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Talking Impeachment at the Constitution Center | 31 comments (31 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Talking Impeachment at the Constitution Center (4.00 / 4)

I'm not going to tell you what to say, but here is what I think.

I think impeachment is important because of accountability. So, I support impeachment.

However, there are so many people in this country right now suffering without health insurance, without employment, or without a place to rest their head. In my eyes, that needs to be the number one priority.

Therefore, the most important thing is to be able to multitask. I think it is both morally correct and politically savvy to promote an agenda that appeals to the voters that just put us in office by looking to fix immediate problems, but also sets the wheels in motion to hold people accountable for how we got here in the first place.

I guess what I'm saying is that I want to hold this majority for a long time, and push it towards the left. If we focus on going after Bush / Cheney without addressing the problems they've created, our majority will be seen as vindictive and will be incredibly short lived.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu Nov 9th, 2006 at 03:07:14 PM EST

Re: Talking Impeachment at the Constitution Center (4.00 / 4)

This is my concern exactly. As much as I'd like to see Bush and Cheyney gone from office, if we're playing for the long haul here - and let's face it, the damage we need to repair has been accumulating since 1980 - we need to keep our eyes on the prize and not settle for the immediate cheap thrill, no matter how tempting, lest the folks who brought us this opportunity decide we didn't deserve the chance we were given.

Getting the consensus necessary for impeachment takes time - By the time the investigations run their course and the necessary public and congressional consensus is built, we will already be in the middle of the 2008 election campaign. Congress moves sloooowly - and before we address this I'd prefer we get the troops home and address other issues.

By all means conduct investigations - I'm reasonably confident that we can force Cheney from office for "health reasons" - but an impeachment is not what we were elected to do, and it will hurt us in the long term, if we look like we were playing politics while other issues went unaddressed.

If the investigations turn up enough evidence to build a national consensus for impeachment, then I'll reconsider; right now the last thing I want us to do is overplay our hand.

Ecological collapse is already happening. Your resentment of the word doesn't change the fact that it is occurring.

by Knoxville Progressive (green_planet_2000 (at) yahoo (dot) com) on Thu Nov 9th, 2006 at 03:31:06 PM EST
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Re: Talking Impeachment at the Constitution Center (4.00 / 2)

I agree. Do the homework, do the investigations, and follow the money to see how far the decay in the Republican party has spread. If it's done slowly enough and properly documented all along the way, people will connect the dots for impeachment -- or better yet, war crimes trials -- in their own minds.

We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.

Now the real work begins.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Thu Nov 9th, 2006 at 03:43:19 PM EST
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Me too (4.00 / 3)

Investigations...then impeachment if warranted.

We need to expose Republican corruption at all levels -- show the American voters that the Republicans' color is not red, but green. Abramoff, cronyism, what really happened leading up to 9/11, no-bid contracts, the Katrina debacle...the list goes on.

Merely going after Bush/Cheney would be like replacing the leaky roof while ignoring the dry rot in the foundation and basement...

-- Walking In Darkness --

by Cali Scribe on Thu Nov 9th, 2006 at 03:50:36 PM EST
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Re: Me too (4.00 / 2)

AMEN!!!!!!! This says it all!!!!!

Doing My Part For The Left

by refinish69 (refinish69 at gmail dot com) on Thu Nov 9th, 2006 at 04:15:12 PM EST
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Re: Talking Impeachment at the Constitution Center (4.00 / 2)

and let's face it, the damage we need to repair has been accumulating since 1980

With your above statement, you are getting at the reason why a hands-off impeachment approach may be a mistake. Constitutional violations will be considered normal fair game in the future unless a deterrence in shown by catching and punishing those who have violating the basic constitutional document in the recent past. If we are a country with a strong constitutional underpinning, then that must be paramount in the eyes of politicians always. The very fact that you imply that the constitution has been cumulatively violated since 1980, may well show just why a hands off impeachment approach may be a mistake. Heck, why not try to violate the basic document for personal power gain if there are no real consequences to trying. Sounds like chaos to me, which pretty well describes the constitutional rights oversight of the Bush administration, this do-nothing Congress, and even the judiciary as of late!

by NG on Thu Nov 9th, 2006 at 04:06:10 PM EST
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Talking Impeachment at the Constitution Center | 31 comments (31 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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