Posted on 08/24/2006 6:28:43 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Earlier this year, the Left was playing the impeachement drumbeat loud and clear. Then they suddenly got the memo that their calls for "chimpeachment" were counterproductive to the Democrat effort to win back the House and Senate. So for a few months hardly anything was heard again about impeaching Bush. However, now that the election is nearing, the Left simply can't contain themselves. Suddenly the word "impeachment" is sounding loud and clear in the Leftist Blogosphere again. And now adding his two cents to the impeachment drumbeat is Bill Maher as you can see in his Huffington Post BLOG titled, "Why Not Impeachment?" So let us now join the TV host with a face for radio in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, urging the Democrats to continue being counterproductive, is in the [brackets]:
Why Not Impeachment?
[Why not impeach Bill Maher from TV?]
So a judge has ruled that not only is Bush's warrantless wiretapping program illegal, it's also unconstitutional. And not just unconstitutional, but doubly unconstitutional; it violates both the 1st and 4th amendments. We're talking a smackdown of Judge Judy-esque proportions.
[Judge Judy rules in cases where she has a CONFLICT OF INTEREST? Because that is what happened in this case with Judge Anna Taylor Diggs. She should have RECUSED herself from this case because the plaintiff (ACLU) received a $45,000 grant from a foundation in which she is Secretary and Trustee. If anyone deserves impeachment here, it is Judge Taylor.]
Now, I'm not really pushing the impeachment of George Bush, unless it's about lying about that fish I talked about last season. Them I'm all for it.
[However, you are doing a really good impression of pushing impeachment.]
But if this decision stands, and this program is unlawful and unconstitutional, federal law expressly makes the ordering of surveillance under the program a federal felony. That would mean that the president could be guilty of no fewer than 30 felonies while in office. Moreover, it is not only illegal for a president to order such surveillance, it is illegal for other government officials to carry out such an order. And that means Alberto Gonzalez could be tried, convicted, and deported.
[You're going to deport Alberto Gonzalez to San Antonio where he was born?]
So let's just say for the sake of argument that the Supreme Court upholds this decision and says Bush broke the law and violated the Constitution. President Clinton was impeached for lying under oath in a civil case, a case that had no bearing on the public as a whole. This would - unquestionably - be a greater offense.
[Given the fact that Judge Taylor had a CONFLICT OF INTEREST and should have RECUSED herself from this case, your "sake of argument" proposition is an extreme longshot.]
How would you square impeaching Clinton and not impeaching Bush? Or would Bush have to sleep with this judge in Detroit?
[I've seen that judge. If I were Bush I would choose being impeached in a heartbeat.]
It's sort of like the 7 minutes question I always ask Republicans. Are you loyal to the man, or to the principle?
[Why don't you ask a similar question to all those liberal legal "scholars" who a few years ago claimed that perjury was NOT an impeachable offence. And now on to the comments from the HUffers at the Huffington Post...]
Bush is impeachable for many reasons. But of course we have a republican house and senate, so it wouldn't happen. And even if the dems take control in November, I'm not sure it SHOULD happen. That would leave Cheney the president. The logical approach would be to pressure Cheney to resign, replace him with someone we could live with, then pressure Bush to resign under threat of impeachment. Resignation or conviction on the bill of impeachment = another Gerald Ford. I'd settle for that.
[According to the Democrat Underground DUmmies, if Bush is impeached (and removed from office), then John Kerry automatically becomes president. And now you know why we call them DUmmies.]
Judge Anna Diggs Taylor serves as the Secretary and Trustee of a foundation that donated funds to the ACLU of Michigan, a Plaintiff in the case. Nah, thats not a conflict. Is it?
[A HUffie correctly points out one of many reasons why this dopey judicial decision will be REVERSED.]
Cheney would NOT become president. The dems will take back congress and impeach Bush and Cheney. That leaves Pelosi as the president.
[A HUffie admitting that this impeachment talk is definitely POLITICAL.]
Both Bush and Cheney should be indicted for war crimes. Unfortunately, they are backed by a Republican Congress and their lies, corruption and treasonous actions will never surface because the GOP is more concerned about covering up for these criminals. There is plenty of evidence out there to support the fact that if they weren't directly involved with 9/11, they certainly allowed it to happen as a pretense for invading Iraq. Invading Iraq was on their agenda before 9/11. They should be on trial for mass murders in this country and abroad. How dare they talk about Saddam being brought to justice. Who will bring these damn neocons to justice. Where is the outrage of the American people, or have we just allowed them to continue with their New World Order and just call it fighting terrorism
[The HUffies are now being exposed here to the DUmmie LIHOP/MIHOP mindset.]
Why not impeachment? Well, Bill's making light of the issue, but there's a more serious constitutional problem that this Bush regime has made obvious. The presidential line of succession is seriously flawed and needs to be changed. Right now, we are in a no win situation. Bush can't be impeached because then that would mean Cheney is the president, and we all know Cheney is guilty of anything that Bush is guilty of, and probably he's guilty of more than Bush. So, can we impeach them both? I think the law would allow for an impeachment of the administration if it was found that both the President and VP were guilty of the same impeachable offense.
[A HUffie making up impeachment law for the convenience of the Democrats.]
BILL!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!! I want you to be my babys' dady. LOL I am a guy. LOL
[Is that you, John Mark Karr?]
