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Clarke Speaks Up For Impeachment, Weiner And Nadler Advocate Letting Cheney & Bush Off Hook
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Clarke Speaks Up for Impeachment, Weiner and Nadler Advocate Letting Cheney and Bush off the Hook

Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2007-11-25 01:17. Congress | Impeachment
Voters turn up heat on Dems - Calls for end to war, impeachment of prez fly at town hall
By Matthew Wolfe, Kings Courier

Residents lined up to ask questions of Representatives Nadler, Clarke, and Weiner at a Town Hall meeting held in Park Slope's Old Church. Brooklyn residents lashed out at local congressman over their inability to end the war in Iraq at a Park Slope meeting recently.

What was billed as a town hall discussion on why the US was still in Iraq and the best way of getting out quickly turned heated, Brooklyn Representatives Anthony Weiner, Yvette Clarke and Jerrold Nadler withstood over two hours of sometimes hostile questions about the ongoing war in an event sponsored by the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats at Old First Church.

All representatives spoke forcefully against the war and advocated a quick withdrawal from the country. In opening remarks, Rep. Nadler called the U.S. presence in the country “stupid” and said that the threat of Al Queda in Iraq was greatly exaggerated.

“Al Queda is not a problem,” said Nadler. “If we left tomorrow, the Sunnis and the Shiites would fight each other to see who could eliminate Al Queda first,” comments which reflected recent analysis suggesting that the terrorist group enjoys little popular support in the country.

Rep. Clarke expressed frustration at the inability of the Democratic majority to withdraw, saying that a number of newly elected members of Congress were concerned about maintaining their seats.

“Sometimes you feel like you’ve been stabbed in the back by one of your own,” Rep. Clarke said. Rep. Clarke drew cheers when she suggested that impeachment proceedings were in order.

A woman held up a sign which read in red block letters “IMPEACH.”

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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-25-07 12:35 AM
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1. I think those "newly elected members" should find another party then ...
"Rep. Clarke expressed frustration at the inability of the Democratic majority to withdraw, saying that a number of newly elected members of Congress were concerned about maintaining their seats."

.. if they are going to vote for war and torture, they should not be in the Democratic party... I don't want the
proverbial tent to be THAT large. I've got no patience left for any elected official who compromises on the war,
on torture, or on enabling criminals in the WH by pretending the Dem's hands are tied due to not having a comfortable
Democratic "super-majority".... Hell, if the Dem tent's THAT big, then who knows how many more Lieberman-clones might
be elected next time as "Democrats" and still not even be unable to do shit with a clear super-majority ... ooops.

I've had it with Democrats who can't stand up to tyrants.. screw 'em. They are not listening to their constituent, they are buckling to pressure
from the powers that be, plain and simple.

Read the damm polls about how fed up the American public is with both the Bushies and the Pelosi/Reid sell-out
Democratic Congress. Even with the MSM WH-Apologists working overtime to put the best face on the mess we are in,
the people KNOW we're in deep shit and are looking for real leadership, not more Bush yes-people.

Or for the abreviated animation .. see Dumbfuckistan disappear before your very eyes here:

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