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November 07, 2007
Dems Are NOT Ready For Prime Time!
Debate on Cheney Impeachment Narrowly Averted
House Democrats on Tuesday narrowly managed to avert a bruising debate on a proposal to impeach Dick Cheney after Republicans, in a surprise maneuver, voted in favor of taking up the measure.
House Republicans, changing course midway through a vote, tried to force Democrats into a debate on a resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney on the grounds he purposely led the country into war against Iraq.
The GOP tactics reversed what had been expected to an overwhelming vote to table, or kill, the resolution by longshot Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
Midway through the vote, with instructions from the GOP leadership, Republicans one by one changed their votes from yes — to kill the resolution — to no, trying to force the chamber into a debate and an up-or-down vote on the proposal.
At one point there were 290 votes to table. After the turnaround, the final vote was 251-162 against tabling, with 165 Republicans voting against it.
"We're going to help them out, to explain themselves," said Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas. "We're going to give them their day in court."
Kucinich, an anti-war Democrat from Ohio, has long pushed for a vote to impeach Cheney, but has failed to win the backing of the Democratic leadership. After Kucinich introduced the resolution, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., immediately moved to table it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "has said that impeachment is off the table and that the new direction Congress is focused on responsibly and honorably redeploying our troops out of Iraq, covering 10 million uninsured children and meeting our national priorities long neglected by the Bush Administration,"
Wild Thing's comment........
All those dems thinking there is no way this will pass, then the GOP pulls a vote switch trapping the dems-BRILLIANT!
"We're going to help them out, to explain themselves," said Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas. "We're going to give them their day in court."
That's funny as heck! And what the heck is Cheney guilty of anyway! LOL Governing while Republican????
God bless VP Dick Cheney!
Posted by Wild Thing at November 7, 2007 12:47 AM
Comments
Have the dummycraps lost ALL their marbles?
I know what they were trying to do is get Cheney out, put Nazi Peeloser in and then work on Bush.
They don't think we know what they're doing, but we do.
Cheney's done nothing impeachable and neither has Bush.
They just want power so bad, they'll stop at nothing to get it.
And kudos to us for catching them this time. Let's keep that up. Make them look bad.
Posted by: Lynn at November 7, 2007 09:02 AM
I was watching that ~ it was great! I imagine there are many many meetings going on in the Dems wing. Heh
Posted by: yankeemom at November 7, 2007 09:15 AM
If only the Repubs were this clever most of the time.
Posted by: TomR at November 7, 2007 11:13 AM
What's surprising is that the Donks took time out from dancing naked around a pig's head to do this. They'd have to wash off the ceremonial entrails to vote on it. Too much to ask.
Posted by: Rhod at November 7, 2007 01:20 PM
Just remember all this is brought by the Little Man who singled handedly almost destroyed the City of Cleveland in a year. After a year under his leadership, the City was in Receivership, the Cops were on strikev(Blue Flu), the DPW(garbage men) were on strike, they finally had a recal election to get rid of the little troll.
And he wants to be President ???? He is trying to Impeach the Vice-President, for what defending the country ... this is the little twit who has visited with Flying Saucers ... Kucinich should be impeached for impersonating someone with modicum of intelligence.
Even the democrap leadership is backing away from this exucse for a human being.
Posted by: Mark at November 7, 2007 02:45 PM
Lynn they sure do, they want all the power so badly they probably can't sleep at night or do and dream about it.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 7, 2007 04:27 PM
Yankeemom, that is neat I am glad you got to see it.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 7, 2007 04:29 PM
Tom I agree, all those years we had the majority and our people were too weak to take hard stands on things. I am sure some of the non rino's in power regret it now.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 7, 2007 04:32 PM
Rhod good way of putting and it so true.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 7, 2007 04:35 PM
Mark he is so horrible, I hope they keep looking at him like their version of Ron Paul.
"Kucinich should be impeached for impersonating someone with modicum of intelligence."....I agree with you.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 7, 2007 04:43 PM
Don't mess with my Uncle Darth I! "Never estimate the power of the right side!"
As for most of the 11% Capitol Hillers... no duty, honor, valor, ethics, morals or VALUES.
IN GOD WE TRUST... not the pimps and prostitutes in Washington, DC!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at November 8, 2007 12:12 AM
