A little trip down memory lane: why *is* the Village so shocked by the GOPs extremism?
by digby
Do you ever wonder what became of the Republicans who voted to impeach a two term president over inappropriate fellatio? Howie looked it up:
No Democrats voted for removal and 8 Republican senators voted not guilty on at least one of the two articles. The only Republicans left in the Senate who voted to remove Bill Clinton from office are:
Miss McConnell (R-KY)
John McCain (R-AZ)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Jeff Sessions (KKK-AL)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Chuck Grassley (R-NE)
Below you'll find a whole gaggle of former House Members, now in the Senate, who voted to impeach President Clinton. He isn't in the Senate any longer, but Chuck Hagel (R-NE) also voted to remove Clinton from office on both counts. He's up for some big job now.
Click over to see who they are. Nine of them are now Senators. And a whole bunch of others are in the GOP House leadership.
And yet, for some reason,the Villagers all act as if it's a complete surprise that the Republican Party is composed of a bunch of nuts. Of course, the Villagers all led that nutty witch hunt, so they aren't likely to see just how responsible they are for the extremism they enabled with that juvenile crusade. But they are.
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