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Jack
Lessenberry
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Ann Arbor, being an historian, journalist, and senior political analyst
(or something like that, I can't remember his exact title) for
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A year ago, he wrote:
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Thinking About Impeachment - 1/18/06
If you had to place a bet on anything, one of the safest wagers I can
think of is that President George W. Bush will NOT be impeached and
removed from office. But what’s big, new and faintly
frightening is that people are beginning to talk about it...
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maybe I was wrong
by Jack Lessenberry
5/9/2007
I
have been steadfastly against trying to impeach George W. Bush, even
though he is clearly the worst president in the modern history of
America.
These were my main reasons for feeling that way: 1) Politically, I saw
impeachment as absolutely impossible to bring off. 2) As bad as Bush
is, I don't want to see America turn into some kind of parody banana
republic, in which the opposition party tries to impeach every
president. 3) America knew what the Shrub was selling, and re-elected
him, so we got what we deserve.
Plus, I felt that any effort to impeach the rascal would divert
attention from the very real agenda of trying to stop his criminal war.
And finally, what if you did manage to remove him? You'd get the puppet
master himself, the sneering Darth Cheney, widely regarded to be the
brains of the current Reich. Not only that, he would be eligible to run
for re-election, and given the Democrats' penchant for political
suicide, that's a risk I don't think anyone wants.
Yet I am beginning to think I was wrong...
What he was wrong about was the second bullet point in the latest
essay: "I don't want to see America turn into some kind of parody
banana
republic, in which the opposition party tries to impeach every
president."
Why not? Why not try to impeach every single president?
Might just be good for the country.
Why would the Democratic party majority in both houses of congress want to get rid of Bush? He's their meal ticket. What they are selling is "We are not Bush."
I think I see your point, but I guess I was thinking that maybe they would do it because it is the right thing to do.
Shooter wants to do it again!
As acting president he has already manipulated America into an illegal invasion of a country not threatening us. Now - yesterday - still as acting president, he is trying to commit the USA - that's US! - to attacking another country not threatening us! He continues to validate Article III of Kucinich's Impeachment bill H Res. 333! The S.O.B. is a serial war criminal and ought to have been impeached already! Call your Representative today: (202) 225-3121 and tell him how Shooter is driving without either license or registration.
We can always hope.
Being of an age where I was able to watch the Watergate hearings and the downfall of Tricky Dick in great detail, it strikes me that if the current hearings/investigation of the Justice Department shenanigans can dig up just a little more evidence, we may find ourselves impeaching Bush for far greater cause than Nixon. It may just depend on Bush's Monica.