Comments on: Brad Friedman – Democrats will flounder until they change the media

By: Gary Baumgarten

Gary Baumgarten — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:13:08 +0000

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By: Sunshine Jim

Sunshine Jim — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:22:14 +0000

Excellent Article/Interview/blog!

I’ve brought these same issues up again and again

and got little or no reaction since 04.

Sure appreciate everybodies

efforts and dedication.

Good luck!

By: yvonne

yvonne — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:39:12 +0000

Carol Davidek-Waller: I appreciate your intelligent and keenly insightful comment. Thank you. And your statement:
“By stifling impeachment, the Democrats have singlehandedly changed the relationship of Americans to their government. Without the power to remove an illegitimate administration we have become victims instead of citizens. There is no justification for their actions.”
should be sent to every single democrat in congress as an indictment of the severity of their betrayal of the American people. BOTH parties have become deeply corrupt and the only way I can see to thoroughly clean our house and eliminate the filth that has been allowed to collect there, is by first voting out pelosi, reid, and other “senior” congressman whose actions or inactions have given the clear impression of complicity, in either crimes and/or in the coverup of the illegal and corrupt conduct of others. After they’re out of office, they should be relentlessly pursued to all corners of the earth and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in order to ensure that the guilty are brought to account and face the consequences for their crimes. Then and only then will justice have finally been served and the rule of law preserved. We simply cannot allow these people to “get away with it.”

By: Carol Davidek-Waller

Carol Davidek-Waller — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:30:53 +0000

Hats off to Brad for following up on election issues.
Regarding impeachment, you’re correct about Pelosi. She is the one blocking it.
According to Cindy Sheehan, her opponent in the upcoming election, Pelosi is in hot water over the Bayview Hunter’s Point landgrab, along with two of her nephews, Gavin Newsome Mayor of San Francisco and Lauence Pelosi who was VP of Acquistions for a slimy developer Lennar. It’s one of the dirtiest land deals ever. It isn’t her first landgrab and an investigation would problaby end her career.
Pelosi was the one who nominated Emmanel for leadershsip within the Democratic Party. Pelosi’s grandfather was a German Jew who escaped to Argentina. Emmanuel has duel citizenship with Israel. These two keep the Democratic Party kowtowing to AIPAC whose interests are not the interests of the US or even American Jews. They are the interests of Israel’s Likud Party who fund and advise AIPAC.
Sheehan tolld me Pelosi cut a deal with the White House. She promised Bush that Democrats wouldn’t impeach if Bush would keep the DOJ off her back. So far both seem to have kept their promises.
It has been widely reported that Pelosi has threatened to remove Conyers as head of the House Judiciary Committee if he went against her.
You should confront Pelosi and keep pressuring Conyers. I think Conyer’s conscience is beginning to bother him. At the very least they both should be made as uncomfortable as possible. .
We should remember that the Watergate Hearings were held in the Senate. It was because of what was revealed that the House drew up Ariticles of Impeachment. Reid should be doing something as Senate Majority Leader but he’s corrupt as well.
He has four sons that are lobbyists or in real estate. He was recently nailed for not reporting multimilliion dollar profits on a land deal.
After having researched Pelosi’s self serving earmarks, and record in the House and those that aid and abet her like Murtha, Feinstien and even Boxer on occasion, I have come to believe that the deeply entrenched corruption of the Democratic Party is the primary reason they have failed to be an effective opposition Party, why the Democratic Congress has failed to act and why their platform is warmed over GOP lite. By stifling impeachment, the Democrats have singlehandedly changed the relationship of Americans to their government. Without the power to remove an illegitimate administration we have become victims instead of citizens. There is no justification for their actions.

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By: Savantster

Savantster — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:51:17 +0000

It’s worst that the “party” comes before “justice” in the Republican book (and to a disturbing degree, a lot of Democrats).

If you can’t get politicians to say “hey, Mr. President, you don’t get to lie to us”, you can’t even _start_ to fix problems.

America is all about the bling and image. To the extreme that we’ll let blatant criminals walk free to save an “official” smudge on our “party’s appearance”.

By: Mike Sheehan

Mike Sheehan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:09:32 +0000

You can help by clicking on the vote buttons at the bottom of the article. And thanks for your comments.

“It would be terrible if a Senate trial failed to convict”

It’s worse that the risk of failure is a key impediment.

“I also think it is criminally negligent of them to permit these thugs to walk away because the process will be time consuming and divisive.”

Agreed.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:22:37 +0000

There are so many important points made in this story, especially regarding the media, that I wish it would get greater exposure! As for John Conyers, I really think he was quashed. He doesn’t like it, but he is going along with it. It may well be this line of thinking: If the House brings articles of Impeachment, after conducting hearings, it goes to the Senate for trial with the Chief Justice presiding. It would be terrible if a Senate trial failed to convict, and that is the most likely outcome. The other thing is that the voting would be strictly along party lines. That is a very bad thing. When Nixon came up for impeachment, the House Judiciary Committee made sure it was a bi-partisan effort. it was a painful exercise for many of the Republicans, but they stepped up. This time, they would not. ALso, the Dems do not see value in “political theatre.” While I somewhat agree with them, I also think it is criminally negligent of them to permit these thugs to walk away because the process will be time consuming and divisive.