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Congresswoman who co-sponsored Bush impeachment bill said Democrats never tried to impeach Bush

'She misspoke,' said a spokesman for Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
She sure is misunderstood a lot.
During a floor speech on Wednesday night, Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee voiced her opposition to the House Republican lawsuit against President Barack Obama and said that Democrats had never moved to impeach former President George W. Bush when he was in office.

"A historical fact that President Bush pushed this nation into a war that had little to do with apprehending terrorists," Jackson Lee said. "We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush, because as an executive, he had his authority. President Obama has the authority."

It's an odd thing for Jackson Lee to say, because it was just six years ago that she helped lead a movement to impeach Bush by co-sponsoring a bill accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors.

"She misspoke," Jackson Lee's spokesman Mike McQuerry told Yahoo News on Thursday morning. He declined to elaborate on what she meant to say.

Some members of the GOP conference have stoked talk of impeachment, but House Speaker John Boehner has said there are no plans to pursue it. However, last night the House approved a lawsuit against the president, voting 225-201 to force him to carry out provisions in the 2010 health care law that his administration has postponed. Democrats say Republicans are using it merely as an election-year political ploy, because they know an impeachment effort would not succeed.

Despite Democratic protests on the House floor, however, party lawmakers seem downright gleeful about the exercise after fundraising successfully from the lawsuit and talk of impeachment.
Image of House Resolution 1258 at link.

Posted by gorb 2014-07-31 12:12|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Misspoke? Try LIED.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-07-31 12:21|| 2014-07-31 12:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Rep. Lee better not visit Australia.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-07-31 13:08|| 2014-07-31 13:08|| Front Page Top

#3 She lies so much, she forgets the truth.

Plus she is just batshit crazy too.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-07-31 13:13|| 2014-07-31 13:13|| Front Page Top

#4 "Consistancy is for the other guy" is one of the DNC party platforms.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-07-31 15:06|| 2014-07-31 15:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Why hasn't she changed her name(s)?

Posted by irishrageboy 2014-07-31 16:38|| 2014-07-31 16:38|| Front Page Top

#6 The Donks will tell you anything. Unfortunately, a new crop of rubes comes along on a regular basis to believe their horseshit. They have altered the phrase on the Statue of Liberty slightly to “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses ~~yearning to breathe free~~ and we will give you stuff in exchange for your vote or votes, your soul, and your freedom.” Wait a damn minute, that sounds a lot like a pact with the devil.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-31 18:22|| 2014-07-31 18:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Meanwhile, on Mars, an American flag awaits retrieval...

Posted by tu3031 2014-07-31 18:38|| 2014-07-31 18:38|| Front Page Top

#8 To Stewart Jackson Lee Forrest, Irish Rage?

Posted by Shipman 2014-07-31 19:14|| 2014-07-31 19:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Unfortunately, those who need to see this will not.

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-07-31 22:16|| 2014-07-31 22:16|| Front Page Top

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