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John Yarmuth (D-KY): 2006 Was About the Rule of Law

(Thanks to Selise for the YouTube)

You never know who is going to sound like a DFH blogger these days. Many of you were talking about Steny Hoyer sounding like one in the Contempt debate. And how about John Yarmuth (D-KY), who reminds us that 2006 was at least partly about restoring the Constitution.

In November of 2006, the American people decided to give the Democrats control of the House of Representatives and the Congress. I was fortunate enough to be elected as one of the 43 new Democrats in that class. And many people said in examining that election, "Oh, we were elected because of the War in Iraq." But that’s not what I heard. What I heard when I was campaigning in 2006 and I think most of my colleagues in this class would say the same thing is, we want to return to the tenets of the Constitution. We want to restore the checks and balances that the Founding Fathers prescribed. We want to make sure that this President and every President is held accountable, is not above the law.

The Gavel has another passage of Yarmouth’s speech along with another YouTube.

The Democrats are almost looking like the Democratic Party today. You think they noticed Donna Edwards’ win?

Update: multiple typos fixed, thanks to selise and wkwf and SkinnyMinnie.