Ray McGovern: Nadler Disses Voters on Impeachment

[babylonsister]

Nadler Disses Voters on Impeachment
By Ray McGovern, www.consortiumnews.com



You would not know it for the news blackout, but New Yorkers of Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s district held a Town Hall/Impeachment Forum on Sunday to encourage Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney.

Panelists included former congresswoman Liz Holtzman, former Reagan Justice Department attorney Bruce Fein, human rights attorney and Harpers commentator Scott Horton, and John Nirenberg, the activist who at the turn of the year walked from Boston to Washington, D.C., in a futile attempt to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on impeachment.

The organizers had asked me to be on the panel, but I had to send regrets and submitted a statement instead (see below). A video of the proceedings will be posted on afterdowningstreet.org.

Taking Stock

In a post mortem Sunday evening, the organizers reportedly painted a mixed picture of good and bad news.

On the positive side, Judson Memorial Church was crammed to overflowing, with 300 folks to hear the panelists. And this, despite the fact that most were already aware that Nadler had announced (late Friday afternoon) that he would be a no-show. He did not even send a representative.

The panelists’ remarks were compelling. Blame for inaction on impeachment was laid squarely on our invertebrate Congress (but, I’m sorry, that familiar whining can get a bit tiresome). The audience was described as well-educated, non-fringe, and polite.

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[proud2BlibKansan]

1. I hope Ray is doing better

We can't lose his voice.

[Hubert Flottz]

2. When they called me BEGGING for money again, I told them...

Political contributions are "OFF THE TABLE" and then I hung up the phone.

Democracy, Freedom, Liberty, Justice are Off the table it would seem.

Congress has never learned right from wrong I guess.

[Mnemosyne]

3. "Is it not clear, finally, that the time for politeness is over?"

It has been for a long time Ray, sadly.