#44
His DC # is 202/225-9740 - I just rang up and told the nice lady who answered, please do tell
Leghorn21
Mar 2017
#17
Democrats spoke truth and to the Republicons it felt like (strike)Hell(/strike) Heck! . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2017
#19