For at least eight months, I've been saying that impeachment won't happen, that instead, a group of Republicans would take "THE WALK" to the whitehouse, telling Bush it's time to resign.
Maybe I need to fine tune that. There will be a number of WALKs. The first one happened yesterday.
One Republican congressman told Bush, "“The word about the war and its progress cannot come from the White House or even you, Mr. President. There is no longer any credibility. It has to come from Gen. Petraeus.”
Tim Russert reports that 11 REpublican senators, headed by Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, went to the White house to meet with Bush, Karl Rove, Tony Snow, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Russert says this may have been a "pivotal moment" in the discussion of the Iraq war.
Here's the transcript, from thinkprogress.
WILLIAMS: Tonight we’re also able to report new and exclusive details on the politics of the war in Iraq, specifically involving President Bush and members of his own party. For that we are joined by our Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert. What do we know?
RUSSERT: Brian, all eyes on the Republican Party. How long will they support the president’s position on the Iraq war? Yesterday may have been a defining pivotal moment. At 2:30 in the afternoon in the private quarters of the White House, the Salarium room, 11 Republican congressmen had a private meeting with the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the chief political adviser Karl Rove and the White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and others. It was headed by Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania. It was, in the words of one of the parties, the “most unvarnished conversation they’ve ever had with the president.” Another member said he has met with three presidents and never have been so can candid. They told the president, and one said, “My district is prepared for defeat. We need candor, we need honesty, Mr. President.” The president responded, “I don’t want to pass this off to another president. I don’t want to pass this off, particularly, to a Democratic president,” underscoring he understood how serious the situation was. Brian, the Republican congressman then went on to say, “The word about the war and its progress cannot come from the White House or even you, Mr. President. There is no longer any credibility. It has to come from Gen. Petraeus.” The meeting lasted an hour and 15 minutes and was, in the words of one, “remarkable for the bluntness and no-holds-barred honesty in the message delivered by all these Republican congressmen.”
WILLIAMS: And Tim, in the seconds remaining, how did the president react, and how then did this affect the instructions for Vice President Cheney heading off to Iraq.
RUSSERT: One congressman said, “How can our sons and daughters spill their blood while the Iraqi government goes on vacation?” The president responded, “The vice president is over there to tell them, do not go on vacation.”
Tim, as always, thanks.
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...that the so-called gang of eleven might have actually made an impact, and even though DUBYA actually used the word "benchmarks" in a positive light, I am not going to get my hopes up that this is anything more or less than another bullshit ploy to trick the populace.
If anything has been proved by the DUBYA, it's his resistance to hearing the messages sent to him by the people, congress, or anyone with less than a seven-figure income and a nine-figure bank account. Even if the message was received, we can rest assured that the Iraq War is going to drag on for at least another year, if not longer. There are still those who think that there is a possibility for "success". It's obvious that those who use that word are clueless to the fact that the war was lost on day one of "shock and awe".
I honestly doubt that anyone in power has any real intention to end the war. They may speak of that, but it's really easy to talk sh*t. It's another thing indeed to put those words into action. Of course, that only means more death, and more destruction.
Maybe the gang of eleven did have an effect. For me, I'll believe it when I see real progress in bringing the troops home. Until that time, it's just another bunch of bullshit being cast at our feet to placate us or shut us up so the f*cking of this country and Iraq can continue more or less unabated.
Blessed be! Pappy
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Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 860 comments)
on Friday, May 11, 2007 at 1:56:51 AM
Since I no longer trust a word that any Republican says anymore then I also no longer trust anything that phony baloney little blinky the weasel Democrat Speaker Madame Damascus Nancy Pelosi and her Band of Yellow Coward Democrat Jackass Donkeys say either,therefore I hereby publically ask The Gang of 11 Phony Baloney Republican Congressmen what took you Gutless Wonders so long and why the Hell did you not demand George W Bush and Dick Cheney Either Resign Immediately or Face Impeachment?..So since none of you yellow Republican Cowards did so,therefore you also have No Credibility yourselves just like Bush and Cheney and Democrat Co President Madame Damascus Nancy Pelosi! And by the way Madame Nutty Nancy Pelosi honestly tell us why you and Harmless Harry Reid sold out the Anerican people and took Impeachment off the table Pelosi and by what legal authority can you Nancy Pelosi the despicable little weasel do so?
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Ralph (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 74 comments)
on Friday, May 11, 2007 at 2:15:47 AM
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