Posted on 02/16/2007 5:27:21 PM PST by Chi-townChief
With less than 2 years left, why go through the process now? I seriuosly doubt they will risk it, as much as they'd love to and the left is eager for it.
You missed the two most important ones:
"The British and the American people loudly declared their support for their leaders decision to attack Iraq. It is the duty of Muslims to confront, fight, and kill them."
Osama bin Laden, December 26, 1998
"Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner . . . Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests, and exalted values."
Saddam Hussein, January 5, 1999
In the bad old day, that was quaintly known as a declaration or war. Clinton, of course, responded by attacking Yugoslavia.
No honest person would claim that perjury by the defendant in a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit doesn't qualify.
I've a feeling it would also fatally cripple the WOT and the market.
And, I've got a feeling that such would be precisely what the dems want.
Don't look for this stuff to go away.
Come on. As I recall Newt had resigned as Speaker before Clinton was impeached. Had Newt remained there would probably have been no impeachment.
Ah yea there is that.
I was just having visions of a political coup by removing President Bush and Vice President Cheney at the same time.
President Cheney?
Has a nice ring to it.
VP Rumsfeld. ;-)
Of course that is exactly what he is advocating. This article is utterly worthless. But thank you for posting it, because it is important to continue to keep track of what the radical left is thinking.
No, nominated. I doubt that if Cheney were to be removed, the houses would concur with his choice.
Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
But, Pelosi will never have to worry about becoming president.
Andrew Greely is scum. HHC's husband
Right. Clinton broke the law and others have been imprisoned for the same thing. Nowhere in that stupid article is it stated that Clinton broke the law and lied about it and Bush didn't.
I strongly urge the Democrats to throw caution to the wind and IMPEACH THAT SOB NOW!!!! (for the children of course)
Since WE have the guns, BRING IT ON! < /sarc >
I see no particular reason why the President and VP could not be constitutionally impeached and removed simultaneously, perhaps in a single legislative act.
In any case, if Bush were impeached and removed from office, whoever he nominated to be the new VP would not actually be VP until approved by majority vote of both houses of Congress, as Ford was. So the House of Reps and Senate could just proceed to impeach and remove from office President Cheney, who would then be replaced by formerly Speaker, now President, Pelosi, next in the line of succession.
Whether this is politically feasible is another question entirely.
First time I read Mr. Greeley. It was like watching a train wreck--horrible, but I couldn't stop reading. I lost track of the counterfactuals after the first paragraph. Has he not heard that Pres. Clinton was guilty of perjury? Doesn't he know that is a felony? Does he really think we want a felon as President? The popularity of the president should not be a factor in the Senate trial--only the facts of the case.
But Ann Coulter does this better in "High Crimes and Misdemeanors".
Nonsense. An impeachment trial is by definition a political act, not a legal proceeding.
Yo, Andy! Heads up! I thought I saw an 11 year old boy walk by!
"Thus, a man can be indicted (impeached) for an alleged perjury in a civil trial over private sexual behavior (usually meriting only a civil punishment), and he could be deposed if two-thirds of the Senate accepted the evidence."
If there was nothing wrong with perjury, perhaps Greely can tell us why Scooter Libby is on trial.
Ironic. BJ's from barely legal interns in the oval office, perjury, sale of missile technology for Chinese money, renting out the Lincoln Bedroom; none of these "trivialized" the office of the President, did they?
These people could rationalize pedophilia if it was committed by a office holding Democrat. Talk about selling one's soul.
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