Bye Bye John Welch

By: Rob
Published On: 10/7/2007 5:33:14 PM

Interested in learning why Del. John Welch should be replaced by Bobby Mathieson next month?  Well, check out this effort by VBDems.org -- 10 reasons to give John Welch the pink slip. 

My favorite -- and I can't believe he actually said this -- is his gloating about having subcommittees as tiny as four delegate have the power to kill legislation.

The great thing about what we did last year in the House, we gave  killing power to subcommittees. So now I'm a subcommittee chair on 2 committees now. We can actually kill a bill in subcommittee and it can not come up in full committee. It used to be that to be able to be killed in the subcommittee and go in front of the full committee and then it would get passed, and move on, so the Senate knew how to work that game.

So now I have to serve as one of 5 people on my subcommittee, and as a subcommittee chair I can usually wheel and deal with just 4 people. They know it's a different world out there now.

They have to come to me and they have to strike deals. And one of them [sic] deals is that you have to treat me as a peer and not as as servant. So that is where we are."

Finding three buddies to kill a bill?  Wheel and deal?  Sounds like a big supporter of democracy, doesn't it?

Anyway, there's plenty of other reasons there -- any one of them should be enough to can this guy.

Comments



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Grammar. (spotter - 10/7/2007 7:07:41 PM)
Really, there are so many reasons to get rid of Delegate John Welch.  This is the man who actually said "I been to them schools.  I seen them children in them schools."  According to the Kirwins of the world, however, we are not supposed to call this man dumb.  Whatever.


So many reasons to boot egomaniac Welch (Peninsula Pete - 10/8/2007 7:41:24 AM)
You can hardly contain the reasons to just 10.  Kirwin?  Oh Please, he's getting paid through Rourk Advertising to be Welch's flunky.  Lets just hope he does the stellar job for Welch he did as Marty Williams campaign manager.  I'm surprised Kirwin has found the gumption to crawl out from under the rock, after that one!  My, my!  I heard Welch on WNIS about a month ago running his mouth about what a wonderful job he's done.  He dodged a question about his phony Phd., and sounded like one of the dumber politicians that Virginia has ever had.  Apologies to George Allen!  Its because of Republican soldiers like Welch and Kirwin, that we are now guaranteed a majority in the Senate and by all accounts, we may even win the House too!  I say, give them more air time, let them spew their ignorance and make our case for us.