Posted on 01/07/2008 7:01:15 AM PST by seanmerc
As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president.
After the 1972 presidential election, I stood clear of calls to impeach President Richard M. Nixon for his misconduct during the campaign. I thought that my joining the impeachment effort would be seen as an expression of personal vengeance toward the president who had defeated me.
Today I have made a different choice.
Of course, there seems to be little bipartisan support for impeachment. The political scene is marked by narrow and sometimes superficial partisanship, especially among Republicans, and a lack of courage and statesmanship on the part of too many Democratic politicians. So the chances of a bipartisan impeachment and conviction are not promising.
But what are the facts?
Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses. They have repeatedly violated the Constitution. They have transgressed national and international law. They have lied to the American people time after time. Their conduct and their barbaric policies have reduced our beloved country to a historic low in the eyes of people around the world. These are truly "high crimes and misdemeanors," to use the constitutional standard.
From the beginning, the Bush-Cheney team's assumption of power was the product of questionable elections that probably should have been officially challenged -- perhaps even by a congressional investigation.
In a more fundamental sense, American democracy has been derailed throughout the Bush-Cheney regime. The dominant commitment of the administration has been a murderous, illegal, nonsensical war against Iraq. That irresponsible venture has killed almost 4,000 Americans, left many times that number mentally or physically crippled, claimed the lives of an estimated 600,000 Iraqis...
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He is as sanctimonious as Jimmy Carter and every bit as phony.
McGovern,of course,has his finger on the pulse of America and thus can demand impeachment with a straight face.This from a clown who managed about 15 Electoral Votes...all those years ago.
From the same people who were saying before the war that 500,000 Iraqi children died because of the economic sanctions.
It’s sad when senility sets in and the person does not even know it...
Yessir, Rooty was a draft dodger too.
Get a life, Georgie.
ISGAS. “I scarcely give a s***” This guy’s opinions count about as much as Dan Rather’s. E.G. zilch, nada.
And weren’t all of those electoral votes from the People’s Republic of Taxachusetts?
This article really made me think and I may be changing my opinion: Maybe euthanasia for the elderly and senile isn’t all bad.
I'm sick of seeing impeachment signs everywhere. People around my town seem to think that just because they don't like Bush/Cheney/Republicans, it's grounds for impeachment. I swear, if a dem wins the White House in the next election, I'm gonna get me a bumper sticker that says "Impeach (whoever wins)" the day after the election, and will keep it there until (whoever wins) is gone.
Give the guy a break. After all, what would HE know about being President?
The voters seemed to answer “Not Much!”
When was this clown relevant? Besides never?
He has Chappaquiddick to thank for that chance. At least some good came out of Miss Kopechne's death.
No, but it keeps Congress bottled up sufficiently that Pelosi and Reid can't do any REAL damage to the country.
Good idea. Let me know where I can get one.
God, if he had only taken his own advice and sacrificed his miserable life a long time ago the country would have been spared this tedious drivel. Stop petting your gerbil and retire to the attic with your imaginary friend.
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