Impeachment, Politics, Verbatim
What will we tell the children?
In 1999, Republicans in Congress were outraged over presidential mendacity:
- Former Representative, now Senator, Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina):
“The president of the United States sets [sic] atop of the legal pyramid. If there’s reasonable doubt about his ability to faithfully execute the laws of the land, our future would be better off if that individual is removed. And let me tell you where it all comes down to me. If you can go back and explain to your children and your constituents how you can be truthful and misleading at the same time, good luck.”
- Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Pennsylvania), current chairman of the House Judiciary Committee:
“[The] rule of law should apply to everyone, no matter what excuses are made by the president’s defenders… We have done so because of our devotion to the rule of law and our fear that if the president does not suffer the legal and constitutional consequences of his actions, the impact of allowing the president to stand above the law will be felt for generations to come –laws not enforced are open invitations for more serious and more criminal behavior.”
- Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Illinois), who was then chairman of the House Judiciary Committee:
“There is a visibility factor in the president’s public acts, and those which betray a trust or reveal contempt for the law are hard to sweep under the rug…They reverberate, they ricochet all over the land and provide the worst possible example for our young people.”
Topics: Impeachment, Politics, Verbatim
Damn hypocrite.
This just proves that Republicans have no principles, no honor, no sense of history, no guts, and that they are nothing more than boot-licking, sycophantic, hypocritical assholes. And best yet, it is now a matter of public record for all the world to see and for history to record indelibly for all time.
The jig is up for the GOP, there is no turning back; you have picked your King George, hitched your wagon to his star; and as things go for Bush, so will they go for the future of the Republican Guard of America’s despotic Leader.
Now, if Democrats can remember how to tie their shoes, put on their jackets, and read up on the Constitution and what the historical duties of the Legislative bodies are, then the shoe will soon be on the other hand or the glove will be on the other foot, and despite that deficiency, democracy will again rear its head and triumph over the obvious EVIL (as pronounced by Obi-wan Kenobi) of the GOP.
If not, America will be no more.