I suppose a bit of latitude (a big bit, actually) must be allowed as this latest Liberal gem came from Houston's own Sheila Jackson Lee.

"Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee argued Wednesday the Republican effort to sue President Obama is nothing but a veiled attempt to impeach him — something Democrats never did to President George W. Bush:

I ask my colleagues to oppose this resolution for it is in fact a veiled attempt at impeachment and it undermines the law that allows a president to do his job. A historical fact: President Bush pushed this nation into a war that had little to do with apprehending terrorists. We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush, because as an executive, he had his authority. President Obama has the authority.

Except former Rep. Dennis Kucinich did actually introduce a bill to impeach Bush in 2008 — and Jackson Lee actually was a co-sponsor to the legislation."

Duh!!

On the positive side, I suppose Lee is always good for a laugh.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/...ic-lawmaker-who

She's hard to explain.

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Update:

Dwayne Horner, blogging over at PJ Media, tells what happened when he contacted Lee's office in order to resolve the differences between what she said on the House floor Wednesday and what she had done in 2008.

"Today I called her Washington office to see if perhaps I was confused, and the representative from Houston was telling the truth. When reaching her D.C. congressional office, I asked the nice lady who answered the phone if she knew of the contradiction and could help my confusion. After clearly saying she was not speaking for the congresswoman, when asked about the fact there was a contradiction, she said “We are aware that the congresswoman has made contradicting statements in her remarks on the floor.”

When I pressed, and asked “Not as a representative but just as someone I am talking to, isn’t the fact that she said one thing in 2008 that is totally opposite of what she said yesterday – isn’t that really a lie?” The answer, honest but shocking, was “Yes I think that is a lie.” (Note the quotes are from memory, I didn’t anticipate that I would need to get them on record but I sure wish I had.)

That was startling. I asked to speak to someone in the office to register my thoughts on a congresswoman lying on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. From there, it got crazy but not as crazy, and then a little crazier.

I was transferred to a gentleman on Lee’s staff. When I again asked him about the contradiction and stated that perhaps I was confused, the man said “Oh look it here, we have one of those right wing, tea-bagger nut jobs on the phone taking his cues from FOX News.”

He then accused me of being un-American, raising his voice at me while asking me to calm down, and telling me that I am just on some mission to destroy our country. When I calmly asked for his name, he said “I don’t have to give it to you because I don’t want to show up on some right wing blog and be on your Twitter account.” Keep in mind, I never said who I was – he just made assumptions and attacked me. When I reminded him that he gets paid by our tax dollars, he said “I doubt you even pay taxes and the IRS will find you soon enough,” and hung up on me.

Was that a threat from Rep. Lee’s staff to use the IRS as a weapon against citizens for just asking questions?

Astounded at what happened, I called back and asked to speak to the Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Lee because I had been treated rudely and threatened. After being transferred, another nice gentleman said “This is the Chief Counsel, you have 15 seconds.”

I said “Really?”

“Fourteen seconds now.”

When I asked him for his name, he said “Chief Counsel.” Of course that’s not his name, and I said “No, I mean your name, not your title.”

“Chief Counsel.”

Every time I asked, he counted down another second.

I told him that this was not confidential information and that I could do a Freedom of Information request. Click, and the call was over. He hung up on me.

That’s what happens when you the office of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)."

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/07/31/exc...achment-claims/

Whether in fact Lee lied or not I can guarantee you she will not suffer at all nor will the issue make any difference for her back in Houston. How do I know? I used to live in that district when I attended the University of Houston and even ran for office there as a Libertarian back in the day, not against her but one of her equally intellectually and morally challenged predecessors. The district is overwhelmingly black. The Republicans don't even field a candidate there. Why bother? For the record my opponent came in next to last with 97% of the vote and I came in second with 3% of the vote.

Ah, good times.