Wexler: 'It is now the time for Democrats to be breathing more fire."

[kpete]

Rep. Robert Wexler

McClellan Testimony Highlights Bush's Crimes -- It's Time for Genuine Accountability

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The testimony of Scott McClellan this past Friday in the House Judiciary Committee marked an important step forward for Congress in the battle to fully expose the crimes of the Bush/Cheney Administration and finally hold this White House accountable for its appalling actions that have weakened our constitution and our government. I am only sorry that we are taking this step so late in President Bush's term in office. However, I am pleased that history will at the very least document the shocking revelations that Mr. McClellan testified to on Friday. Scott McClellan under oath last week agreed with me that it is a likely possibility that Vice President Dick Cheney was the individual who authorized the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's covert status. Mr. McClellan also said that he believes more White House officials should come before Congress and reveal the truth about this Administration's actions. McClellan's testimony underscores a simple reality: We must dig deeper.

The fact that much of what McClellan testified to on Friday is already known and reported on in the press should not diminish its import. We have a formerly loyal top official in the Bush White House stating under oath that the Bush Administration carried out a campaign of lying and misstatements to trick Congress and the American people into war in Iraq. This former White House Press Secretary states that Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby and Karl Rove likely engaged in behavior that amounts to obstruction of justice regarding the leaking of the identity of covert agent Valerie Plame Wilson.

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It is now the time for Democrats to be breathing more fire. We need to show the American people that they chose correctly when they returned our party to majority status in Congress. As I argue in my book, when we give Americans a stark choice -- progressive values and policies will carry the day against the defeated ideas and old politics of the Bush Administration and the vanquished GOP Congressional majority.

I hope that the McClellan hearing will only be the beginning of an effort for genuine accountability rather than a culmination of the effort. We owe it to the American people and history to pursue the wrongdoing of this Administration whether or not it helps us politically or in the next election. Our actions will properly define the Bush Administration in the eyes of history and that is the true test.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-robert-wexler/mcclellan-testimony-highl_b_108735.html

[NewJeffCT]

1. I wish we had 200 Wexlers in Congress

then maybe they'd stand up to Team Bush and the awesomeness of their 25% popularity ratings.

[lonestarnot]

15. And give DC representation and Puerto Rico 204!

:applause:

[NewJeffCT]

18. I believe Bush signed an executive order

supposedly making it much harder for Puerto Rico to ever become a state...

[malaise]

2. Start with arresting everyone in contempt

of Congress.

[LakeSamish706]

4. And make certain that they are charged with Inherent Contempt! n/t

[BridgeTheGap]

3. Give 'em hell Wexler! One of the few in Congress willing to stand up to these crooks! n.t

[NV Whino]

5. Whoa, bad choice of words when talking to Californians today

"It is now the time for Democrats to be breathing more fire."

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. INDEED!

We owe it to the American people and history to pursue the wrongdoing of this Administration whether or not it helps us politically or in the next election. :applause: :applause: :applause:

Now that is backbone! :patriot:

[Larkspur]

7. I heartedly agree with Congressman Wexler

Bush & Co. need to be impeached and then tried for war crimes.

[msongs]

8. wexler is full of hot air nt

[spanone]

11. i wish all the dems were, if that's the case

[kentuck]

9. It is interesting how the media hardly reported on this story at all?

It simply disappeared after the 6 o'clock news??

[spanone]

10. genuine accountablility?....not on the dems watch, i'm afraid

when you are complicit in crimes, it is not to your benefit for the ringleader to be pointed out, he may point at you

[Javaman]

12. How about just breathing?

it seems like they have been in a coma.

[oldskool]

13. Wexler the pitbull

He stands up for We the People. That's not hot air it's
Patriotism. The people who do nothing are full of hot air.

[jgraz]

14. JGraz: 'It is now the time for Democrats to be breathing.'

First time for everything...

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. K&R.

I get a LOT of crap for my passion and truth-telling. Their resistance is a sign of their own lack of passion and truth. Keep it up, Wexler!

"Now is the time, get on the right side..." -KMFDM

[skooooo]

17. Sounds like a yogi breathing technique or something!