Cafferty Blasts Dodd for Ruling Out Impeachment

[kpete]

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Cafferty Blasts Dodd for Ruling Out Bush Impeachment

Cafferty:
"So Senator Dodd is putting the election prospects of the Democratic Party next year ahead of whether or not President Bush might be guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors of the kind that would mandate his removal from office. Congress' job is oversight of the Executive Branch, unless of course that oversight interferes with getting elected."

[DrDan]

1. here here - well said, Jack!!!!

this is so transparent . . .

[alllyingwhores]

2. Dodd is right--holding the cabal accountable for treason and other...

high crimes would take precious time away from the Dems caving in on every single bill pushed through to continue funding an illegal war and further destroy the constitution...and a staggering 28% of Americans will just be turned off by the whole thing!

[jojo54]

3. I don't like the Situation Room because CNN is right-handed

but I do like to watch it for the Cafferty File. He asks some great questions and gets some very truthful answers from the average Joe.

This fact right here is something that Congress hasn't done in 6 years: "Congress' job is oversight of the Executive Branch"

[Dr.Phool]

4. I was in the living room reading a book when this came on.

My wife, who has never in her life, written a LTTE or anything else came in after hearing Dodd, and boy was she pissed.

"How do I send an e-mail to this guy"? She had the e-mail address wrong, and I had to straighten it out for her.

I got to spend some time with Dodd (and the rest of the candidates) about a month ago. My impression? Nice guy, complete asshole.

He couldn't get it through his thick head, what a lousy piece of shit HAVA was, and he's still proud that he authored it.

[Peace Patriot]

27. Oh, I think he knows. And Diebold/ES&S owes him a big favor.

I heard this slimebag announce his candidacy on AAR on the Al Franken show (with a guest host). This was about, oh, six to eight months ago. Here's what he said: Hillary is in trouble with "the anti-war crowd" and we don't want "losers" like John Kerry, and that leaves him.

I was so shocked--and appalled. The man who is more responsible than ANY so-called 'Democrat' for selling away our right to vote and keeping the Bush Junta in the White House, DARES to put his traitorous arse in the presidential race! He was so smug and "Irishy"--being interviewed on AAR from his vacation in Ireland. He's such a lying sack of hypocrisy. I just cringe when I hear his pandering voice spouting leftist platitudes.

So what's he DOING in this race--a candidate with no visible constituency? I think of him as Bilderberg's "dark horse" candidate, and it will not surprise me to see him "surge" in some primary--inexplicably--and be placed into a position to be picked as V-P or to be a power broker. As I said, the rightwing Bushite electronic voting corporations--who are now 'counting' all of our votes on extremely insecure and insider hackable voting machines, run on 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code, with virtually no audit/recount controls, BECAUSE OF HIM--owe him one.

Snake. In. The. Grass.

[loudsue]

5. [e-mail] --- Ok everybody! You know what to do!!

Let 'em know if we agree with Dodd's statement!

:kick:

[spartan61]

30. I not only wrote to Jack to let him know that I thoroughly agree with

him about Dodd's impeachment views, but I also wrote to Dood. Here is my message to Dodd:

Well, Mr. Dodd. You just lost my vote for you because of your view on impeaching bush and cheney. These two men have trashed our Constitution and our country, not to mention the numberous times they have broken the law, and you think they shouldn't be impeached??? Just what would you consider grounds for impeachment? A tryst with an intern in the oval office???

[JDPriestly]

6. What Dodd and Congress does not understand

is that it does not good for them to pass laws if the president does not see that they are properly enforced. We have a president who is writing his own laws and not enforcing the laws that have been properly passed and signed in the past. We have a president that is not even seeing that the Constitution is followed. Congress and the courts have the duty -- not the choice -- to correct this situation. They must see that the Constitution is obeyed. They must see that laws are enforced.

[PatSeg]

7. Love Jack Cafferty

He is such a contrast to uptight Blitzer.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. He has his moments.

Brilliant ones.

[PatSeg]

23. He is refreshingly "old school"

There was a time when most television journalists looked and sounded like Jack - gruff, direct, sometimes a tad surly. I don't watch The Situation Room anymore. Cafferty was the only segment I liked. The rest is too pretentious and terribly BORING!

"Backlash Cometh"? I love it!

[Sam Ervin jret]

9. Can they walk and chew gum at the same time ?.

This bogus argument not only delineates a dereliction of duty on the part of the congress and senate, it is an out right surrender of the rights of the people that these representatives are sent there to protect.

Their own impeachment or recall should be discussed with an eye on the future course our democracy will follow.

The precedents set today, horrific as they are, if not set right, will disfigure our republic for generations to come.

What type of democracy do you want to leave to your children? Remember, "It is a Republic.... If you can keep it." (T.Jefferson)

Impeach NOW or prosecute LATER! IMPEACH now or PROSECUTE later! IMPEACH NOW OR PROSECUTE LATER!!!!!

[Jim Sagle]

24. Sam, we need you back in the Senate.

[ChiciB1]

10. Nothing Ceases To Amaze Me Anymore... However, I Do Think I Was

a little shocked at how LOW the ratings for Congress are right now! Thought they were bad before, but now I don't know what to do!!

