why doesn't John Conyers have more support?

[Slit Skirt]

As liberal Democrat calls for special prosecutor on Iraq, Democrats duck


Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the feisty septuagenarian congressman who serves as the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee will issue yet another missive to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales later this week calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate possible criminal misconduct in regard to the Bush Administration's march to war in Iraq


Just five other Democrats have signed Conyers' letter: Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) Mike Honda (D-CA) and Jim McDermott (D-WA), Susan Davis (D-CA,) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) along with Bernie Sanders (I-VT).


What's striking isn't that Conyers is calling on Gonzales to appoint a special prosecutor. He's done it before, and he'd likely do it again. But his decision to take public action to seek a Justice Department investigation of pre-war policy and manipulation of the press has met resounding silence among his Democratic Party.
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http://rawstory.com/news/2005/As_liberal_Democrat_calls_for_special_0208.html

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. Because,

with rare exceptions - Conyers, Murtha - the Democrats in Congress blow chunks and are spineless weasels who specialize in covering their butts, taking no risks, avoiding opinions, and live only for reelection. We'll get another Republican President in 2008 because of these quivering fucks.

[Telly Savalas]

5. The sad thing is that most of what Conyers does

isn't really risk-taking, it's just sound public policy.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

7. He's responsible,

doing the job he was elected to do.

Where are the other Democrats?

I'm really starting to despise them as much as I loathe Fuckface In The Oval Office.

[NanceGreggs]

2. It's sad to say ...

... but I think the reason he doesn't have more support from his colleagues is that he has a SPINE, which is an alien object to too many of our elected repesentatives ...

[blue cat]

3. Conyers has more spine

than any other dem. It's sad that he won't run for pres. because he is too old now.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I hope he has a protoge(e) who would run in his stead

[catmother]

12. my sister nancegreggs says the way it is once again.

:hi:

[cantstandbush]

6. I asked the same question about Murtha. Go figure. n/t

[hvn_nbr_2]

8. Wimps, appeasers, enablers, collaborators. n/t

[Slit Skirt]

9. I would like to get a bunch of responses to this thread

and send it to the lame-ass reps that haven't backed him.....let them know what wimps we think they are

don't worry I would never do that without everybody's ok.........BUT THEY REALLY PISS ME OFF:mad:

[catmother]

13. you have my okay.

:bounce:

[blm]

10. Same thing happened with DSM. Conyers and Kerry sent letters of inquiry

and media ignored it - so did most Dems in the senate and about half the house.

Sadly, some Dems wait to see if an issue gains traction in the media and THEN jump in. The media knows this and it enables them to ignore important issues even more.

[Lefty48197]

11. I met John Conyers in Detroit in 2000.

I went to an Al Gore rally shortly before the election. While I was in line, I saw Congressman Conyers talking to a lady near the line, so I stepped out and walked up to him and introduced myself and thanked him "for all the good work" he had done over the years. I told him that American would be a better place if everybody in Congress thought like he did. He thanked me and said it was "very kind of me" to say that. He was a really classy gentleman. I got to shake Al Gore's hand that day too.

[catmother]

14. i admire him very much and would love to meet him. i've sent

him several e-mails thanking him for his work.

[Lefty48197]

16. He really is a classy gentleman.

Don't be too disappointed if he doesn't respond directly. I'll bet he gets thousands and thousands of letters and emails. You may want to try handwriting a letter to him. I hear they get the most attention.

[yellowdogmi]

15. Because we need to hound the rest of the reps.

See the letter from my rep. Jan is responsive because we have been contacting her. We need a concerted effort to bring the rest along. We can wait for them to lead. We need to tell them where to go. Literally if need be. Now lets get busy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2447174

[leesa]

17. Because he will not say Bush is a criminal who belongs in jail.

[Vidar]

18. Most are more worried about their corporate financing than doing right.

[Douglas Carpenter]

19. If Dems take the House -- Conyers becomes Judiciary Chairman

"If Democrats retake the House, 10 members of the Progressive Caucus would become chairmen of committees," said Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of the Nation.

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., would take over the Judiciary Committee -- the panel that produced the Patriot Act -- and Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, would run the Education and Workforce Committee."

link:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/01/MNGHHH0QSO1.DTL

link for progressive caucus:

http://www.congressionalprogressivecaucus.org/

issues and position statements of the Progressive Caucus - link:

http://www.congressionalprogressivecaucus.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=36

the 62 members of the house Progressive Caucus - link:

http://www.congressionalprogressivecaucus.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=36

https://www.democrats.org/page/contribute

[OneBlueSky]

20. he should have the support of EVERY Democratic Member . . .

of Congress and of EVERY Democratic senator . . . the fact that he doesn't even come close says all we need to know about the current Democrats in Congress . . . all but a very few badly need to be challenged in their primaries by progressives who are willing to OPPOSE BushCo's attempted coup . . .

[HardWorkingDem]

21. Don't know but I loved him in F 9/11....

So kind he was to Moore.....he sounds like an old friendly grandfather....

[Disturbed]

22. Most of them are scared of Bushco and the NSA.

Current Party Divisions of the House: 231 Republicans, 201 Democrats,

[EFerrari]

23. Print out this story and mail it to the mute invertebrates.

John Conyers, doing the right thing AGAIN.

I have to bookmark this so Nancy will get her copy.

:kick: