Took the Gavel W/Him as He Exited

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The Republican chairman walked off with the gavel, leaving Democrats shouting into turned-off microphones at a raucous hearing Friday on the Patriot Act.

The House Judiciary Committee hearing, with the two sides accusing each other of being irresponsible and undemocratic, came as President Bush was urging Congress to renew those sections of the post-Sept. 11 counterterrorism law set to expire in September.

Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the panel, abruptly gaveled the meeting to an end and walked out, followed by other Republicans. Sensenbrenner declared that much of the testimony, which veered into debate over the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, was irrelevant.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., protested, raising his voice as his microphone went off, came back on, and went off again.

“We are not besmirching the honor of the United States, we are trying to uphold it,” he said.

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Just watched it on C-Span. A pantheon of santimonious liberals testified. Ranting and raving about Gitmo, Abu Ghraib how the image of America is being wrecked about everything except the purpose of the hearings…

These people seriously creep me out. Try watching them with with the mute on. They all have the same gestures…bobbling heads, thumb and forefinger made into OK signs which go up and down like a metronome, mouths moving without a pause, little head twiches followed by a smile and a wide eyed look. I think they are aliens. If you’ve never seen them before you can tell they are liberals even with the sound off.
 
Did you read this: I think gilliams right the children are mis behaving again 😃

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, in a statement, said the hearing was an example of Republican abuse of power and she would ask House Speaker Dennis Hastert to order an apology from Sensenbrenner.

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