[Peace-discuss] Ron Paul supports Democratic leadership, votes twice against Kucinich impeachment bill

[C. G. Estabrook]

So Ron Paul is exposed as a Democratic Party hack on the issue of 
Cheney's impeachment -- i.e., a hack to that Democratic Party leadership 
whose appropriations for the war (with "timetables," of course) you've 
supported throughout the year...?  --CGE


Robert Naiman wrote:
> Kucinich's impeachment bill against Cheney was voted twice on in the
> House today.
> 
> The Democratic leadership first tried to kill debate by tabling the
> Kucinich bill. This failed, because a substantial minority of
> Democrats was supported by a majority of Republicans in opposing the
> Democratic leadership motion to table. Ron Paul voted with the
> Democratic leadership and against both the Kucinich Democratic bloc
> and the Republican majority to kill debate.
> 
> Then the Democratic leadership sent the bill to die - at least so they
> hope - at the Judiciary committee. This vote was almost entirely on
> party lines. Overwhelmingly, Democrats voted to send the bill to
> committee. Only 4 Democrats voted with Kucinich not to send the bill
> to committee: Filner, Kaptur, Towns and Waters.
> 
> Conversely, Republicans voted overwhelmingly against killing the bill
> by sending it to committee. Only 4 Republicans voted with the
> Democratic leadership to kill the Cheney impeachment bill.
> 
> Who were those four Republicans? Well, one of them was Ron Paul.
> 
> Ron Paul - Democratic Party Hack.
> 
> 1st vote:
> http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1037.xml
> 
> 2nd vote:
> http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1039.xml
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