We must impeach, at a minimum, both the President and the Vice President, for these shameful abuses.
[Which would yield a President Pelosi. Not a very attractive prospect for voters this November.]
All I know is that we should have hired Hezbollah to rebuild New Orleans.
[They would have handed out money made in North Korea.]
It's gone past impeachment. He's a war criminal. Milosevic's cell now sits vacant. It's time for Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Rice to move in.
[A DUmmie drifts into HUffieland.]
This is just what Karl Rove wants to hear. He as well as many on both sides of the aisle are convinced that the American people generally don't like the idea of impeachment for any president. Its too divisive and traumatic for the nation. Even many who did not like Bill Clinton opposed impeachment and its aftermath. Not likely to get a Nixon Resigns outcome here. Many believe, falsely I believe, that the desire to impeach Bush is Democratic payback for the Clinton deal and that the clinton deal was Republican payback for Nixon. Many American feel that to impeach Bush will perpetuate the payback syndrome. They may actually be right. The republicans will campaign on the idea that Democrats want to win just to impeach Bush, and that will work to Republican advantage. This will only work when the people have had enough. Democrats should run on solving the problems and getting us out of this mess. The people will support that. Republicans are already running using the face of Nancy Pelosi Ted Kennedy and Reid to say what the country will be like under a Democratic administration.
[Shhhh! Please don't reveal the Secret Rovian Plan.]
I love you Bill Maher! I've told everyone on our website that Friday is the big night, that you'll be back on HBO at 11 p.m. est. I can't wait - it's like I've been living in an alternate universal whenever your show isn't on. Take me home, Bill! Take me home!
[You obviously need to consult your opthamologist about your vision problems.]
Mr Maher, I think you have accurately summed up why the right has absolutely no intention to loose control of the House or Senate this year. The days of law and order have passed. We are now in the days of POWER. He who has it keeps it, no matter what.
[Time to pull out those dopey Guy Fawkes masks.]
Hey guys, the way I see it, we've got about 5 months until impeachment. I'll be putting that bottle I've been saving for Jesus' return on ice for that one.
[Is that you, John Conyers?]
He was once arguing with a pro-lifer about the partial birth ban on "Politically Incorrect." I think it was Falwell...anyway, the pro-lifer asked why the unborn has no right to life, much less a right to not be killed with a scissors in its brain, but the minute they're born on American soil they have all the rights and freedoms anyone could wish for.
Maher's answer? "Because they're unborn." He answered it the way you'd say "Because they're firemen" if somebody you really hated asked you why a bunch of guys in fire hats were getting off a fire truck and running into a burning house. Just dripping with derision and an "I'm sooooo smart" smug look on his face.
Yeah, I thought, what a genius. Click!
One of my favorites also. That and "Cat Fud." Of course, picking a favorite Gary Larson cartoon is like choosing which one of your kids you love the most...
What was the loud noise, though? Did the HUFFies get all huffy at you and set a depth charge in your PC?
No, I think that one was "Boy, Did I Get Wrong Number" with Hope and Phyllis Diller. :-)
SCHWING!!! My jus primae are already noctising!
Politically Incorrect is, in fact, the place I would point someone who wanted to know what the PC line is at any given time. Just listen to the applause--when the liberal crowd cheers and claps, that's the PC stamp of approval.
Yeah, I remember that. However this is the first time that ever happened to me. Somehow the electrical spark climbed up my cable wire and made that snapping sound at the back of the modem. Fortunately, no damage but it did worry me there for a bit.
Maher is a liberal who claims he's a libertarian because that makes him "Politically Incorrect," yet he just coincidentally hates every single thing the Republicans stand for, and when he dumps on Democrats it's because they screwed up implementing something they and he want to happen.
Bill Maher is as PC as you can get. I mean, if he was Politically Incorrect, why do the liberals love him?
Also, I vote that the Huffington Post idiots be referred to as "Huffers."
BTW, that's the perfect Bill picture--he has that contemptuous look on his face, he's yapping, and being overly dramatic about whatever completely politically correct point he's trying to get people to think is shockingly non-PC.
My first thought was, "She'd probably be really hot if she sctaped that white and black crap off her face."
I wonder if he's still the last man in America who does that "HELLOOOOO!" thing.
Other than a flamingly gay voiceover on some shampoo commercial. I can't remember the brand, but the tagline is "Get Hairapy." Every time the guy criticizes some woman's hair, he says "Helllooooo!" and then names the color code of the shampoo bottle that will solve her problem. He sounds like Paul Lynde with a bad attitude.
Love her hair, though.
And congrats on the newsbusters coup, BTW.
Thanx. It took me at least a half hour of searching to find just the right pic of Maher. Most of the rest of the photos online were carefully staged studio shots.
I figured you might go for the exotica. (Petra is doing a photo shoot in Bimini, or I'd have called her.)
Hmm. Still works for me.
Try searching Youtube for:
CRACK MONKEY!!!!
It's a 7 second clip.
Au contraire my soon-to-be-outraged little DUmmy. We're talking a smackdown of Judge Riggs when an appeals court overturns her dangerous decision in favor of terrorism and allows the Commander in Chief's intel agencies to resume surveillance of our enemy's plans to murder millions of Americans.
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