Graham's actions are despicable!
NordP
Posted on 07/27/2003 10:35:22 AM PDT by kattracks
Presidential candidate Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., said Sunday that President Bush won't be impeached as long as Republicans control Congress, but added, "The good news is that in November of 2004 the American people will have a chance to both impeach and remove George W. Bush in one step."
Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Graham reiterated his believe that the president had committed an impeachable offense by leading the U.S. into war under what he suggested were false pretenses, going so far as to accuse Bush of "dereliction of duty."
"Clearly, if the standard is what the House of Representatives did in the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the actions of this president are much more serious in terms of dereliction of duty for the president of the United States."
Graham insisted somewhat bizarrely that Bush's 16-word State of the Union address reference to Iraq seeking uranium from Niger was critical to the administration's case for making war on Iraq.
"It was central because the rationale of going to war was that the United States' people were under an imminent threat," he told Fox News.
When "FNS" host Brit Hume reminded the Florida Democrat that Bush had specifically warned that the U.S. couldn't afford to wait until the threat from Saddam was imminent, Graham retreated into semantics.
"This was described as not a preventive war, but a pre-emptive war," he explained. "The difference between preventive and pre-emptive is, how imminent is the threat. If this was a pre-emptive war, then the administration must have had some reason, or at least stated it had a reason, for that imminence. And the most significant threat was nuclear."
"We've known that they've had biological and chemical for a long time," Graham continued unconvincingly. "But the fact that they might be on the verge of having nuclear capabilities is what made it so imminent and therefore justified the pre-emptive war."
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You mean mercilessly. Double negative.
FMCDH
That too.
As long as it is with a heavy, blunt object, designed to inflict as much pain as possible.
It might even bring him to his limted senses.
You forgot ... I don't recall
Hillary doesn't have a space, she has an orbit.
No kidding? Now I will make certain I watch the replay!Yikes!
Any voting Dem who could possible believe this delusional candidate's claim to victory...MUST believe his theory on impeachment practices...
Graham's actions are despicable!
NordP
--Never expect logic from a Democrat...only emotion!
NordP
-PJ
Hell, yes!
Responsibility? The mass media sees this as their bounden and constitutional duty.
Because they love her. They really love her.
They really, really love her.
They really, really, really love her.
And so on, ad infinitum.
Sick.
Right, he is simply predicting a Bush loss. That is perfectly reasonable campaign trash talk. Like Kerry speaking of a regime change in Washington.
Much ado about nothing to condemn this type of campaigning.
For months Graham has been saying that we haven't spent enough on homeland security. I see he has dropped that charge and is going on the intelligence angle.
However, the fact remains that his key issue for months was spending more on homeland security.
I believe, and will so believe until my dying day, that he saw enough intelligence that he thought there was a very good chance we would be attacked by terrorists. He decided to put homeland security as his premier issue so that when the attack occurred, he could say "I told you so" and gain political advantage.
So, he was using (and still is) his position on the Intelligence Committee for partisan gain. He has been foiled in this by the fact that we HAVE stopped terorist attacks on our shores. Otherwise, he would be blaming George Bush for any attacks.
He is a despicable person, and should be brought up before the ethics committee.
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