You know, ugly rumors these days have a way of tunring out to be true. Well here's a doozey- Pelosi and the House leaders threw Stark under the bus and forced him to apologize.
Apologize or the censure passes- nice friends, huh?
Here's the post from Down With Tyranny-
"A Firedoglake reader called Stark's office to complain about the 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." Anyone want to guess who forced one of the best congressmen in America to humiliate himself and put himself on a level with someone like Mean Jean Schmidt? Was in Rahm? Hoyer? Madam Off the Table?"
I'm sure there will be those who will say I'm jumping to conclusions, but in this case it's the only thing that really seems to fit the facts. Why else would a fiery Pete Stark be made to humiliate himself in this way?
I've been on a bit of tirade lately expressing my disappointment at our current leadership in Washington, and decrying their general lack of spine. But if Pelosi cut a deal with Boner and threw one our folks under the bus, I'm beyond disgusted.
How can this be confirmed or dismissed? Personally I'd really like to know what the lay of the land is, so I can begin to make some of those hard, individual choices. I've committed a lot to my party, but I'm pretty sure this is not the kind of behavior I was shooting for.