Steely Resolve
by ChrisMarch 15th, 2006 12:07 pm
Here’s a list of Democratic senators who cosponsored Diane Feinstein’s 1999 resolution to censure Bill Clinton.
Daniel Akaka
Max Baucus
Byron Dorgan
Dick Durbin
Dianne Feinstein
Daniel Inouye
Jim Jeffords (He was a Republican)
Ted Kennedy
John Kerry
Herb Kohl
Mary Landrieu
Carl Levin
Joe Lieberman
Blanche Lincoln
Barbara Mikulski
Patty Murray
Jack Reed
Harry Reid
Jay Rockefeller
Chuck Schumer
Ron Wyden
Here’s the list of Democratic cosponsers for Russ Feingold’s resolution to censure President Bush for ordering the NSA to conduct illegal domestic wiretaps.
Not a soul Tom Harkin
Such courage when faced with the prospect of standing up to a woefully unpopular president who clearly violated the law. Sex, it seems, is far naughtier than trampling all over our civil rights. (Via Firedoglake)
March 15th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
Your point is well taken.
However, Jim Jeffords was a Republican that year.
March 15th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Thanks. I made a note of my error.
March 16th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Point well taken indeed - color me old fashioned, but when was it ever anyone’s business but his wife’s when/where/from whom he received head. The wiretapping, if it affected AT LEAST TWO people, exceeded that.
March 17th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Actually, the censure was an attempt to short-circuit the impeachment process. These senators were actually trying to do Clinton a favor - they weren’t really trying to censure him. Two totally different situations.