Repuke Threatens To Impeach bush...

[cynatnite]

Several Republican lawmakers have sharply criticized the imprisonment of two border agents who were convicted of shooting a Mexican drug smuggler in the back and attempting to cover it up.

Appeals to President Bush to pardon the two men, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, have increased since one was assaulted by fellow inmates in a federal prison last weekend.

Yesterday, two Repulican Congressmen had strong words to say about Bush, with one even threatening impeachment.

"Reps. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., blasted President Bush for not intervening in the case, with Rohrabacher hinting that he would consider pressing for impeachment if either of the two agents was killed in prison," Dave Montgomery reports for McClatchy Newspapers.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/GOP_Rep._warns_Bush_if_border_0208.html

[babylonsister]

1. He's making friends all over the place. nt

[Fridays Child]

2. Why are they not similarly moved by the grisly deaths of our troops...

...in a war caused by the outright lies that Bush has told to the American people.

[BuyingThyme]

5. I want to know why Nancy Pelosi isn't similarly moved.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=154912&mesg_id=154912

[Lindsay]

8. Jones has actually come out against the war.

And apologized for the "Freedom Fries" idiocy as well.

[Virginia Dare]

3. I have a perfect solution to this problem..

how about if Jones and Rohrabacher offer to exchange themselves for the two border patrol agents?

[Buzz Clik]

4. Rohrbacher is a total moron. He hasn't abandoned that approach here.

How the hell can he blame Bush for this? What utter bullshit.

Rohrbacher should go ahead and see if he can impeach Bush by himself over this idiocy.

[porphyrian]

6. Mmmm, irony. - n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

7. I read the facts about these agents that shot this guy.

And the reports you hear on the tube leave out some of those facts. Someone here at DU provided an official government link on why the attorney general charged these agents for what they did. This is why the jury sentenced them to serve time. When Lou Dobbs showed a clip about that, they only showed republican lawmakers upset out it. I knew right then and there that something was being left out of this report.

Bush wouldn't dare pardon these two agents for what they did. If he does, it will be a huge mess for him.