Grrr....fucking WaPo whores!

[bobquasit]

Michael Abramowitz, a "reporter" for the Washington Post, is conducting a chat right now. Someone raised the possibility of impeachment, and he pooh-poohed it in an ever-so-superior way. I'm quite sure that this was a complete waste of my time, but I couldn't resist responding:

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"Why would the Democrats want to push this when Bush is a severe lame duck and they know, from the GOP experience, that impeachment has a good chance of backfiring politically?"

Perhaps because they took an oath to uphold the Constitution?

And if misleading the nation into war, abrogating habeas corpus, setting up a secret and illegal network of international prisons, authorizing the repeated violation of the Geneva Convention, spying on American citizens specifically in violation of Congressional statute, etc. etc. etc. etc. don't warrent impeachment, then NOTHING does, and Article II, Section 4 is utterly meaningless?

Forgive me. I'm being naive. Please continue bestowing your wisdom on us, oh enlightened media person.

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[oldwolf.livejournal.com]

Article 2, sec 4 of what?

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

The Constitution.

"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

[oldwolf.livejournal.com]

Ah, ok. I woulda remembered that, but my boss tore them off the bathroom wall shortly after I taped them up there. Reading material ya know.

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

What a bizarre coincidence. Did I ever tell you the story of MY boss ripping the Bill of Rights off my wall and shredding it all over the floor?

[oldwolf.livejournal.com]

nfwgoh! Do tell.

[klyfix.livejournal.com]

To be fair, impeachment attempts probably wouldn't be completed before the end of the President's term and the Republicans have more than enough votes in the Senate to prevent anybody in the administration from actually being removed from office. While Bush and Cheney and probably most of the higher level officials who have served in the Administration certainly merit impeachment, trying to do so would accomplish nothing but distract Congress from doing anything else and would be a rallying point for the Republicans.

Mind you, I'm not pleased that all these people are going to be pardoned by Bush so that they'll never have to actually pay for their crimes. Best we can hope for is their public humiliation.