Posted on 04/17/2007 2:29:15 PM PDT by mnehring
...Dear Colleague:
This week I intend to introduce Articles of Impeachment with respect to the conduct of Vice President Cheney. Please have your staff contact my office . . . if you would like to receive a confidential copy of the document prior to its introduction in the House.....
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.washingtonpost.com ...
Even if the 'Rats thought it would be politically advantageous to vote to impeach Cheney (and they don't need anything specific to charge him with--"high crimes and misdemeanors" can mean anything they want it to mean), they would never get a 2/3 majority in the Senate for removal, even if all the Democrats and RINO's voted for conviction. It's all about playing to the Democrats' anti-war base than a serious step towards removing Bush & Cheney to put Pelosi in the White House.
Enough of the song and dance. Just admit that you were wrong. The vice President can be impeached at any time for any reason congress wants to impeach him.
Impeachment is the first step in removing someone from office. Clinton was impeached. He was not convicted.
BTW "hasn't been convicted of nothing" is a double negative implying that he has been convicted of something.
Sorry, grammar is one of my pet peeves.
>How does this leftist clown get elected?<
How do any of the Commie curs get elected? Let me count the ways —— media manipulation, vote fraud, computer tampering, selective balloting.......
>Impeachment is the first step in removing someone from office. Clinton was impeached. He was not convicted.<
And he was not removed from office. Bahhwahwhwahwah! :o(
I’m sure ‘Big Time’ is quaking in his boots over this one!
Without any of the above there is no impeachment - only accusation. In this case of Cheney, I doubt you will find very many who would be willing to suggest he risks being impeached. It requires more than just a willing majority of Congress.
Thbe fact of the matter is the Congress is free to impeach any vice president, even one that has done nothing wrong. Congress impeaches, the senate votes on whether to convict and remove or to acquit.
Now if you don't want to admit that you made a boo boo, that's fine. But don't do the song and dance and try to change your shoes after you've stepped in the pile. You'll just get it on your hands.
>Now if you don’t want to admit that you made a boo boo, that’s fine.
But I did, see comment #31. I clearified what I was trying to say.
AZ post 31: What I did not say very clearly is a VP cannot be impeached and removed without a conviction, treason, bribery and other high crimes. Cheney hasn’t been convicted of nothing.
Sorry but the second is not explanatory of the first. Post 11 was a blanket statement that VP's cannot be impeached.
Post 31 is entirely contradictory to post 11. Post 31 says that a VP cannot be impeached and removed from office without a subsequent conviction... yada yada yada.
The impeachment process comes before any conviction. Clinton was impeached. He was not removed from office because the senate refused to vote to convict and remove from office. But he was impeached nonetheless>
Post 11 cannot be cleared up by post 31. Post 11 stands alone and post 11 is simply not true.
Let me ask you a question if I may: Is not the term “impeachment” and “impeached” two different opertaive terms?
Was Clinton “impeached,” or was he tried for “impeachment”? Doesn’t “impeached” imply conviction?
All I argued is that it is impossible for a VP to be “impeached” without conviction under a impeachment process.
Yes.or was he tried for “impeachment”?
He was not tried for "impeachment". He was tried for high crimes and misdemeanors in accordance with the Bill of Impeachment. A president is impeached upon passage by Congress of a Bill of Impeachment. If convicted by the Senate on the particulars of the Bill of Impeachment, then he is removed from office. If he is not convicted he is not removed from office, but he still has been impeached.
All I argued is that it is impossible for a VP to be “impeached” without conviction under a impeachment process.
And if that is what you are arguing, then you are wrong.
Sorry. I do this for a living.
At this point, if it happens, it’s Bush’s own damn fault for letting the democrats get away with this shit for so long. He’s let them get away with making up scandals far too long now to try to come up with a defense. Quite frankly, I’m not going to waste my energy trying to defend somebody who seems to have no interest in being defended.
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