Democrats in the House blocked the investigation of Speaker Pelosi for her recent comments saying the CIA misled Congress by a vote of 252-172.

Bipartisan? Hardly. “The most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.” Right. Sure. Whatever you say hopefully soon to be former Speaker. The direction you’ve taken the country since taking power in 2006 has been a little less than wonderful. I won’t be sad to see you go, hopefully that blessed day is sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, the Democrats have blocked this attempt at the truth, but that doesn’t mean she is completely in the clear. If all else fails, we can always take back Congress in 2010.

Harry Reid, the majority leader in the Senate, is talking about punishing Joe Lieberman for supporting John McCain for president. He is talking about stripping him of his leadership positions, such as chairman of the Homeland Security committee. This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in a long time. Joe Lieberman is a center-left democrat and he has been a leader in the Senate for a long time. He was the 2000 vice-presidential candidate with Al Gore. He has been friends with John McCain for a long time, and frankly, his beliefs are more closely aligned with McCain than they are with Obama. McCain is center-right; Obama is far-left.  I thought that it was a wonderful display of somebody actually doing what they thought was right, rather than supporting someone based solely on the party that they belong to.

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