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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 11:32 AM
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PLAIN DEALER: Impeachment supporters get dais in spotlight
Impeachment supporters get dais in spotlight
July 26, 2008 - Sabrina Eaton, Plain Dealer Bureau - http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1217061034229130.xml&coll=2

Washington- It wasn't an impeachment hearing, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers of Michigan insisted from his dais. Instead, Conyers announced his committee was conducting "a hearing on executive power and its constitutional limitations."

But impeachment - the process Congress can use to forcibly remove presidents from office - was constantly mentioned during six hours of testimony on Friday. And Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich was delighted.

Kucinich, the loudest impeachment backer in Congress, was the hearing's first witness. He described devastation wrought by the Iraq war and listed "untrue" claims he accused the Bush administration of making
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 11:40 AM
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1. I watched that dog and pony show.........
And was totally disgusted at the antics of the republicans. Ugly stuff.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 12:06 PM
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3. Did you notice some Rs were absent?
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 11:43 AM
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2. And MSM demeaned and ridiculed the proceedings
just as I predicted they would in one of the official threads. There's a clip of a couple of CNN heads doing just that over in the video forum.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-26-08 12:07 PM
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4. a couple of CNN heads doing just that
I suggested going to the YouTube and commenting "boycott CNN". That is the only thing they understand.
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