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« Dictator Update: Naifeh Blinked! | Main | Dictator Update: More Press Coverage » April 28, 2005Dictator Update: WKRN Story
Bundgaard's story simply got it wrong about what Naifeh did yesterday. You can view Bundgaard's story online here - but the link doesn't work if you have pop-ups disabled. In the story, Bundgaard said: "On Wednesday, the House Speaker asked for and received a House floor voice vote that sent the bill back to a subcommittee where it passed earlier in the day."Bundgaard is one of the better Capitol Hill reporters, but this time he just got it wrong. Naifeh did not take a House floor voice vote, as the video of the floor session clearly shows. What happened was that the subcommittee chairman made a motion to return the bill to the subcommitee and Naifeh - staring straight down at his podium - bellows "You've heard the motion. Without objection, so ordered" - and bangs the gavel simultaneously. There's no chance for a voice vote and - if you listen to the audio - you hear not one single "yea" approving the motion. Further, according to witnesses, hands were flying up all over the House floor from representatives objecting to the motion. House rules say if at least five hands are raised, the motion must be discussed and voted on with a roll-call vote. Naifeh, however, ignored those hands - and ignored the very clear rules of the House - and then declared "out of order" another legislator's attempt to get the motion reconsidered. Despite his blustering in the WKRN story, Naifeh knows he was in the wrong. That's why, as my previous post explained, earlier today Naifeh blinked and allowed for a voice vote. Posted in Tennessee News
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Gill's comparison is "over the top"? No what's over the top is the heavy-handed, hypocritical way Mr. Naifeh serves (?) as house speaker. Calling him duplicitious, hypocritical, and dishonest is not "over the top" but simply facing reality! Perry in Spring Hill Posted by: perry at April 29, 2005 07:12 AMMy bad, Bill. You are correct about the voice vote issue on Wednesday, but the error did not changes the thrust of the story---Gill's comments, Naifeh's response and the fallout afterwards. Unfortunately, I was not in the House Wednesday and had to rely on what I thought were reliable versions. We've also problems here at CH 2 in downloading the House streaming video. Three attempts to view it Thursday revealed a problem on our end. With regrets, I did not get to look at it and my deadline loomed, so I had to go with what I thought was a reliable version. We'll be watching what happens in the subcommittee next week. Thanks for keeping me on my toes, Chris Bundgaard Posted by: Chris Bundgaard at April 29, 2005 03:06 PMWow, Channel 2 got rid of that video pretty quick. Wonder why? Posted by: John Harris at May 2, 2005 10:59 AMPost a comment
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WKRN has aired a Chris Bundgaard story on the controversy swirling around Tennessee House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh and HB 887, focusing on radio talk host Steve Gill's unfortunate comparison of Naifeh with Saddam Hussein. That's way over the top, though understandable given Gill's role and that he just returned from a week in Baghdad. But that's not why I care about the WKRN story.