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OK, Nancy Pelosi is the incoming Speaker of the House of Representatives. I can accept that. I think......:unsure:
Her first mistake it seems was backing Rep. Jack Murtha for House Majority Leader (the no. 2 post) over Rep. Steny Hoyer who was in line for the position due to his former position as Minority Whip. Murtha was implicated as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the ABSCAM scandal back in the late 70's/early 80's. His track record on ethics has left a lot to be desired since. Luckily her fellow Democratic house members disagreed and handily elected Hoyer.
Will her second mistake be to appoint Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) to Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee? Unfortunately this decision is hers and hers alone. For those who don't remember or haven't read about the Honorable Mr. Hastings, he was a federal judge appointed by Carter who was impeached in 1988 by a vote of 413-3 by a Democratic House and removed from office by a substantial majority in a Democratic Senate for accepting bribes. He was only the 10th federal judge in our history to be impeached. He ran for and won a House seat in Florida in 1992, and has served ever since. It appears as if Pelosi has ruled out Jane Harmon for this post even though she has the seniority on the committee and would logically be in line for it. She has the backing of the "Blue Dog Democrats", Hastings has the backing of the CBC, including apparently John Conyers who co-sponsored Hasting's impeachment resolution and was an impeachment manager in his Senate trial.
Without a doubt it should be interesting to see if Hastings gets the nod and how Pelosi will justify that given her promise to clean up the "culture of corruption". It will also be interesting to see the justifications of the other house members who were around in '88 and voted for his impeachment. Many of them are still there.
Her first mistake it seems was backing Rep. Jack Murtha for House Majority Leader (the no. 2 post) over Rep. Steny Hoyer who was in line for the position due to his former position as Minority Whip. Murtha was implicated as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the ABSCAM scandal back in the late 70's/early 80's. His track record on ethics has left a lot to be desired since. Luckily her fellow Democratic house members disagreed and handily elected Hoyer.
Will her second mistake be to appoint Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) to Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee? Unfortunately this decision is hers and hers alone. For those who don't remember or haven't read about the Honorable Mr. Hastings, he was a federal judge appointed by Carter who was impeached in 1988 by a vote of 413-3 by a Democratic House and removed from office by a substantial majority in a Democratic Senate for accepting bribes. He was only the 10th federal judge in our history to be impeached. He ran for and won a House seat in Florida in 1992, and has served ever since. It appears as if Pelosi has ruled out Jane Harmon for this post even though she has the seniority on the committee and would logically be in line for it. She has the backing of the "Blue Dog Democrats", Hastings has the backing of the CBC, including apparently John Conyers who co-sponsored Hasting's impeachment resolution and was an impeachment manager in his Senate trial.
Without a doubt it should be interesting to see if Hastings gets the nod and how Pelosi will justify that given her promise to clean up the "culture of corruption". It will also be interesting to see the justifications of the other house members who were around in '88 and voted for his impeachment. Many of them are still there.