Refocusing the Impeachment Movement on Administration Officials Below the President and Vice-President: Why Not Have A Realistic Debate, with Charges that Could Actually Result in Convictions?
There is a well-organized and growing movement to impeach President Bush and/or Vice President Cheney. On my bookshelf sit half a dozen books making the case for Bush's impeachment. I myself have no doubt that Bush has, in fact, committed impeachable offenses, and that for each Bush "high crime and misdemeanor," Cheney's culpability is ten or twenty times greater.
At the outset of the 2006 midterm election, Democratic Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, and Senator Majority Leader-designate Harry Reid, stated on behalf of the Democratic leadership that impeachment of Bush or Cheney would be off the table if they won control of Congress - as they have indeed done. But this position has angered many who want these men impeached.
"Impeachment is not optional. It's not something that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can say is not on the table," Cindy Sheehan, who lost her soldier son in Iraq, said at a recent rally. "It is their duty as officers of the Constitution, who have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution, to carry out impeachment." Her anger is certainly understandable. Her relentless pursuit of this cause is highly commendable. But her energy and effort are misplaced, if not wasted.
Impeachment is a political process, and not only are the votes to remove either Bush or Cheney lacking, but it also would not be very good politics to do to them what was done to President Clinton.
The Republican Congress shamed itself when it impeached and tried President William Jefferson Clinton. It was a repeat of what an earlier Republican Congress had done to President Andrew Johnson, following the Civil War. Both proceedings were politics at their ugliest.
Democrats, when they undertook to impeach Richard Nixon, moved very slowly, building bipartisan support for the undertaking. Nixon, of course, resigned, when it became apparent that the House had the votes to impeach and the Senate had the votes to convict, with his removal supported by Democrats and Republicans, and conservatives and liberals alike.
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7 comments:
I don't know what to say here, it may take all of the remaining two years the Chimp/Cheney have left to accomplish this.
I notice how much concern and sympathy the public is giving Laura Bush on her very, extremely early diagnosis of cancer on her leg that only went as far as the surface cells. NOT! She grins like a psycho, really errie lady. I guess anyone that can walk around after murdering someone (ex-boyfriend) in cold blood has to be psycho, seriously.
And she is errie lady? Makes you wonder if she really ran her ex on purpose.. Looks are deceiving when you look at Laura...
No I don't wonder if Laura purposely ran over (killed) her ex
Cold Blooded
Looks are not deceiving for me she has an errie psycho grin and look in her eyes all the time. She creeps me out, this is someone I would want to avoid. I remember when Gerbil announced Reagans death, and she stood next to him with her wacko grin the whole time, also at the Pope's funneral, and Martin Luther Kings wifes funneral. No she is a hard core wacko. She is better out of the library and away from small children, one might piss her off and she may have to wack them. I am sure Gin & Tonic did not get all their genes from just the Gerbil, they also got some wacko genes from Mom.
"I am sure Gin & Tonic did not get all their genes from just the Gerbil, they also got some wacko genes from Mom."
Bunch of weird family, aren't they, Chicago Native... Jen and Tonic may be worse than their mom.
Like Anthony said on PJF blog, the Osbornes are more normal.
Yes Sharon is smarter, not a murderer, Ozzie got where he did because of talent. The kids go into rehab when they need it. Hmmmm, doesn't look good for the Gerbils.
Very good article SPB...John Dean spells out the inherent dilemmas of the Impeachment quest at this time.
However, in my heart I still hope there comes a time in late 2007 that the masses are yealling for Impeachment.
Chicago Native:
Not you can see how messed up the Gerbil family. Bunch of coke snorting, drinking, and cannabis smoking family.. Yup worst than the Osborne and worst mouths than Howard Stern.
CC:
Dean did a good article. That why people have to understand that in order to remove the Gerbil and the Ambien that it will take at least 2/3 of Congress to present a bill for impeachment. It is important to sign a petition and bug Congress constantly..
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