Posted on 12/24/2005 2:32:58 PM PST by shrinkermd
".Willful disregard of a law is potentially an impeachable offense. It is at least as impeachable as having a sexual escapade under the Oval Office desk and lying about it later. The members of the House Judiciary Committee who staged the impeachment of President Clinton ought to be as outraged at this situation. They ought to investigate it, consider it carefully and report either a bill that would change the wiretap laws to suit the president or a bill of impeachment..
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I have excerpted only the conclusion IMHO the facts that are assumed are not factual and the law is stretched to permit the conclusion. Donlon did not read either the Powerline Blog nor Posner.
We have enough problems with the nutcases on the left and now have to deal Barron's as well.
I would have thought that Barron's had more sense than to publish this kind of cr*p.
It's not illegal to intercept a phone call between an al Qaeda operative and a US phone number. Nor is it illegal to test for nuclear radiation on public property.
I bet Rush has the Clinton executive order on his site.
Thanks for posting that. I was just about to.
Never forget.
This guy is a genius! So Bush has "willful disrespect" for the law foe doing EXACTLY what Clinton and Carter has done, but Clinton was merely impeached for a "sexual escapade." I guess that's true if we "willfully disregard" the lying under oath, getting others to lie under oath, obstruction of justice, offering jobs for silence, etc. etc. etc...
I bet Rush has the Clinton executive order on his site.
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The radical leftist libs are operating in such a frothing fit of empty rage, they don't even pay attention to reality or facts -- they just spray the world with THEIR REALITY, which is mostly lies, distortions, fabrications, etc.
And they really don't think the world has figured out who and what they are yet....good, I say. Let them keep up the advertising.
I don't recall Clinton informing and getting permission from Congress for his "under the desk" oral acts.
No if that was the case we would have had to impeach the Camelot king.
Therefore, if a staff writer for Barron's wrote this, he should be fired, along with his editor. If an outside writer wrote this, only the editor should be fired. Either way, Barron's should apologize to its readers for publishing such drivel.
Did I miss anything?
Congressman Billybob
Mr. Donlan is confused. Clearly he does not understand the proper way to resolve a separation-of-powers question. In the past, when a citizen or Congress has maintained that the President was exceeding the authority of that office under the Constitution, the attempted remedy was to go to court. Impeachment was not the vehicle for addressing such conflicts between the coequal branches of government. The current case is no different, other than the fact that hordes of Demo/Commies have been itching to impeach the President for quite some time because he had the audacity to exercise the power granted to him to defend the United States against its enemies. It does not reflect well on Mr. Donlan to jump on that bandwagon via such an ill-considered editorial.
What do we do when an unelected person reviews the FBI files of over 900 people?
Correction. The left has been looking for an excuse to impeach Bush since 2000 for one reason: payback for Clinton.
It's as simple as that.
Bingo! This is yet another doomed attempt on the rats' part to bring Bush down. They have tried how many times now? I think if they tried half as hard to WIN elections and to craft their own party message, they'd really be something to fear but as is, they are a cosmic joke.
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