What Now?! History Repeats Itself
The Democrats have called for closed door session of the Senate following the Libby indictment. If I understood the news stories right, and assuming the MSM has the facts straight (never a safe assumption), they want to investigate whether the administration “lied us into” the War in Iraq.
Democrats Force Closed Meeting on Iraq
Nov 01 3:28 PM US/Eastern
Email this storyBy LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON
Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, questioning intelligence that led to the Iraq war and deriding a lack of congressional inquiry.
“I demand on behalf of the America people that we understand why these investigations aren’t being conducted,” Democratic leader Harry Reid said.
Taken by surprise, Republicans derided the move as a political stunt.
“The United States Senate has been hijacked by the Democratic leadership,” said Majority Leader Bill Frist. “They have no convictions, they have no principles, they have no ideas,” the Republican leader said.
Reid demanded the Senate go into closed session. The public was ordered out of the chamber, the lights were dimmed, and the doors were closed. No vote is required in such circumstances.
Reid’s move shone a spotlight on the continuing controversy over intelligence that President Bush cited in the run-up to the war in Iraq. Despite prewar claims, no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq, and some Democrats have accused the administration of manipulating the information that was in their possession.
Question: What do the Democrats of 2005 have in common with the Democrats of 1864?
“Copperheads.”
Todays Democrats, like those who opposed that evil tyrant Lincoln, are doing everything they can to undermine the sitting president, who, incidentally, was elected by the people.
Have they no shame? Or are they so deluded they have come to believe their own crap? This latest move borders on sedition.
I need to stop and cool off.
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Michelle Malkin has more. So does Stop The ACLU
Anklebiting Pundits scoffs:
“Keeping Putting The Nail In Your Party’s Coffin Harry”
So chill out, grab a brew (”Don’t Cost Nothin’”) and enjoy the spectacle of a grown man and a national party becoming a sh*it-stain on the toilet bowl of relevancy.
That’s got to be one of the best quotes of the day.
[Editor's note: Sounds like good advice, John]
UPDATE:
“The American people had a victory today…”
– Sen. Harry Reid, in after-session interview
Indeed.
“You want answers, just read Sen. Rockefeller’s press release.”
–Sen. Chuck Shumer, same press interview
Damn. We were too busy reading Boxer’s.
November 1st, 2005 at 2:49 pm
Sorry but King George is not Lincoln, he looks more like Franco from the cheap seats.
Get this, a bunch of utterly corrupt cronies lied and cheated their way into control of all three branches of govt. and began looting their little hearts out, starting pre-emptive wars that they di-fucking-rectly profited from (Halliburton anyone), shifting the tax burden onto the middle class (oh yeah, party of fiscal responsibility my ass)
Labeling 2 thirds of the electorate treasonous to cover their corrupt little asses and you have the nerve, to sit at your goddam keyboard and keep on spewing this stuff.
Go Fuck yourself with your commemorative Dick Cheney cigar cutter, STFU
November 1st, 2005 at 2:57 pm
We’d be tempted to enforce a no-vulgarity comments policy, but the preceding remarks are so inane and indicative of those on the Left.
Great example of what audience the opposition party caters to — and consists of. Thanks.
November 1st, 2005 at 3:04 pm
Goodness, I never get used to the Left’s rants. The really are, well… psychotic. I understand thorazene (sp?) is just the thing for what ails them.
November 1st, 2005 at 3:44 pm
Harry Ried Envokes Rule 21
In an outrageous move today Senate Minority Leader and MINO Harry Ried invoked a rarely used Rule 21 to call the Senate into a special closed door session. He demanded that the body discuss pre-war intelligence that led up to the United States invadi…
November 1st, 2005 at 3:47 pm
Democrats Force Senate Into Iraq Meeting
Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, questionin
November 1st, 2005 at 3:52 pm
Kathryn Lopez at National Review Online’s The Corner has figured out what Reid is trying to accomplish…
RE: WHY REID DID IT [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Or it might have been Animal House that inspired him:
Otter: No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.
Bluto: We’re just the guys to do it.
November 1st, 2005 at 4:15 pm
Copperheads
California Conservative tells it like it is:
Todays Democrats, like those who opposed that evil tyrant Lincoln, are doing everything they can to undermine the sitting president, who, incidentally, was elected by the people.
Have they no…
November 1st, 2005 at 5:07 pm
When the Senate Gets Behind Closed Doors
I feel compelled to comment on this news about the Senate going into a closed-door session, because it’s another example of the advantages of thinking like a cat. A closed-door session can be forced by any two members of the…
November 1st, 2005 at 5:39 pm
Obvious Desperation
They are so desperate to find scandal in the Bush adiministration that they invoke a rule that has not been used since President Clinton’s impeachment trials.
November 1st, 2005 at 5:48 pm
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