{"id":5578,"date":"2008-07-26T08:06:53","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T08:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/07\/the-tone-of-these-deliberation.html"},"modified":"2008-07-26T08:06:53","modified_gmt":"2008-07-26T08:06:53","slug":"the-tone-of-these-deliberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/07\/the-tone-of-these-deliberation.html","title":{"rendered":"“The tone of these deliberations is slightly demented”"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the country experiencing inflation, high gas prices, foreclosures and failing banks, this is how the Congress spends its time<\/a>? On what Rep. Lamar Smith calls an “anger management session?” Why waste the time when they aren’t going to impeach him? Because the Democrats are all style and no substance, they would rather play to their base than do any real work.
\nI agree with Professor Jeremy Rabkin of George Mason University School of Law (quoted in the title):<\/p>\n

“You should all remind yourselves that the rest of the country is not necessarily in this same bubble in which people think it is reasonable to describe the president as if he were Caligula.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If the country felt the way the Democrats on this committee did, then Obama would have a much wider lead over McCain and right now it’s a toss up. The public doesn’t care about impeachment, that’s why Pelosi buried it in this committee. If she thought she could get away with it, she’d do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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