Just a reminder that the whole talk about impeachment of Judge Bybee would not be necessary without the votes to approve his confirmation to a lifetime appointment to the Federal Bench from 26 Democratic Party enablers
The vote was taken on March 13, 2003 @ 4:19 PM and was passed by a vote of 74-19 with 7 not voting. Nineteen Democrats held fast to their principals in this vote at least and refused to give Bybee a lifetime appointment to the Federal Bench.
Of all those who voted for his appointment it is perhaps the greatest hypocrisy of all for Senator Patrick Leahy to now howl with righteous indignation about the need for an investigation into these matters.
He had the chance to do the right thing before, and blinked.
The list is full of many DINOs and some surprises (i.e. Schumer?):
Daniel Akaka
Max Baucus
Evan Bayh
Jeff Bingaman
John Breaux
Maria Cantwell
Thomas Carper
Kent Conrad
Tom Daschle
Christopher Dodd
Byron Dorgan
Bob Graham
Fritz Hollings
Tim Johnson
Herb Kohl
Mary Landrieu
Patrick Leahy
Joseph Lieberman
Blanche Lincoln
Zell Miller
Bill Nelson
Ben Nelson
Mark Pryor
Harry Reid
Jay Rockefeller
Chuck Schumer
We should also give due praise and thanks to those 19 Democratic Senators who voted against Bybee's confirmation, and encourage them to continue this fight from 2003 to now remove him from the bench.
The senators who voted against confirmation are listed below:
Barbara Boxer
Robert Byrd
Hillary Clinton
Jon Corzine
Mark Dayton
Dick Durbin
Russell Feingold
Dianne Feinstein
Tom Harkin
Daniel Inouye
Edward Kennedy
Frank Lautenberg
Carl Levin
Barbara Mikulski
Patty Murray
Jack Reed
Paul Sarbanes
Debbie Stabenow
Ron Wyden
Watch in the coming days and weeks for any statement coming from those Democratic Senators who voted for Mr. Bybee's confirmation and we must call them on their rank hypocrisy as a potential behavior modification check to hopefully help them find their cojones the next time they are lulled into the delusion of so-called "Bipartisanship".
They should never have voted to approve him then, whether or not the OLC memos are just now coming to light.
Oh and the three Democrats who didn't bother to vote on this matter at all?
Joe Biden
John Edwards
John Kerry