Rep. Wexler Says 'Impeachment' Questioning McClellan MUST-VIEW

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"Wexler Questions former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan in House Judiciary Committee on June 20, 2008."

Watch this to see a real Democrat in action. He accuses Cheney right out.

Hat Tip Amerigo Vespucci

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3492362

After questioning former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan during a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee Friday, a Democratic congressman called for impeachment proceedings to be initiated.

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) said that he believed McClellan's testimony implicated both Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush as the only two administration sources who could have leaked the identity of former CIA covert operative Valerie Plame-Wilson.

"The president and vice president have denied ordering this illegal leak, but logic and the chain of command dictates that it must have been one of them,” said Wexler. "Mr. McClellan, in your book, you state that you cannot believe President Bush authorized the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's status as a covert agent. ... Who does that leave us? The vice president."

"He is someone that keeps things pretty close to the vest, to say the least," replied McClellan.

"There's a lot of suspicion there, because there's questions that have never been answered, despite the fact that we said we would address these issues." McClellan added. Asked Wexler, "So this suspicion leads you to believe that Vice President Cheney could have authorized Mr. Libby's leak?" McClellan replied, "I can't rule it out."

"We know that the vice president wrote a note where he starts to write and then crosses out the fact that the president himself asked Mr. Libby to stick his neck into a meat grinder to protect the administration," said Wexler. "It's clear to me that Mr. Cheney is the only one left -- the only likely suspect -- to have ordered the leak. If Mr. Cheney really thought Libby was innocent, then Mr. Cheney's note would have said, 'We need to protect this man, who has done nothing wrong.'"

Wexler closed by thundering: "The vice president's own hand betrays him, and Libby, and implicates the President of the United States. These facts in your testimony, Mr. McClellan, are more than enough, in my view, to open up impeachment hearings."

[tekisui]

1. Hell Yeah, Rep. Wexler!!!!

A True Patriot. Go after dickie! Impeach the War Criminals!

[pleah]

2. Second hell yeah! IMPEACH NOW!

K&R

[vinylsolution]

3. So where are all the other Dems on this?

Looks like only Wexler & Kucinich have the cojones to actually do something.

Ask your local CongressCritter if he supports the impeachment process - and if not, then why not?

[fascisthunter]

4. Those That Voted for Retroactive Immunity Today are Wiping Something from their chins

so I doubt they will support it unless they are cowered into doing so.

[Seabiscuit]

19. We already know their canned reply: "We don't have the votes."

They have the votes to impeach in the House if the Dems stuck together, which they won't thanks to Pelosi and Hoyer.

They just don't have the votes to convict, because Lieberman will stand with the united Repubs in the Senate to cause a 50-50 split.

[midnight]

24. We just need to keep repeating- B.S. over and over.

[gateley]

25. Here's what my congressman said:

Dear Mary Ellen:

Thank you for contacting me to urge the impeachment of
President George W. Bush. It was good to hear from you, and I
appreciate your taking the time to get in touch with me.

I share your concerns about the accuracy of pre-war
intelligence regarding Iraq and the veracity of U.S. government
officials in the representation of that intelligence. I support a
thorough investigation of these and other issues related to the
conduct of the war in Iraq. Although I do not serve on committees
of jurisdiction regarding these issues, you can be sure that I will
continue to work in Congress to hold the Bush Administration
accountable for its statements and its actions.

I am working with our national leaders to support policies
that will defend our values, protect our children and our families,
put our people back to work and get our economy back on track. I
look forward to your continued input on these and other issues as I
do so.


Sincerely,

Bob Etheridge
Member of Congress

[90-percent]

5. Wexler

Was he a former District Attorney or Prosecutor? He asks questions in such a way as to paint his suspects into the corner of a logic box of which the only escape is a Presidential Pardon.

OR IMPEACHMENT?

Gee, YAH THINK?

-90% Jimmy

Also he gives out more Long Island vibes than FLA vibes. Did he follow his fellow suburban New Yorkers out to their FLA retirement?

[Pastiche423]

12. How about Queens vibes?

He lived there until the age of ten. His family then moved to South Florida.

I found no evidence of Wexler being a District attorney or prosecutor. According to Wikipedia:

Wexler received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 1985 and was a lawyer in private practice before serving in the House.

[cindydivine]

6. Right on!

Get Cheney!! It is about time...

[raystorm7]

7. No, Thank you Rep. Robert Wexler!

[garthranzz]

8. An eerie reminder of the past...

Listening to this, my first thought was - this is Watergate Redux. McClellan= John Dean, Wexler = pick one.

It sounds so much the same.

Scary - and hopeful.

[hokies4ever]

9. Give me Wexler in a debate ANY day

He reminds me of Pelosi in his level of scathing discourse against Bush before she became Speaker of the House.

[wryter2000]

10. Wexler's amazing

I was pretty astonished McLellan was so straight-forward. I thought he'd hem and haw and dance around the issue more.

[lovuian]

11. So Fitz didn't get his men after all

according to Scottie

and he is under oath

[L. Coyote]

13. Fitz is part of the cover-up, or sure!! He really conned a lot of people.

Fitz is first and foremost an R!
Seems he was also the enabler of the fallback position.
The quarterback was Bush with the pardon for the scapegoat.

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. Fitz was not the problem

Fitzgerald did his job. He got a conviction of Libby. The jury did their jobs. The judge did his job.

It was the frightened monkey in the WH that commuted Libby that was/is the problem.

[L. Coyote]

14. One too many expressos?? Wexler was quite excited!!

[pacalo]

15. K&R.

[L. Coyote]

16. C-SPAN Library now has the hearing video:

CIA Leak Investigation
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=206086-1

Format: House Committee Judiciary
Event Date: 06/20/2008
Length: 5 hours, 43 minutes

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan testified about reported efforts to cover up the role of the White House in leaking the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a Central Intelligence Agency covert operative. Much of the questioning from committee members focused on his book What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception and his criticism of the president and his most senior aides on a wide range of topics, from the handling of pre-war intelligence to the response to Hurricane Katrina. In his testimony Mr. McClellan also said the White House had "sought to avoid public accountability and scrutiny" about the leaking of a CIA agent's name and "overstated and over-packaged" intelligence related to the Iraq war. He also spoke about his decision to publicly criticize the Bush administration.

[antigop]

17. So Scottie gives us a "glimpse of the truth" -- Good for him. Kudos to Wexler! k&r n/t

[phrigndumass]

18. Let's make this a Hell Yeah sandwich!

K/R :thumbsup:

[pberq]

20. That is powerful!

Where are the rest of the Democrats? (or should I say DINOS)

[bitchkitty]

21. Can I get an Amen?

Rep. Wexler is on fire!

[windoe]

22. K & R Music to my ears n/t

[zeos3]

26. kick