So during Kucinich's proposal to Impeach VP Dick Cheney, which was anticipated to fall flat on its face and give the Dems the ability to appeal to Daily Kos/Rosie/Code Pink voters, Congressman Shadegg (R-AZ, and should have been our Minority Leader) decided to give Dems exactly what they wanted and prompted Republicans to cross the aisle and force the proposal to a vote.
The result would have been Dems across the nation having to make a decision of whether they were going to play idle-threats forever or were they serious about seeing impeachment proceedings. The move caused Dems to scramble in order to bury the Impeachment proposal as quickly as possible and in the end the whole proposal was sent to committee where it will never see the light of day. Brilliant...
I dont know why I love this move so much, everytime I see it... it gives me goosebumps. You got to give it to Shadegg, he called their bluff and we can probably guarantee a slowdown on legislation appealing to only the extreme left for a little while at least.
Now, lets force their hand on taxing the rich by allowing them to submit a bill and we will up the anty to a tax of 70% on everyone with an estate of 1 million or more. How many votes do you think that would get?
Link to Politico article
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GD!!! I was gonna post about this yesterday, but got lazy. What a classic move - The D's are so used to just spouting insane rhetoric, and then when somebody demands they lead or act like lawmakers, their spines quiver and disintegrate into jelly. Republicans may be gayer than ever, but at least they got things done. I don't think anybody could imagine the D's would be so inept and incompetent at running the show. Its too easy to look at Pelosi and think "Well of course she is terrible - look at her face", but such is the nature of Liberal politicians. Stoop as low as you can... Make as much noise as possible... Insult America... and go to the Oscars!
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