Posted on 03/12/2006 2:36:34 PM PST by Blackirish
This is what you mean?
"Impeachment occurs rarely enough for many in a country to misunderstand its nature. A typical misconception is to confuse it with involuntary removal from office; in fact it is only the legal statement of charges, parallelling an indictment in criminal law. An official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment. Most constitutions require a supermajority to convict."
I don't mean to state the obvious, but that will be small consolation given the damage that will be inflicted on the Executive Branch because of the hearings for impeachment. And don't forget that impeachment, if it happens, will actually be less damaging to the Nation than the fact the Conyers and Rangel will chair powerful intelligence and judiciary cmtes.
W should play hardball with these dips.
Wonder how many from the GOP has signed on?
Exactly!
Now THERE's a photoshop opportunity if I ever saw one.
Are those the White House draperies?
Here's a thought that would make someone wake up in a cold sweat...Say that the RATs take the House....and they impeach both the President and Vice President...that would place Pelosi as President....(melting my tin foil hat)
Well put..exactly what I meant..I saw unfunny comedian kathy griffin yelling about Bush once..she was screaming for him to be impeached..as if he would then leave office..
Those turdheads in Vermont don't have anywhere near enough to do. They'll put Bernie Sanders into the Senate but we might actually gain a Repub in the house as the Adjutant General of the VT National Guard (a woman) is going to run. There's little difference between Sanders and Jeffords anyway.
Dems don't worry about actual grounds for impeachment, like high crimes and misdemeanors, rather, their reasons are based on hatred for the man and the Republicans in general and of conservative policies. They've been swearing impeachment of Bush since election day 2000, you know, for stealing the election.... Get out and vote, people, in November, or we're in store for a liberal circus, not to mention a disaster for the country.
And with a Senate majority, they will not only impeach... but remove him from office.
Unless Republicans pull a 180... hell awaits us all.
Don't fret! Our president is not going to be impeached!
However I am concerned about two matters:
1. What is going on with W's inability to enunciate and to speak clearly and coherently? The problem is worsening.
2. Are we going to get income tax reform -- consumer tax -- or not? W has about two and one-half years left to get this reform under way.
As absurd as this proposition is, hypothetically, if they had the power to impeach Bush, they'd file criminal charges against all high ranking members of the administration. I believe it is the same loonies advocating such.
We're talking about KOOKSVILLE here. There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that this would even begin to be looked at seriously even if the MSM/dems gained back both houses.
Get a grip!
Congratulations to President Cheney!
They really do have a strange obsession with W. Remember how evil and hateful the Republicans were made out to be in the 90's? Wow. We were nothing compared to these wackos.
They have a case for what? Impeachment? Anyone who believes they have a case for impeachment of the President over the border problem with Mexico is as looney as Conyers. If that's what you believe, don't include me in your "us".
And anyone who thinks Feingold has a chance at the White House is delusional. He's one mean creep!
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