Posted on 10/23/2007 8:45:03 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
House bid to censure Stark falls short
By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer 18 minutes ago
Republicans failed in an effort Tuesday to have the House censure Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who said in a congressional speech last week that U.S. troops are being sent to Iraq "to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement."
Without debate, the House voted 196-173 to kill the proposal to censure Stark for "his despicable conduct." The vote was mostly along party lines, with all 168 Republicans on hand supporting the measure offered by Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. Five Democrats joined them.
Stark, 75, stirred cries of protest Thursday during a debate over President Bush's veto of a $35 billion increase to a children's health insurance program. "You don't have money to fund the war or children," Stark said on the House floor. "But you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement."
Stark initially refused to apologize despite condemnations from GOP lawmakers and others. Moments after Tuesday's vote, however, he addressed the House to apologize to his colleagues, "to the president and his family," and to U.S. troops offended by his remarks.
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Does anyone know who the five dems that crossed over were?
Stupidity is its own censure. Like most liberals, the guy is an idiot.
Just another log on the fire. This whole thing is more bad news for the rat. I love it.
Imagine my shock.
Doesn’t matter that we lost the vote. The important thing is we doubled the Google links on Stark’s comments by simply holding a vote at all.
Keep it up Pubbies, sooner or later you will strike gold. Does anyone think the drive-bys will report this?
too late for the apology ... the man is Stark raving mad.
This proves that the dims put party above what is right and our Nation.
LLS
Is it just me or does it seem that the train wreck next yr is going
to be that of the Democraps?
Look at the evidence:
1) Congressional approval at lowest level in history
2) The war hand taken by the Dems looks to be backfiring
3) Hilwitch is going to be the Dem nom
4) Bush or a Bush assoc is not running for the White House
5) Dems continue to do really stupid things like infuriate Turkey
6) Dems continue to say really stupid things about everything
7) Nancy Pelosi
8) Harry Reid
MV
Just replay it for campaign commercials in 2008. Add Harry Reid and Pelosi’s statements.
Just brining it up for vote for censure is a good effort.
Failure to censure is implicit approval. Expect more of this kind of attack.
I believe the five that voted no are:
Altmire, Carney, Donnelly, Ellsworth and Shuler.
I say I believe because the total on the issue is the same or similar as reported here, but the issue is only described as a motion to table. I am not sure if that is Dim hiding what is going on or because it is so soon after the vote.
Voting present were Dims:
Boren, Cleaver, Davis, Lincoln, Hill, Loebsack, Mahoney (FL), Melancon and Moore (KS).
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll986.xml
Censor hell... Where are the Treason charges?
too late for the apology ... the man is Stark raving mad.
..a rather stark observation. :)
Pete Stark — What a despicable piece of excrement. Unfortunately, being a RAT, what he said is a resume enhancer.
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