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I can imagine Madam Speaker's thoughts as Rohrabacher had his say.
"But but but.... but it's off the table.... splutter...."
Sounds like she kinda got the rug pulled out from under her rather rudely. Such a shame. She could have been an historic figure for rather more than just her gender.
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by Lisa Lockwood on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 04:09:08 AM PDT
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[Pelosi] could have been an historic figure for rather more than just her gender.
She may end up with a small footnote: Speaker Pelosi could have ended the reign of Bush/Cheney criminality in 2006, but she demurred, thus giving the war criminal American administration a two-year extension on their spasm of lies and crimes.
Two war crimes make 'the right', not 'a right'. Defeat the liar John McCain.
by Yellow Canary on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 05:35:43 AM PDT
I hear they're building a shelf for the book
If Liberals really hated America we'd vote Republican
by exlrrp on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 07:23:23 AM PDT
I didn't realize Bush had finished reading "My Pet Goat" yet.
John McCain hates children.
by discocarp on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 07:34:05 AM PDT
It's his legacy.
The difference between the right word, and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and lightning bugs. M.Twain
by patarico adamasso on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 09:37:58 AM PDT
...Accuracy, y'know, reality based and all.
The name of the book was (is) THE Pet Goat.
Little errors like that have given these bastids constant cover.
After all the complaining the GOP did over weasel words we should have known they were planning to raise it to an art form.
One of their few, aside from lying with a smile.
you were sick, but now you're well again and there's work to do- vonnegut
by zzyzx on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 10:27:40 AM PDT
The shelf will have room for two books as soon as he finishes coloring in the second one.
John McCain: on fire, reversed, stopped.
The Music Room.
by madhaus on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:54:06 PM PDT
That's the name of the book!
by Fallon on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 05:43:42 PM PDT
There are a number of possibilities, none of them good for her:
Poss no. 1- An act of her complicity with the BushCo agenda.
Poss no. 2- Cowardice
Poss no. 3- Being threatened with having her political or personal skeletons revealed.
Poss no. 4- All of the above.
The House Democrats have an excellent chance of taking the House by a sizeable majority this November. They would be making a huge mistake of they selected Pelosi or Hoyer for the leadership positions again.
by calibpatriot on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:24:45 PM PDT
It is also possible that simply at that time there was not enough support in the House for Impeachment, for up to 435 different reasons.
It is also possible that Impeachment in the Age of Terrorism is, tactically, different from Impeachment in the Age of Bipartisan Principle of Communist Containment.
Lastly, even as Rohrabacher's motives may be suspect, I would agree with his fundamental conclusion that the three branches of government need to be re-made as equal.
Please read the entire speech and you will see the final paragraph:
"And to the American people, I say, carefully consider who our leaders are going to be and carefully consider the issue of the day. We have a wonderful democratic society. There's a balance of power here set up by our Founding Fathers. And it's important, whether you're Republican or Democrat, that we maintain this balance of an authority, the legislative, executive, and judicial in this country, and we should not be setting precedents that the President of the United States has the lion's share of the power in this great democracy of ours. The power is rested in these three branches and in the people themselves."
Note Rohrabacher's concern about "precedents".
This is not a partisan argument, and certainly it is not a new argument, just one that is growing in urgency.
by Knarfc on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:52:55 PM PDT
are interesting.Is he concerned Bush is getting too big for his britches? Probably. This wiretapping thing should have ever Republican as well as Democrat "concerned".
I suspect you can keep Congress in line for only long before they realize they have created a monster.
Rohrabacker is tied to the Abramoff scandal with his visit to Mariana Islands and maybe some hush money to boot.Maybe he just got tired of being blackmailed.
Pelosi and Feinstein both have husbands who benefit from government contracts. That seems to keep them quiet and "impeachment off the table".
If Dana wants to act like a patriot instead of a puppet, so be it.
A massive show of force against the administration's out of control power grab would benefit everyone.I'd even be generous enough to say that clemency would be a fair trade for getting back our Democratic Republic.
by lindalrs on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 03:05:09 PM PDT
I honestly think he didn't care about Bushco stealing power for the Republicans, but when he realized that he wasn't going to be in on it because Bush had decided to lock out Congress entirely, that probably changed his mind:
It is more likely that what we have here is an ongoing coverup and not an ongoing investigation. In fact, I have been told recently by a former member of the Justice Department that they were told routinely simply to give answers that there is an ongoing investigation even if no ongoing investigation was underway, but simply using it as a phrase to dismiss a request from Congress.
We've been waiting for Republicans in Congress to notice that Bush is destroying their powers as Congressmen. Ron Paul and Walt Jones noticed. Maybe Dana Rohrbacher finally noticed.
-5.63, -8.10 | Impeach, Convict, Remove & Bar from Office, Arrest, Indict, Convict, Imprison!
by neroden on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 05:22:13 PM PDT
Whaddaya think all that surveillance was about, exactly? Surely, you don't believe that 'terrorism' mumbo-jumbo? ;-)
It was just to spy on congress and hold something over the head of every single member, so that none would oppose the king!
hinc illae lacrimae
by coffeeinamrica on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 05:52:51 PM PDT
I want her to live long enough to see what the history books are going to say about her.
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by alizard on Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 01:44:01 PM PDT
wide narrow
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