Jim Ryun ranks third among U.S. House's most partisan conservatives

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Congressman Jim Ryun is the third-most-partisan conservative in the House of Representatives, according to a new analysis by mathematicians at Georgia Tech University.

The ranking was part of a complicated mathematical analysis of committees during the 107th Congress of 2001-02. To get a deeper look at the workings of the committee, the Georgia Tech team ran the records of all 435 members of the House of Representatives during all 990 roll call votes during that time.

According to the mathematicians, Ryun voted with conservative interests more than anybody but Reps. Tom Tancredo and John Shadegg, Republicans from Colorado and Arizona, respectively.

http://www.ljworld.com/section/politics/story/205074

I'm still annoyed at my own House rep, but I'm relieved he isn't Jim Ryun ...

[Telly Savalas]

1. That's the problem with a first-past-the-post system.

You either gotta suck it up and vote for an uninspiring Dem or get stuck with a Jim Ryun or Kris Kobach.




Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore,
Riding through the night.
Soon every lupin in the land
Will be in his mighty hand
He steals them from the rich
And gives them to the poor
Mr Moore, Mr Moore, Mr Moore.

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2. Now if we had THAT Dennis Moore for a rep, things could really

get interesting. :D

[MuseRider]

3. Jim Ryun hasn't had

an original thought ever. He listens to what they tell him to do then he does it apparently without ever thinking or questioning. I have never seen him come up with anything and NEVER opposes his party.

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4. Eesh. I hope Rove isn't grooming him for any higher post.

[MuseRider]

5. Well,

he would be perfect for one of the "yes" men. God knows there are a lot of them already but his mind just seems blank to me and ripe to fill with all their agenda issues. He would just smile and go along. Cripes, he sounds almost like Bush** when I think about it.