Reply #21: "The people, when they put us into office last November, they did NOT ask us to impeach the VP."

[seafan]

Ed said he did not ask her to come on his program... she called in and asked to be interviewed. Keep calling her, people! We've got her on the run.


Rough transcript of this interview follows, paraphrasing as best as I can:


November 8, 2007

DWS: .... so, if we impeach Cheney, THEN what? We still have Bush in office. We will squander the time we have.


Ed: So are you telling me it's just about November of 08?? *The timing*??


DWS: We need to tough out the next 12 months and deliver the new direction for Americans so they will reward us by reelecting us, and beating more repub opponents.

If we pursue impeachment of the VP, we will spiral downward and fall right into repub hands... they are the ones that defeated that motion to table, so that they could embarrass us, claiming then that we never get anything done because we were bogged down with this. The media would be all over it...

It's all about timing. If there were 2.5 yrs left in his adm, we MIGHT could do something.




ED: Wait! You're worried about *the media*? You could stop this country from going to war in Iran by impeaching that nut in the VP's office. So *timing* is what defending our Constitution depends on?? Or making sure the 3 branches of gov't do their jobs??


DWS: Polls don't even put impeachment in the top 10. It doesn't even come up...



Ed: IT DOES come up! What polls even ASK about impeachment. Cheney broke the law!


<<<<<<<< GGGOOOOOOOO ED!!!!!!! >>>>>>>>>


Ed: I care about the constitution, the rule of law.


DWS: If you care about the Constitution, allow us to concentrate on our oversight role, going forward on FISA, torture, .....we wouldn't be able to have those hearings if we were in impeachment hearings.


Ed: But it's what the people WANT!! They sent you to DC to stand up against what Bush/Cheney are doing! Cheney is pushing for war in Iran!



DWS: Ed, are you kidding me???? They're not interested in impeachment. People want us to remain focused on the agenda of passing legislation... health care, minimum wage...


ED: NO, I'm not kidding you.
Why you won't get them out of office... because you are too focused on legislation you want to get passed??




DWS: Ed, Ed, we have 12 months to get this right. We need to wait for a majority.



ED: I am restraining myself, struggling to restrain myself with you, but you are wrong on these issues.



DWS: But, Ed, we can't do this because impeachment would block out the sun.




Ed: The war is the number 1 issue!!!! You have not stopped Bush/Cheney from waging it!


DWS: We have passed bill after bill with timelines, but the Senate won't follow through on it. (She totally blames the Senate here.)


Ed: But you don't have to bring it to the floor!
The country wants redeployment, but that's not what they've gotten!


DWS: We are going to pass bridge funding. If the senate chooses not to do it, so be it.




DWS: I believe Robert Wexler is off base. If we impeach the VP, then what, impeach Bush, then impeach Condi Rice??



Ed: Congresswoman, I've gotta tell you that inside the beltway, the Dems are out of touch with America!


DWS: We want to concentrate on health care. thats' why founding fathers created 3 branches of govt.. and we need to focus on priorities of the American people, but impeachment is not even in the top 5.


Ed: You just made my point. The 3 branches are not working to rein in this administration!


END

This was explosive. She will not be able to defend not standing up for us.


A very good question a caller made.... "if impeachment was not what they were sent to do last November, why did Pelosi immediately take it off the table? You don't take a *non-issue* off the table."