Conyers raps Dana Milbank

Dana Milbank's Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War brings out the circus element of yesterday's Downing hearing, and was followed by the indignation of Conyers. Below the yellow & black "ImpeachBush.org" banner flies in the background behind Conyers. ImpeachBush.org is Ramsey Clark's concoction. (Clark is one of Saddam Hussein's defense attorney's.) That's of course not the only org calling for impeachment. Law professor Francis Boyle and his students have worked hard to create a site and put forth various arguments. Meanwhile, one pro-Reagan Republican sent me an email stating "Marcy Kaptur hit on THE important issue...It is probably an impeachable offense for Bush to have nationalized the National Guard and had sent Guard units to Kuwait-Iraq BEFORE even asking authority to do so."

As I mentioned yesterday, if Conyers thought this was so important why did he turn away from those seeking impeachment in March 2003? (hint: answer starts with an "e") There's also the absurdity of Democrats pretending they were duped when they supported the war and actively pushed the WMD arguments themselves. (Here's Joe Biden circa 2002: "One thing is clear. These weapons must be dislodged from Saddam Hussein or Saddam Hussein must be dislodged from power.")

Rep. John Conyers Jr., center, and other Democrats held a mock Judiciary Committee hearing as a protest against the war in Iraq.

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