Odds are, the other four Democrats who broke ranks, without imperiling the Motion to Table, are likewise Blue Dog Democrats trying to protect themselves in the next election. Also, a large number of Democrats either voted "present" or did not vote at all on the Motion to Table.
Nancy Pelosi said that Stark's remarks were "inappropriate," but she held in enough votes to keep him from being censured. I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning.
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Ah, Shuler is in your district, BB? Sorry about that.
Whup up on him.
So where is the motion to censure Jack Murtha for calling our troops cold-blooded killers? His remarks were made on national television shows and heard by far more people than Pete Stark’s were.
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