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So you're saying she can get the 67 votes in the Senate to convict? If so, damn, let's string her up right here right now.
She has all control over her caucus? It's not even clear if there are enough votes to bring articles out of the Judiciary Committee yet for a conviction. Anything short of conviction is exoneration, period.
And how about the Majority Leader? Doesn't he hold some responsibility here? If anything, it's Hoyer who has been destructive to the Democratic agenda over the past two years. He's the one who wouldn't let FISA die, he's the one who sets the agenda for what's brought up for votes in the House and he's the one all but bending over backwards for the Blue Dogs. Remember, it wasn't Hastert who was the power, it was DeLay who pushed for Clinton's impeachment. And then without a conviction, what did that impeachment prove? If anything that aqcuital proved the sham it was...a similar acquital for booshie would be the ultimate insult.
I don't absolve Pelosi of being a weak leader...she's acted as if she fears the big corporate media monster and that she must show "results" and this means trying to show partisanship. Many Democrats never were around when the party was in control and it's been a very slow learning curve...while the GOOP has a long-established pattern of obstruction and block voting.
Blaming all problems on one person is both unfair and letting others off the hook. I'm strongly in favor of forcing this regime to be held accountable for their crimes...and ALL crimes. I don't need a political showtrial of one or two, I want ALL the criminals in this regime investigated, and if they broke laws, prosecuted. If they broke international laws, especially the Geneva Convention, then they must be tried for their war crimes.
I'm more concerned that we keep pressure on Senator Obama to push for fixing the politicized Judiciary, assigning a Special Prosecutor and then finally doing the long overdue criminal investigations of this regime. More and better Democrats can ensure that a conviction will happen.
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