The Dems Are Who They Are

Hey folks,

There are two news stories I really want to talk about. First up is simple, the Democrats, the LWL, are who they are. This latest move PROVES it yet again. According to AP - Debate on Cheney impeachment averted, By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer Tue Nov 6, 5:07 PM ET

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.

Brilliant move on the Republicans part.

Republicans, changing course midway through a vote, tried to force Democrats into a debate on the resolution sponsored by longshot presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.

Rat Boy

The anti-war Ohio Democrat, in his resolution, accused Cheney of purposely leading the country into war against Iraq and manipulating intelligence about Iraq's ties with al-Qaida.

{Sigh}

The GOP tactics reversed what had been expected to be an overwhelming vote to table, or kill, the resolution.

Get this.

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."

{Laughing} That is what they want right? No it really isn't. They want to talk the talk, but the Republicans said, OK, you got it, NOW what? They said, "Uh, never mind." Wait until the far Left Looney fringe learn that an impeachment vote was RIGHT there, in their hands, and THEY, the Democrats, decided NOT to pursue it. I love it.

Democrats countered by offering a motion to refer the proposal to the House Judiciary Committee for further study, effectively preventing a debate on the House floor. That motion passed by a largely party-line vote of 218-194.

The White House, in a statement, said Democrats were shirking responsibilities on issues such as childrens' health insurance "and yet they find time to waste an afternoon on an impeachment vote against the vice president. ... This is why Americans shake their head in wonder about the priorities of this Congress."

In this "do nothing" Congress. They failed AGAIN. They fail EVERYTHING they try to do. They even failed this time with the Republicans HANDING them an opportunity.

Kucinich 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 said "impeachment is off the table" and Congress is focused on responsibly getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, covering 10 million uninsured children and meeting national priorities long neglected by the Bush administration, said her spokesman Nadeam Elshami.

Same old, same old, well, talk. Nothing being accomplished at all. Just more talk.

The resolution said that Cheney, "in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of vice president," had "purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the U.S. Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests."

But get this. THIS is what got my attention in this whole mess.

The 11-page resolution also charged that Cheney purposely deceived the nation about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida and has "openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the United States."

"Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the United States." Rat Boy has just been added to the TRAITOR list. Little Hitler does not pose a threat? Folks, he is too stupid to be in office. Forget the joke of a Presidential bid. He is siding with the ENEMY. The one that chants "Death to America," refuses to stop his nuclear ambitions, and comes right out and says he would give up half his country to wipe Israel off the map. Idiot.

But this is who they are folks. This is what they are about. Pandering to the Loons, name calling and lying, and pretty much wasting time, all the while, actually doing NOTHING.

Be right back.
Peter