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Targeted for
Political Oblivion in 2000: The 223 Republicans and 5 Democrats
who Voted for Impeachment (this
is the printer friendly version)
We warned them!
We told them pretty
clearly on November 3rd that we wanted this president censured,
but not impeached. They didn't listen.
Instead the House. led
by Henry Hyde with his own "youthful indiscretion," has
impeached President Clinton on two counts and sent the matter off
to the Senate. This despite polls that indicated 60-67% of the public
opposed impeachment.
The Republicans reassured
one another not to worry about those polls. They said we wouldn't
remember in 2000. "The attention span of Americans is, 'Which
movie is coming out next month'" according to former Senator
Alan Simpson. Ha! They'll find out!
Today, December 20th,
the day after the impeachment vote, Clinton's approval rate is UP
ten points in the CNN poll to 73---- higher than Reagan's highest
mark! The approval rate of the Republicans is DOWN ten points.
That enterprising action
group, moveon.org, has started a pledge movement for people
to commit to send money to help defeat those who voted for impeachment.
In ONE day over $5,000,000 has been pledged. (This is a moral commitment,
not a legal one. They commit to indicating the races in early 2000
where your money--- which you send personally--- will be best spent.)
Join the crowd! http://www.moveon.org/pledge.htm
For the record, these are the culprits:
Democrats: Taylor (MS),
McHale (PA), Hall (TX), Stenholm (TX), and Goode (VA).
Republicans:
Alabama-- Callaghan, Everett, Riley, Aderholt, Bachus
Alaska-- Young
Arizona-- Salmon, Stump, Shadegg, Kolbe, Hayworth
Arkansas-- HUTCHINSON, Dickey
California-- Riggs, Herger, Doolittle, Pombo, Campbell, Radanovich,
Thomas, GALLEGLY, McKeon, ROGAN, Dreier, Horn, Royce, Lewis, Kim,
Calvert, BONO, Rohrabacher, Cox, Packard, Bilbray, Cunningham, Hunter
Colorado-- McInnis, Schaffer, Hefley, Schaefer
Connecticut-- Johnson
Delaware-- Castle
Florida-- Scarborough, Fowler, Stearns, Mica, McCOLLUM, Bilirakis,
Young, CANADY, Miller, Goss, Weldon, Foley, Ros-Lehtinen, Diaz-Balart,
Shaw
Georgia-- Kingston, Collins, Gingrich, BARR, Chambliss, Deal,Norwood,
Linder
Idaho-- Chenoweth, Crapo
Illinois-- HYDE, Crane, Porter, Weller, Fawell, Hastert, Ewing,
Manzullo, LaHood, Shimkus
Indiana-- McIntosh, Souder, BUYLER, Burton, PEASE, Hostettler
Iowa-- Leach, Nussle, Ganske, Latham
Kansas-- Moran, Ryun, Snowbarger. Tiahrt
Kentucky-- Whitfield, Lewis, Northrup, Bunning, Rogers
Louisiana-- Livingston, Tauzin, McCrery, Cooksey, Baker
Maryland-- Gilchrist, Ehrlich, Bartlett
Michigan-- Hoekstra, Ehlers, Camp, Upton, Smith, Knollenberg
Minnesota-- Gutknecht, Ramstad
Mississippi-- Wicker, Pickering, Parker
Missouri-- Talent, Blount, Emerson, Hulshof
Montana-- Hill
Nebraska-- Bereuter, Christensen, Barrett
Nevada-- Ensign, Gibbons
New Hampshire-- Sununu, Bass
New Jersey-- LoBiondo, Saxton, Smith, Roukema, Franks, Frelinghuysen,
Pappas
New Mexico-- Wilson, Skeen, Redmond
New York--Forbes, Lazio, Fossella, Kelly, Gilman, Solomon, Boehlert,
McHugh, Walsh, Paxon, Quinn
North Carolina-- Jones, Burr, COBLE, Myrick, Ballenger, Taylor
Ohio-- CHABOT, Portman, Oxley, Gillmor, Hobson, Boehner, Kasich,
Pryce, Regula, Ney, LaTourette
Oklahoma-- Largent, Coburn, Watkins, Watts, Istook, Lucas
Oregon-- Smith
Pennsylvania-- Peterson, Weldon, Greenwood, Shuster, McDade, Fox,
Pitts, GEKAS, Gooding, English
South Carolina-- Sanford, Spence, GRAHAM, INGLIS
South Dakota-- Thune
Tennessee-- JENKINS, Duncan, Wamp, Hilleary, BRYANT
Texas-- Johnson, Sessions, Barton, Archer, Brady, Granger, Thornberry,
Paul, Combest, SMITH, DeLay, Bonilla, Armey
Utah-- Hansen, Cook, CANNON
Virginia-- Baterman, GOODLATTE, Bliley, Wolf, Davis
Washington-- White, Metcalf, Smith, Hastings, Nethercutt, Dunn
Wisconsin-- Neumann, Klug, Petri, SENSENBRENNER
Wyoming-- Cubin
You will notice that
a number of these people are lame ducks, and Gingrich and Livingston
have already self-destructed. The capitalized ones served on the
House Injudiciary Committee and deserve double jeopardy.
Let's definitely remember
to support the four moderate Republicans who broke ranks to vote
against all the articles of impeachment:
Christopher Shays, Connecticut
Constance Morella, Maryland
Peter T. King, New York
Amo Houghton, New York
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