The Gutless Dems in Congress today would not even allow an actual vote on the motion to censure Rep. Stark for his abominable remarks during the SCHIP debate. They hid behind the procedural vote to table. Now having been in a legislature I know that a tabling vote is ambiguous.
Any of the 196 Dems that voted yes to table the resolution can say they did it because that exact moment was the wrong time to pass the censure motion - that perhaps next week or next month or some other day (read never) would be better - that the resolution still exists and could be removed from the table and acted upon. This is of course BS - they know it everyone knows it but they gave themselves cover. The 8 Dems that simply answered “I am in the room but take no position” are even more spineless. They cannot even claim they just thought now was the wrong time - they just had no clue what to do so they did nothing.
The 168 Republican members and the 5 Dems that voted no can legitimately say they thought now was the time and that the censure should be voted up or down.
It is notable that Stark did not even do the Honorable thing and abstain from voting on his own censure - but then he can I suppose say he was really just voting to have it taken up at another time, like after it became public that he really only apologized because Pelosi told him he had to. From a lefty blog:
I called Stark’s office in DC to complain about his apology. The person answering the phone told me that Stark had no choice; Stark was told before the vote was taken that should he not apologize, the vote to censure would pass. According to his office, that is the only reason he apologized.
Well, maybe it will come off the table and he can be censured - even though censure is like a slap on the wrist with a feather. It has no teeth, not even any gums.
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