-Caveat Lector-
I actually listened to the House debates today....couldn't tear
myself away. I was really heartened to hear the Democratic speakers,
who surprised me with their eloquence as they virtually begged to be
allowed to put a motion for censure on the table. I am not a lawyer
and can't judge the content, but they certainly cited chapter and
verse and several precedents. The Republicans were absolutely
adamant in their claims that censure from the House would be
"UnConstitutional," and refused to even consider it. It seems that
everyone in the House made a statement, since they wanted those
statements in the record of the precedings.
The democratic speakers were also very eloquent in their anger
towards the Republicans, who, they claimed, refuse to address
and continue to block any action on social issues, etc....much
impassioned speech that was actually heartening to hear....because
if you listen to network news, you would never have guessed they had
much of anything to say. The evening news, and even the CNN
commentary, was decidedly slanted to the right. I also noted that
when they showed any Democrats speaking, they tended to show black
representatives opposing impeachment, and although many of the black
representatives were very impassioned and eloquent in their
anti-impeachment statements, when they were replayed on the evening
news they were cut off into odd 2 second sound bites that tended to
misrepresent what the person had said and leave out all the "social
and historic commentary" that was the heart of those statements. No
mention on the network news of the Democratic mass walkout before
the actual impeachment votes as a demonstration against the fierce
partisanship that clearly drove the impeachment.
It was an eye-opener in terms of what is going on down there in D.C.
I know it will not be a popular thing to say here, but I came away
with a lot more respect for the Democratic members of the House and
for Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is the lone Independent (a
Socialist, actually.)
I also find it curious that we get absolutely no details and very
little discussion of why Mr. Livingston is stepping down. Why does he
deserve such consideration from the press in terms of privacy that he
gets off with an apology to his wife? And why is his party so rigid
that they are forcing him not only to give up the Speakership but to
resign from the House? What did he do????? And who did he do it
with???? (You see what they've done to me! I want to know!!!)
sno0wl
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