Please join me in thanking 9 Republicans

[proud2BlibKansan]

The Republican members of the House who voted to refer Kucinich's impeachment resolution to the Judiciary commitee:

Brady (TX)

Gilchrest

Jones (NC)

Manzullo

Murphy, Tim

Paul

Reichert

Shays

Turner

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Thanks to them

I believe there are even some Republicans who believe in the Constitution.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. At least 9 of them

[loveable liberal]

2. Yes, thank you for doing the right thing.

[obtheatre]

3. A good surprise

It's always encouraging when elected officials put their country before their party.

[Orrex]

4. Encouraging, and all too rare

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Lex]

6. Walter Jones (!), the 'inventor' of "Freedom Fries."

Boy he's had a change of heart.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Oh how interesting

[yardwork]

20. Too many young men and women from his district coming home in pieces.

[Lex]

21. Most repubs don't care as long as it's not their kids.

nt

[yardwork]

24. I know. Turns out Walter Jones has a conscience.

[onenote]

22. self delete

misinterpreted post to which I was replying. Sorry.

[Lex]

23. Not talking about change of heart on impeachment.

About the Iraq War, hence the "Freedom Fries" reference.

Sorry for any confusion it may've caused you.

[kwolf68]

34. Has to be a typo...

Walter Jones? I'm in disbelief. Maybe Jones went behind the closed door one day as a deranged right-wing Conservative and came from behind the door normal.

[brentspeak]

41. Jones spoke out against the Iraq War long before many Democrats did

[redqueen]

8. I love it when we can agree with Republicans on something.

:)

True, it's only a very small number of Republicans, but still...

[onenote]

9. Apparently you don't realize that DK's previous resoluton got 24 repub votes to refer.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll401.xml


Short memories and confusion seem to be the order of the day when it comes to yesterday's vote.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. And what happened to that referral?

[onenote]

13. nothing. Which is pretty much what is happening with this referral

There are no plans for a hearing specfically on any of DK's resolutions or for any committee votes on them. There are plans for a hearing (or hearings) to review the failings and misdeeds of the administration, including, but not limited to the matters raised by DK. DK will get an opportunity to testify. And the hearings probably will be covered in part on cable, just as cable covered, in part, the hearings on the US Attorneys firings and some other hearings.

But treating this development as a major turn of events is premature at best and most likely wishful thinking.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. I remain hopeful

For one thing, I live in red state hell where conservative Democrats are considered "liberal". And I lost count of how many are coming up to me at Democratic party events asking about impeachment. They are starting to see the light. So yes, I remain very hopeful.

[bigwillq]

10. Shays, wow.

He's still a scumbag though.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

42. I know! He must have misspoken. It's the only explanation. nt

[TexasObserver]

11. I'm shocked to see Brady on this list. He's gotta be worried about reelection.

Brady has district that encompasses some parts of Houston on the far northeast side. It's a fairly conservative, fairly GOP district, but it is experiencing some drift.

[aspergris]

14. Reichert is my rep

Not bad as a repub. Against drilling in ANWR. Former sheriff (Green River killer investigator)

[Misskittycat]

40. I recently saw the Lifetime movie on Reichart's long search for the

Green River killer. At the end, Reichart himself appeared. Looks like a good guy. A shame he's a Repug.

[mopinko]

15. manzullo!!!!!

people, this is a sign. a sign that illinois is turning back to blue. the burbs have been red since they started using opscans. but if manzullo is getting it, way out there on the edge of iowa, wow. just wow.

thank you don manzullo for doing the right thing for a change.

[onenote]

18. manzullo voted to refer the previous DK resolution in June as well

[mopinko]

27. he must have some axe to grind.

very out of character. although, i know of several people out there that make it a point to be a pain in his a*%. one got himself elected as an alderman, and has cause quite a stir. i would love to think that these folks had something to do with these votes. but knowing how pukes think, it is probably some personal grudge.

[onenote]

29. not necessarily -- its simply a "safe" vote

Congress had three choices of how to deal with DK's resolution: give it an up/down vote, vote to table (kill) it, or vote to refer it to Judiciary where, in all likelihood, it dies. The first motion to come up was to refer. It was a safe vote. If -- and everyone knew it wouldn't get to this -- an up/down vote had been held, I'd be willing to bet the ranch that Mazullo (and every other repub and quite a few blue dog dems) would've voted against the resolution.

[mopinko]

43. probably true. but

i would be glad to hear that he actually thought safety lie in voting with the dems.

[wryter2000]

17. Thanks

Let's hope this is the beginning of the R party's return to sanity.

[onenote]

19. I wouldn't read too much into it.

As posted upthread, 24 repubs voted for the referral motion on DK's previous set of impeachment articles. It certainly doesn't mean that they -- or a majority in the house -- favor starting an impeachment inquiry. It simply was the "safe" vote (because if the resolution wasn't referred it either would've been put to an up/down vote or a vote to table.

[Faryn Balyncd]

25. I think Kevin Brady probably did it by mistake, however.

[The Stranger]

26. They are more representative of Democrats than the "Democrats" shielding the war criminals.

[TornadoTN]

28. That definately is a stark image

Probably not far from the truth either, at least from where I stand.

[onenote]

31. Huh? Which Democrats voted against the referral?

And which repubs voting for referral have publicly endorsed actually conducting an impeachment proceeding?

I guarantee that most if not all of the repubs that voted for the referral are opposed to impeachment. Voting for the referral is simply a safe vote. If it wasn't referred, it would've been subject to an up/down vote or a motion to table (kill) DK's resolution. Voting for referral is in no way an indicator of how a member of congress feels about impeachment.

[JimmyJubes]

30. Absolutely

American's first! Party Second. Good for them.

[tbyg52]

32. One from *Texas*?!

Wow. Every once in a while you get some good news!

[samsingh]

33. Thank you brave people.

[onenote]

35. yawn.

Nothing brave about it. Heck, in June, 24 repubs voted to refer DK's resolution to Judiciary.
Voting to refer is simply the simplest, safest way they can kill DK's resolution. Hate to rain on the parade, but those are simply the facts.

[Zhade]

37. It actually doesn't sound like you hate raining on this parade. At all.

NT!

[onenote]

39. I wish it wasn't necessary. But some people here keep repeating misinformation

If getting nine repubs to vote for this is a good thing, then getting 24 to vote for it in June must have been a great thing and we're moving backwards.

Or maybe getting 24, 9 or any other number of repubs to vote to refer DK's resolution doesn't mean crap and people ought to know that.

[Zhade]

36. Thank you for not being willing to let criminals walk.

NT!

[I Have A Dream]

38. Tim Murphy...

:eyes:

:puke:

He's really, really worried now but has done Bush's bidding without exception.