Comments on: Pelosi, Hoyer, Conyers, Rangel voted to impeach Hastings in 1988

By: Puritan1648

Puritan1648 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:15:39 +0000

Pelosi, Hoyer, Conyers and Rangel…all brought together to do something *RIGHT*….

…politics and strange bedfellows comes to mind….

…and I immediately appologize to all here for any mental imagery that this might…er…give rise to…feel free to drink until it goes away….

By: bubbadog89

bubbadog89 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:08:54 +0000

I know it shouldn’t, but it still amazes me that Hastings can get voted into office. It’s even more amazing that Pelosi will try to get him in a position of power after impeaching him from the Federal bench. The more I watch our system of government the more I think a 12 year term limit in Public service is needed. This would apply to any elected office regardless the level of govt(city,county,state,fed).

Oh, and I get headaches just thinking about Ted K getting voted in over and over after his stellar life.

By: mountainmanbob

mountainmanbob — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:25:17 +0000

culture of corruption?
drain the swamp?
the most ethical congress in history?

nancy, you go girrrllll!

mountainmanbob

By: enigma00825

enigma00825 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:46:58 +0000

Sorry to disappoint everyone, but Hastings beat the criminal charges, thus no felony. And the impeachment is a constitutional matter, not a legal one. While the Dems impeached him, they did agree to strip him of running for Federal office, which was in their power. Thus, like the bad penny he is, he went to Congress.

By: db

db — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:09:35 +0000

I think the more important issue here is the creepy picture of the old ladies in the Google ad I keep seeing at HA over the past few days.

RightWinged on November 19, 2006 at 9:03 PM

Discrimination against our elderly Americans? Why, that’s like, sooo racist!

/lib sarc

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:39:35 +0000

Appointing Hastings might be her way of reasserting her ~~stupidity~~ authority and independence.

This is a tragi-comedy. Tragic for the country. Laughing stock for the world.

By: Janos Hunyadi

Janos Hunyadi — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:43:36 +0000

I watched the Hastings impeachment hearings on C-Span in the late Eighties. The bribe-taking POS is on tape…taking bribes from Da Mafia.

Janos Hunyadi on November 19, 2006 at 10:59 PM

On screen

Um, I have no idea what you mean here. What I remember is Hastings sitting there smirking while the FBI audio tapes of his phone calls were played. He and his accomplice used a fifth-grade code right out of The Hardy Boys, but they went into so much detail about who was paying how much for what that it was as obvious as it was pathetic

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:09:39 +0000

By the way…love the picture of Nancy! I’m surprised her eyebrows can reach that high with all the Botox. Was this pre-makeover?

On my screen it looks like she is checking out that skank with the love hump.

By: Kralizec

Kralizec — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:27:30 +0000

I watched the Hastings impeachment hearings on C-Span in the late Eighties. The bribe-taking POS is on tape…taking bribes from Da Mafia. Janos Hunyadi on November 19, 2006 at 10:59 PM

On screen!

By: Catie96706

Catie96706 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:13:00 +0000

I wouldn’t be one bit surprised if Madame Botox does put Hastings in there. Nothing this woman does or says surprises me anymore. Just curious though if she was due for another injection as her face barely moves most of the time. Caddy I know.

By: Janos Hunyadi

Janos Hunyadi — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:59:59 +0000

I watched the Hastings impreachment hearings on C-Span in the late Eighties. The bribe-taking POS is on tape….taking bribes from Da Mafia. He used a code, but it was so obvious that even most of the Black demos voted to kick him out

If he gets the chairmanship, even the PusBag Media will go after him. They have their standards ( wait a minute while I try to stop laughing here ) to maintain, after all.

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:42:58 +0000

OK I’m a disillusioned Republican,or moderate Democrat trying to clean up the culture of corruption. I vote for a Blue Dog Dem to send a message or clean up Washington. Right now I’m hearing circus music and all the sideshow barkers hawking their feats of prestodigitation. Its a toss up between P.T.Barnum “Theres a sucker born every minute” and Yogi Berra “Its Deja Vu all over again” Well theres a new sheriff in town since the Dems held the majority. Mabey they can be held more accountable in this information age. I am waiting for the new government web site to appear in 2007. The one that will show where all the money is spent. Talk about a culture of corrruption! This should be good.

