http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/20 ... files.htmlThere are many a thing I think about this:
1. If the house wants to send it there, let them. I mean, it's not like they'll have any trouble having their case heard by the attorney general or anything.
2. The Senate. (I was going to leave this simply as "The Senate.", but I figured to some I'd have to explain that the Democrats' very miniscule margin of majority is no match for the Republicans' ability to block any attempt at an impeachment proceeding.)
3. Though I like the enthusiasm, I hate the timing. Here's where you're presently dealing with a country full of people who are fed up with the status quo--and that's it. No "I'm willing to do something about it", no rioting, rebelling, anything. They've soaked up so much in the way of placating--both via audio and visually--that they're hopelessly resigned to present situations. It being so late in the Presidenc[ies] doesn't help much, either. Most of us, if we wanted to see him gone, we a) didn't want him there in the first place (thanks, Supreme Court), or b) wanted it to happen with enough left in his Presidency.
4. What, so you want Dick Cheney to actually
be in power, rather than puppeteer?
Timing is also bad for the Democratic party, which just came out of the most divisive primary in its history. Their whole purpose right now is to pick up the pieces and go forward with whatever's left. Barack Obama is battling anti-American press bullshit (a word I use for its accuracy less than its sharpness). For the Democrats to back this would be the final nail in the party's coffin. It would make the entire party look just like the media made John Kerry look in 2004. They collectively can't, despite the validity of [most of] the charges lain before them. (I'll even accept that there was a charge here or there that wasn't impeachable, but the fact is many have spoken about it--passively.)
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