Good NYT article about Pelosi and Impeachment but

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/us/politics/15web-hulse.html?_r=1&sq=nancy%20pelosi&st=cse&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=2&adxnnlx=1218967406-bzIoel0MuFs7PbL07O4FPQ">NYT op-ed piece

BUT it ends with "She might be under fire from the left and the right, but there is no talk of impeaching her."

These people don't read DU. Impeach fucking Pelosi so we can impeach fucking Bush.

[H2O Man]

1. That there is

no talk about impeaching Nancy Pelosi should come as no surprise, considering that only members of the executive and judicial branches of the federal government can be impeached.

[Kolesar]

2. it is not the message Democrats want to carry into an election where they need to appeal to swing vo

THANKS FOR POSTING THE ARGUEMENT AGAINST IMPEACHING BUSH

Despite whatever resonance pursuing the president might have in progressive Democratic circles, it is not the message Democrats want to carry into an election where they need to appeal to swing voters to increase their Congressional majorities and win the White House. They would rather devote their final weeks to pushing economic relief and health care, even if they thought Mr. Bush and the conduct of the war merited impeachment hearings.

And leading Democrats argue anyway that Mr. Bush has already been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion.

“He has been impeached by current history,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. “He is going down as the worst president ever. The facts are in.”

Republicans have previously shown some appetite for luring Democrats into what they see as an impeachment trap, a set of hearings they could use to portray Democrats as bitter partisans. But Republican strategists also recognize the political danger in getting too deep in defending Mr. Bush right before the election or in justifying the buildup to the Iraq war. They might not be as eager as they once were for an impeachment fight.

[zeemike]

4. And if they fail to impeach the rethugs portray them as week

It's is a gotcha any way they go.
And we fall for there manipulation every time because they know that thy have the media behind them to drill home their talking points.

We tend to forget that impeachment is for a crime, and there is no excuse for allowing crime to go unpunished and investigated.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Yada, yada, impeachment, yada...

Three weeks to go until the House adjourns to go off and deal with the election and some people still think impeachment is possible.

Amazing.