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Grrr....fucking WaPo whores!
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:
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.
"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.