Posted on 03/25/2007 11:28:24 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Hagel: Some see impeachment as option
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer 22 minutes ago
With his go-it-alone approach on Iraq, President Bush is flouting Congress and the public, so angering lawmakers that some consider impeachment an option over his war policy, a senator from Bush's own party said Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Senate's No. 2 Republican leader harshly criticized House Democrats for setting an "artificial date" for withdrawing troops from Iraq and said he believes Republicans have enough votes to prevent passage of a similar bill in the Senate.
"We need to put that kind of decision in the hands of our commanders who are there on the ground with the men and women," said Sen. Trent Lott (news, bio, voting record), R-Miss. "For Congress to impose an artificial date of any kind is totally irresponsible."
GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record) of Nebraska, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of the war, stopped short of calling for Bush's impeachment. But he made clear that some lawmakers viewed that as an option should Bush choose to push ahead despite public sentiment against the war.
"Any president who says, I don't care, or I will not respond to what the people of this country are saying about Iraq or anything else, or I don't care what the Congress does, I am going to proceed — if a president really believes that, then there are — what I was pointing out, there are ways to deal with that," said Hagel, who is considering a 2008 presidential run.
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Hagel (POS) Nebraska
I guess so much for the rule of law.
Chuck Hagel = the male Nancy Pelosi.
Sub, if my gut instincts are correct, the events of the next three weeks will render this whole argument moot.
Exactly, if guys like Hagel were really their own men, they would also make out of the box statements like this about Dims. They never do because they are small minded guys selfishly playing to the MSM.
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Hagel, you ignorant slut! There is NO case for impeachment of the current president. Pander to the moonbats much?
That's a rather cryptic comment.
As Hillary's Veep? Surely he doesn't think a Republican would vote for him.
An example of voting because of an "R" beside the name doesn't always further the party.
Any hopes of this guy becoming the GOP candidate for president were lost long ago, but now he's proving just how big of an aid to America's enemies he can be. This is how he acts while the surge destroys al Qaeda in Iraq and while Iran ramps up its threats. Hagel prefers to turn a blind eye to America's enemies so he can curry favor with the Democrats and undermine the CIC during a time of war with inane talk of impeachment. Are there no patriots in Nebraska ashamed of this frivolous little man whose own sense of self-importance and ambition leads him to treachery?
The implication to dictator was not subtle at all. Hagel needs to be called on it but theres not repub with the balls to do it.
Some see hanging traitorous members of
Congress as an option.
The Iranians have learned from the past. If they want to gain an advantage over their enemies, just take hostages. The British hostages have been taken. I'm anticipating more of this, possibly to include the kind of atrocities that even Europeans can't ignore.
When the move is finally made on Iran by an alliance of nations, it will have the full backing of Americans, Brits and others. Those who still oppose action against Iran will be marginalized. That includes Hagel and the Democrats.
Spoken like a true lib Dem, I hope the good people of Nebraska are taking note.
Sounds good to me!
Hagel - a product of the current Republican party.
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