The Impeachment of George W. Bush (The Nation)

[kpete]

The Impeachment of George W. Bush
Elizabeth Holtzman

Finally, it has started. People have begun to speak of impeaching President George W. Bush--not in hushed whispers but openly, in newspapers, on the Internet, in ordinary conversations and even in Congress. As a former member of Congress who sat on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon, I believe they are right to do so.

I can still remember the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach during those proceedings, when it became clear that the President had so systematically abused the powers of the presidency and so threatened the rule of law that he had to be removed from office. As a Democrat who opposed many of President Nixon's policies, I still found voting for his impeachment to be one of the most sobering and unpleasant tasks I ever had to undertake. None of the members of the committee took pleasure in voting for impeachment; after all, Democrat or Republican, Nixon was still our President.

At the time, I hoped that our committee's work would send a strong signal to future Presidents that they had to obey the rule of law. I was wrong.

read the whole thing at:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060130/holtzman

[boobooday]

1. Oh, but let's not stop there . . .

[Glenda]

13. ROTFL!!

I love that visual!! Cell Block West Wing!

:rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl:

[Beetwasher]

2. Sweet!

:thumbsup:

[DrDebug]

3. Impeach now. Please, pretty please

Look I'm on my knees, impeach 'em. Impeach Bush. Wow. That sounds good. Impeach Bush. Please. Thank you :D

[ClassWarrior]

4. K&R

NGU.

[demosincebirth]

5. Need control of the House first

[ClassWarrior]

8. Naturally. Volunteer with your nearest CD race...

NGU.

[demosincebirth]

14. I always have.

[Gregorian]

6. Impeachment will be just the beginning.

Foreign relations might not be so easy. And those trillions of dollars that bush literally burned might be even harder to build back up.

This frat party is going to be the biggest cleanup in the history of humankind.

I honestly think I support the death penalty for this gang of thugs.

[Trish1168]

7. That obeying the law stuff....that's for those weak pansy pResidents

:sarcasm:

[texpatriot2004]

9. Impeach the Son of a Bush already nm

[ClassWarrior]

10. Hear, hear, tex!!

:hi:

NGU.

[stellanoir]

11. hmmmmm

Here is what I wrote a while ago. . .

"As the echo chamber quibbles over midterm elections and potential impeachment or mere spurious censure. With partisan control of 80% of the voting machinery, the three branches of government and the media, my sparkled & feathered "angelic & cosmic sledgehammer" tells me that is more than likely a total long shot. We haven't time or resources to further fritter away everything of lasting value for that much longer. We need these unelected corrupt morons, & greedy selfish sadistic criminals to resign post haste. Consider demanding nothing less.

> "The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all
> other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to
> slavery." Thomas Paine

http://www.yuricareport.com/VotingProblems/GAO-05-956Elections.pdf.

I'll be watching for a while and then may just post plan C. You're all gonna love it : ) But here is a clue. . .when someone is continually lackadaisically incompetent and ignores rules long established, does one continue to keep that person in their employ. . .or what. . .?

A greatly encouraging full page ad appeared in the much besmirched "Blue Lady" sponsored by the most "unpatriotic" ACLU on 12/28. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/29/05855/837
When perchance did it become so unamerican to stand up for civil rites of individuals anyway?"

"Consider releasing linear and logical constructs of how our collective reality can possibly shift based on old models that are now entirely dysfunctional (see totally unreliable insecure voting technology for reference and psssssst. . .by the way, guys with PHD's in computer science and statistics, generally don't tend to morph into conspiracy theorists all too often, really. Nor would the still honest folks at the GAO.)"

So there. And go figure.

[dogday]

12. kicked