Talk of impeachment is way out of line -- but not for the reason you think
LaShawn Barber was attempting to draft hypothetical Articles of Impeachment against Bush. Predictably, people in her audience popped a collective blood vessel.
Rosemary wants to help and has asked her audience to pitch in.
As for me, I think talk of impeachment is (to say the least) premature. Not only that: this kind of talk only serves to rile up the Republican base (as evidenced by LBC's audience going off the deep end). Rove and Mehlman are behind it. From their perspective, what's not to like? It is a proven money-maker for the party. Money follows fear.
But I digress.
It's premature to talk about articles of impeachment because we haven't even seen a proper investigation of the Executive branch yet. And apparently we never will as long as the rubber stamp Republican Congress is in the majority.
So cool your jets, people -- Republican and Democrat alike.
P.S. "Investigation" is not the same thing as "impeachment," nor is it the same as "conviction." All of you who are outraged that we might even consider "investigating" the president during wartime are waaaaaaaaaay out of line. You should be aware that It is well within Congress' constitutional authority to engage in oversight and that includes investigating the executive branch.
C'mon -- wouldn't you like to know what happened to all those missing billions of dollars in Iraq?
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Categories: 2006 Elections
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, Dick Cheney
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First off, the fight against islamofasciststatelessterrorism is so far removed in every respect from what we know of as warfare, you can assume that the term “wartime” is being used ignorantly or falsely any time you hear it.
Second, I totally agree, impeachment is our last concern. We need to: 1) wrest control of government from Republicans before they do any more harm, 2) reverse the damage they’ve done already and then, only then, punish those who have willfully broken the law. We can do those things best by educating the public and taking control of the Congress in November. And it would also be fine with me if we then skipped past impeachment and went directly to federal and international prosecution of FISA violations and war crimes, respectively. Impeachment is better than they deserve.
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May 11, 2006 08:57 PM