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2010-01-30 Home Front: Politix

Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight 'food, booze' - Bolling AAFES receipts

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Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-30 07:36|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Consider it part of Nancy's stimulus package. She's only thinking of the little people.
Purchases for the CODEL included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Baileys Irish Crème, Makers Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine.

Partay! Where da hos?

Posted by ed 2010-01-30 12:01|| 2010-01-30 12:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Wine, eh? I thought San Fran Nan had her own vineyard. You would think she could BYOB for that instead. (I wonder if she drinks her own product, or does Chateau Botox go straight into boxes and Two Buck Chuck?)

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-30 12:10|| 2010-01-30 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3
The right to impeach public officials is secured by the U.S. Constitution in Article I, Sections 2 and 3, which discuss the procedure, and in Article II, Section 4, which indicates the grounds for impeachment: the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

Removing an official from office requires two steps: (1) a formal accusation, or impeachment, by the House of Representatives, and (2) a trial and conviction by the Senate. Impeachment requires a majority vote of the House; conviction is more difficult, requiring a two-thirds vote by the Senate. The vice president presides over the Senate proceedings in the case of all officials except the president, whose trial is presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This is because the vice president can hardly be considered a disinterested partyif his or her boss is forced out of office he or she is next in line for the top job!

What are High Crimes and Misdemeanors?
Bribery and treason are among the least ambiguous reasons meriting impeachment, but the ocean of wrongdoing encompassed by the Constitution's stipulation of high crimes and misdemeanors is vast. Abuse of power and serious misconduct in office fit this category, but one act that is definitely not grounds for impeachment is partisan discord. Several impeachment cases have confused political animosity with genuine crimes. Since Congress, the vortex of partisanship, is responsible for indicting, trying, and convicting public officials, it is necessary for the legislative branch to temporarily cast aside its factional nature and adopt a judicial role.

Posted by Hupasing Sinatra9419 2010-01-30 12:13|| 2010-01-30 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 So it's not just botox--she's also pickled.

Posted by Dar 2010-01-30 12:50|| 2010-01-30 12:50|| Front Page Top

#5 No complaints from me. Imagine the damage the Democrats could do if they were sober.

Posted by DMFD 2010-01-30 13:19|| 2010-01-30 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, she ahs her own vineyard, and that is where she primarily lives...in Napa. That's why her people say it is easier for her to fly in and out of Travis than SFO...she is only 15 minutes from Travis but and hour and a half from SFO. Hmmmmm, aren't you supposed to live in the district you represent?

What a contemptible witch this woman is.

Posted by remoteman 2010-01-30 19:06|| 2010-01-30 19:06|| Front Page Top

#7 "aren't you supposed to live in the district you represent?"

Silly remoteman - rules and laws don't apply to ~~royalty~~ DemoncRats.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-30 19:15|| 2010-01-30 19:15|| Front Page Top

#8 I wish all these Pols would just sit at home in their mansions and 'tele-commute'..

Sorta what we all are doing here..

Posted by Tom- Pa 2010-01-30 20:01|| 2010-01-30 20:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Careful, Tom. There could be problems with increased productivity.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-01-30 20:03|| 2010-01-30 20:03|| Front Page Top

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