I WANT to be a Democrat, I WANT to support the party and I WANT to think that when they come back they WILL do SOMETHING! But I do have my doubts! I realize that "some" are trying, but folks... the job just AIN'T getting done!

And I do realize that The Idiot will VETO almost anything now, but like John Edwards says, just keep sending it back over there again and again! At least it "looks" like their trying!

The FISA Bill rammed through just before the break was nothing but submission as I see it. This AM on C-Span I heard about all the STUFF that it contains and I'm ashamed of them for even folding like they did!

I wonder if the ratings go any further how Dodd thinks that ANY Democrat will get re-elected??

[guruoo]

11. Impeachment is warranted, and I support that, but...

what happens if Congress tries, but, for whatever reason,
fails to impeach?

I'm serious.
What's the 'plan b' if impeachment fails?

[defendandprotect]

20. Plan B would be the record . . . which will be indisputable. . ..

[Vinca]

12. I actually made into onto Jack's blog page on this question!

Chris Dodd is wrong, but in his favor, he is the first politician to tell the truth about why they won't impeach a president who makes the Nixon years seem like the good old days. Dodd says if they impeach Bush, Democrats risk losing the next election. There you have it. Keeping their jobs is more important than the Constitution, the nation and the desires of their constituents. -Jayne, West Chesterfield, New Hampshire

[Wapsie B]

13. With thinking like that what does it matter who wins the next election?

If spineless fools like Dodd cannot stand up to a lame-duck president with approval ratings in the 20% range the game is over. It's all a ruse and Dodd just confirmed it.

[Vinca]

14. Exactly. It's very discouraging. nt

[mntleo2]

26. Then why ...

...was it that the Repugs as well as Dems who stood up against Nixon actually GAINED traction and went up in the pols? I am not so sure about the Clinton lynch mob, but they impeached over a damn blow job, so if their ratings went down, they deserved it. If their ratings went up, well I wonder who was polled and how it was polled.

I think when you have real crimes that have made Nixon look practically like a choir boy, one it might be different. Dodd has to know this and so he also has to know he is trying to take a steaming bucket of crap and tell us it is chocolate. I am not buyin' it.

And also Mr Dodd, why don't you and the rest of your buddies put on hold your terror over whether or not you will get the best parking spots and stand up for the damn Constitution like you are being paid to do? Huh?

Whelp-ahhh. There goes one less person I don't have to consider anymore for the primary ...

Cat In Seattle

[JHB]

15. The real blood-boiling point is...

...Dodd isn't putting "the election prospects of the Democratic Party" first, because those prospects demand the cessation this chicken-shit quavering every time Republicans call them bad names and acting on real principles (or lacking those, convincingly faking it in the time-honored tradition).

[Senator]

16. Insiders Think Like Dodd -- Outsiders Think Like Jack

Only one of them is reality-based.

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[Dollface]

17. But is this about keeping their jobs or staying in power long enough to do them?

I love Cafferty. Not a fan of Dodd (except for his campaign song). I would love to see the thugs properly tried and properly hung but I do wonder if impeachment proceedings would result in power remaining in the hands of the incompetent and corrupt republicans.

[bjobotts]

18. There is no downside to impeachment. as long as it starts with Cheney

I can easily debunk any argument that does not favor impeachment. So if I can do it, you certainly can to. If you have an argument against impeachment, play devil's advocate and try to debunk your own argument. Dodd is just another "I don't want to be bothered, too busy policy making, don't have the votes before I even see the evidence, need to focus on the war because he might attack Iran too, Pelosi doesn't want to be president," cowardly democrat who has shut his ears to the voice of the public. It might interfere with his campaign or those of his colleagues which is far more important than defending the Constitution. And he laughs about it like those for impeachment are just silly rather than putting the blame for the need to impeach on Bush and Cheney. Dodd only cares about himself.

[Dollface]

21. Losing the White House again would be a downside

[Sander]

19. Just sent in my email

"This President has violated the people’s trust and must be removed from office as soon as possible. I promise NOT to vote for any Presidential Candidate or any Senate or House candidate that will not support impeachment. I will give financial support to any candidate who will."

[deacon]

22. He hit the nail on the head. And Dodd, a pathetic, ignorant man.

[rjones2818]

25. The fascinating thing about Dodd saying that....

Is that he keeps the other non-impeachers who are running from saying it.

So far, we know there's only one who's for impeachment. Keep that in mind.

[stlsaxman]

28. Is Dodd on the Senate Judiciary Committee?

If not- "SHUT THE FUCK UP, DODD!"

...and if so- "WAKE THE FUCK UP, DODD!"

:mad: :puke: :eyes: :argh: :spank: :grr: :mad: :puke: :eyes: :argh: :spank: :grr:

[nuxvomica]

29. By Dodd's reasoning, the Dems are no better than the Repubs

It's now popular among Democrats to refer to the "rubberstamp" Republicans, who failed to stand up to Bush because they wanted to win the next election. So how are anti-impeachment Democrats in Congress any different? I say failing to impeach is just another form of rubberstamping.

[Senator]

31. kick