By: thedecider

thedecider — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:28:44 +0000

By the way…love the picture of Nancy! I’m surprised her eyebrows can reach that high with all the Botox. Was this pre-makeover?

By: Kralizec

Kralizec — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:23:05 +0000

The black caucus will go ballistic if they go after alcee or William Jefferson. So dont hold your breath.

William Amos on November 19, 2006 at 9:56 PM

The black caucus is one thing, but do you imagine that black Americans in general will view the appointment of a such a corrupt politician favorably, once they’re made aware of what’s going on? If anyone plays the race card in this case, it seems it should be easy enough to ask, loudly and often, whether the Democrats are so racist as to think their black constituency will be proud to have such a crook so prominently placed.

By: thedecider

thedecider — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:19:41 +0000

I have to believe Nancy is smart enough not to go for a target like Hastings. Two bad choices in a short time would not be good for her new leadership role. Bill Kristol said today on Fox News Sunday that Nancy’s first wrong move (nominating Murtha) didn’t really hurt her all that much – but Bill (God bless him – even though he can be such a wet blanket sometimes) did feel Nancy might have nominated Murtha as a strategic move – knowing he wouldn’t actually get the nomination. Although I’m sure Nancy is conniving, I don’t know if she’s that clever.

By: Kralizec

Kralizec — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:11:36 +0000

If Pelosi appoints Hastings, can the Executive Branch revoke his security clearance? Who would be willing to argue publicly that someone prone to accepting bribes should have access to highly classified information?

The larger problem is the very organization of the House along the lines of “Congressional oversight” of agencies. Since the reorganization of the House in (I think) the 1970s, committee and subcommittee chairmen have acquired executive power as a result of their control over subcategories of the budget. It wasn’t always this way.

By: Kralizec

Kralizec — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:02:21 +0000

I think the more important issue here is the creepy picture of the old ladies in the Google ad I keep seeing at HA over the past few days.

RightWinged on November 19, 2006 at 9:03 PM

I’m not sure HotAir is well-served by that ad. Placing an ad between the blog post and the comments section is quite a good idea, of course, as far as that goes. Yet it seems the ads should never be allowed to become downright unappealing, unless there’s some commercial advantage to HotAir in giving readers a negative association with the thought of clicking a blog entry.

However, having two old Medicare parasites remind me of my mortality, “social welfare,” and the demographic problem isn’t nearly as repugnant as having to up with Grebrook’s full-on enmity every time I scan the comments. Nor in his case is there even an advertising fee to compensate HotAir for some portion of the commercial disadvantage of letting him pop in to drag down the mood.

By: William Amos

William Amos — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:56:21 +0000

The black caucus will go ballistic if they go after alcee or William Jefferson. So dont hold your breath.

By: rw

rw — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:46:30 +0000

If Pelosi appoints Hastings, can the Executive Branch revoke his security clearance? Who would be willing to argue publicly that someone prone to accepting bribes should have access to highly classified information? Pelosi would either have a chairman with no ability to do his job or would have to reverse her decision and appoint someone else. Seems like a win/win situation.

I believe that Hastings was not convicted criminally, but he was impeached nonetheless.

By: iam7545

iam7545 — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:42:33 +0000

I do not get this. In most professions being convicted of a major felony results in punishment. Most companies or professions will not hire a felon. Now after campaigning on the environment of corruption crap what do the Dems do? -Give a felon Committe Chair. Fact is indeed stranger than fiction. Even Rove could not write this script.

By: Scotsman

Scotsman — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:23:53 +0000

Get with the program- that was then, this is now. They’re Democrats, and there’s a shortage of qualified candidates. They’re going to have to go with what they’ve got, never mind they were once considered impeachable. It could happen to anyone. (sarcasm off)

By: Slublog

Slublog — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:23:25 +0000

Excuse me, that should read “a man who we know has sacrificed his principles…”

By: Slublog

Slublog — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:18:07 +0000

Hastings as intelligence chair would be funny if it weren’t so serious. Pelosi wants to put our national security secrets in the hands of a man who we know will sacrifice his principles for cash.

Yeah, that’s a great idea.

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:03:06 +0000

I think the more important issue here is the creepy picture of the old ladies in the Google ad I keep seeing at HA over the past few days.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:01:10 +0000

If Nancy thinks being Speaker of the House is the same as being Queen of the House, she’s in the midst of a rude awakening.