I think he was being generous in calling hima a “clown”.  I have a litany of much more fitting descriptions… the kindest I have is “he is an embarassment”.

“I can’t stand this president ... [but] people I represent don’t wanna impeach this clown.”

...but clowns i represent don’t want to impeach this clown, said the clown.

#91750 by vet240 on 8/02 at 12:53 pm
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“I have to empathize with the Senator.”

vet240, you know what…I agree with you.  I have always thought…what is a politicians job?  To do the bidding of his/her electorate.  Suggest?  Yes.  Council?  Yes.  Ignore?  Hell no!  They put him/her in office.  It is not for the politician to then start dictating to the electorate.  Agree or disagree it is their job to be the voice of the people who voted them into office, period.  To ignore their wishes is an arrogant slap in the face!  This whole system id so ass backwards it’s beyond belief.  That’s why I say we’re cooked.  Our elected officials totally ignore our wishes at every step…it’s who they think they are that scares the hell out of me!

This is arrogance we’re used to.  If Pomeroy and/or “his people” were doing their job, he wouldn’t have to challenge a woman on the street to come back to him with the figures.  Being a Dem, I’d think he’d be chomping at the bit to get word out that voters in his state want the clown out and he’s going to spearhead that effort.  Yet more empty BS from another of our venerable congress people.  My money says his cell phone was turned off and that congresspeople conspire to hold a dead one up to their ear while out in public to 1)make it appear they’re doing the peoples’ business and 2) so they can avoid confrontations like this one.  I know for a fact that the framers of our constitution considered banning cell phone use by reps. but then didn’t.

Just another Republicrat unwilling to grow balls or a conscience. The problem is, working within the system, we keep putting ‘clowns’ like this guy in, who back the fascists who have taken over our government. The Bush/Cheney Reich is working outside the system and gaining the upper hand. They have declared themselves immune to prosecution, purge anyone who accuses their inner circle of crimes, pardon or set aside sentences of their convicted criminals, ignore subpoenas, use the Constitutional provisions checks and balances for asswipe. If articles of impeachment (meaningless unless both the Fuhrer and his Goebels were charged) somehow went before the gutless, spineless House, Bush/Cheney Reich would likely ignore them as they would any Senate Trial, where Cheney would have to recuse himself as Pro Tem. We better start voting in some Congressmen who will be willing to take a stand to defend the Constitution, because in a sense we only have ourselves to blame for having (at least once) elected these dictator wannabes, and the group in DC now is never going to stand up to them. I continue to advocate a one day general strike against the Reich by all Americans who want to see change. Take to the streets in non-violent protest of the Iraq bloodbath, the erosion of our Constitutional rights, and the irreperable damage these fascists have done to the US in the world comunity. Occupy public places, make yourself heard, don’t go to work. Give us back our rights and bring our soldiers back. Ten million people in the streets can get a message across that 300 fat cat Republicrats are never going to because they are a part of the problem, not the solution.

It’s true North Dakota has Minot and Grand Forks AFBs and the military people there tend to be pro-military but that doesn’t mean they are pro bush. Not these days anyway. All the GIs are well aware BUSH-CHEYNEY translates into more and more even longer deployments for the next dozen years.

My congressman wrote me back to say he did not think Impeachment was worth doing at this time because it would drag out to the rest of his presidency anyway and much of the other business of the congress would not get done.

I have stopped writing. My vote, for whatever is worth will be ANTI-REPUBLICAN and anti incumbent.

Thank you Ardee. Sometimes i get it right other times I’m just going with my gut feelings and end up eating crow.

I agree with you that what is important is to have an open respectful discourse on these issues.

CLOWN is still much much better than Bush, at least CLOWN would know how to make our kids laughing.

I wish VET240 would post here more often. Thoughtful commentary is so very welcome. It matters not whether I agree or disagree I cannot help but respect the effort obviously made to speak to the realities of an issue.

I have to empathize with the Senator.

His constituency is an excellent example of the military/industrial complex at work. Bismark, the Capital had a population of 55,000 in the year 2000. Minot, home of Minot Air Force base has a population of slightly over 36,000.

Minot AFB contributes 227 million dollars each year to the town of Minot. That’s not chump change.
I do not know the dollar value state-wide.

Minot Air Force base is the home of around 7600 personel. They all want Bush in office.

As long as there’s an AFB in Minot the majority of North Dakotans will be against Impeachment of a “War President. His war is their bread and butter.

This Senator is doing what all politicians are supposed to do.

Even though he personally believes bu$h to be a clown he is representing the majority wishes of his constituency. I take my hat off to him. If he is wrong about his constituency base then he needs to reconsider.

This is the situation Dwight Eisenhower warned us about those many years ago. “Beware of the Military/ Industrial complex. He knew how eassy people can be seduced to the dark side by money and personal comfort.

If they want the congressman to support impeachment, they should have residents of his district, instead of people from Washington, contact him.