Posted on 12/15/2005 10:19:35 AM PST by finnman69
MA. Sen. John Kerry said last night that if Dems retake the House, there's a "solid case" to bring "articles of impeachment" against President Bush for allegedly misleading the country about pre-war intelligence, according to several Dems who attended.
Kerry was speaking at a holiday party for alumni of his WH '04 bid.
About 100 campaign vets gathered at Finn McCool's bar in D.C. to hear him. In a short speech, Kerry praised Dems who were working on Senate and House campaigns, and then said, according to one listener: "If we take back the House, there's a solid case to bring articles of impeachment against this president." Another listener heard a slight variation: "If we win back the House, I think we have a pretty solid case to bring articles of impeachment against this President." Kerry then quickly added, according to several in the audience, "Don't tell anyone I said that."
Kerry Comm. Dir. David Wade, in an email, said his boss was joking. [MARC AMBINDER]
Wade: "Is it really a story that, with a smile on his face and to ensuing laughter, at a Christmas party for his hardest working troops who are still working to win in 2006, a Democrat joked about why these diehard Democrats needed to keep dreaming of a Democratic Congress? Impeachment jokes in Washington are as old as Don Rumsfeld and as funny as Dick Cheney is gruff. Only the truly humorless would say bah humbug to the rarest of partisan red meat." Wade said Kerry often asks this question: "How are the same Republicans who tried to impeach a President over whether he misled a nation about an affair going to pretend it does not matter if the Administration intentionally misled the country into war?" More Wade: "Good luck finding a Democrat in America who disagrees..."
But several in Kerry's audience said the comment made them uncomfortable, in part because they believed the press would discover what Kerry said and twist its context. In keeping with Kerry's wishes, several attendees, while acknowledging what he said, declined to comment when asked about the remarks.
Dem strategists know that many in their base might favor impeachment. But they do not want the party to appear hyper-partisan, especially when Cong. approval ratings struggle to reach 30 percent. Most Dem strategists believe that Americans would not stomach a second drawn-out, polarizing impeachment trial in the span of ten years. Others do not believe Bush deserves to be impeached. Dem leaders have cautioned colleagues not to use the word "impeachment" when speaking to base crowds.
An Impeach PAC, led by Democrats.com's Bob Fertik, has raised about $40,000 since November and promises to spend it in competitive races. And at least three national polling firms, Research 2000, Zogby and Rasmussen, have included the impeachment question on surveys.
Celebrating defeat. The Dems just can't help themselves.
The democrats would use impeachment to rehabilitate the bent one.
not as strong as the case against you John Kerry, to be publically executed for treason - traitorous POS....
Maybe they'll also work on that treason conviction that Kerry has been avoiding for quite some time.
If the article, the idiots at the party were already paving the way for the "comments taken out of context" excuse...
Riiiiiiiiiight....this is what these people dream of instead of Christmas presents...
If the guy's shown one skill in his whole miserable life, it's his ability to get knuckleheads to share their money with him.
Spongejohn Kerrypants.
Yawn. They are still so pissed over the bent one getting impeached, they constantly fantasize about impeaching a Republican. What a buncha dumbasses.
Like Dean, the kept Ketchup Boy will do wonders for us in '08. He has said the '08 'rat nomination is already his and, in his arrogance, he will act accordingly...
BULL$&^@ he was joking, he meant every word of it and like usual had to back peddle when he got quoted.
Spongejohn Kerrypants
Perfect
"I think we have a pretty solid case to bring articles of impeachment against this President"
"How are the same Republicans who tried to impeach a President over whether he misled a nation about an affair going to pretend it does not matter if the Administration intentionally misled the country into war?"
So why have these leftists kept this evidence secret?
I guess that Kerry should be impeached to because he said the very same thing.
Do the Dems understand that if they want to take back the house they need conservative voters to stay home? How's this approach going to do that?!
One of the first questions put to him by Mr Bush's "supporters" will be:
"Mr President,exactly what did you mean when you made the following comment in 1998?"
Quote:The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow. (end quote)
Let them keep talking that way.
Then use it in ads to show the American people what they will be up to it elected in 2006.
Put Bush on a witness stand under oath, and maybe you can make a comparison.
What you said.
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