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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:58 PM Original message |
Do Democrats have enough votes in the Senate to Impeach and Convict Bush and Cheney? |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. The real question is if there are enough votes in the House. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You only need a simple majority in the House to introduce Articles of Impeachment. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What makes you think that a simple majority is there? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm going by strict party-line vote as the assumption. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes, there is a process to be followed |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. It's always about the process |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That is very true but think there may be! |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. I doubt there are enough votes at this time. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. As unlikely as the sun not rising in the east |
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brazos121200 (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think impeaching the president without |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The repubs lost seats in Congress after the impeachment effort |
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brazos121200 (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. The Dems picked up four seats in the Senate in 2000 mainly |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. the house authorized the impeachment inquiry before the 98 elections |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. "We gotta give him a fair trial before we hang him." |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not Yet. Investgate Until We Do |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Maybe not right at the moment, but once the investigations begin . . . |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Almost certainly not. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't believe that any Senator should ethically take a stance on that. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Okay, but was a white jury in the deep south going to convict the guys who murdered Emmett Till? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Atticus Finch didn't stop doing his job. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. True, but sadly that's fiction |
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Lone_Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Hague is more fitting |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Right now, no. |
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