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When The Circus Comes To Town

The clowns are out in force. Today is the day that Dennis Kucinich – D(ingbat) Ohio, will introduce his "privileged resolution" to impeach Dick Cheney. Michelle Malkin has the wording of the resolution up over at her site, along with the list of co-sponsors. Which is pretty much a roll of the lunatic wing of the Democratic party. The Republicans learned – the hard way – that running an vehemently partisan impeachment proceeding was a great way to alienate voters. Some folks either are incapable of learning or are under mind control. We're guessing the latter.

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By quilly mammoth, November 6, 2007 @ 8:29 am

We are about to see the Democrat Party fracture. When this gets shot down, as it surely will, the Nutzroots is going to flip out. That loud screaching sound will pull the party even further left as they become more energized over being “screwed by the man” again.
By Gaius, November 6, 2007 @ 8:32 am

Yeah, this is going to hurt them no matter what.
By Roy Mars, November 6, 2007 @ 12:39 pm

It never ceases to amaze me that the left fringe (and a lot who aren’t on the fringe) of the Democratic party fail to understand the impeachment process. In order to impeach the Vice President (and, by implication, later the President) you have to have some evidence that the person being impeached has COMMITED A CRIME. I will be the first to admit that members of the adminstration, including the President and Vice President, have made some mistakes, they’ve made miscalculations, they’ve even committed some pretty silly blunders. What they haven’t done (unlike President Clinton who committed perjury, a felony, in a court of law) is commit any crimes.

You can’t impeach the President (or Vice) just because you don’t like his politics, or his views, or his religion, or you think he’s arrogant, or even because you think he stole your election in 2000. To try to do so just makes them look stupid in the eyes of anyone who has ever read the constitution.
By ShoreTower, November 6, 2007 @ 1:03 pm

Actually, no, there isn’t a need to prove a crime to impeach anybody. The Senate impeaches (indicts) and the House tries (and convicts) according to the rules of each chamber. Just ask Alcee Hastings, former Federal judge and now Member of Congress (and the first judge to be impeached in many, many years). He was impeached and convicted after being found innocent by a court of law of charges he took bribes while on the bench. He actually tried to sue to overturn the impeachment, but of course the court said the Congress of the US MAKES the laws, and can therefore do as it wishes.

All that notwithstanding, nobody is going to impeach George Bush or Dick Cheney for anything. In fact, at this point the Democrats may be lucky to retain control of the House.
By Gaius, November 6, 2007 @ 1:24 pm

The House impeaches, the Senate tries the case. Hastings was impeached and tried specifically for bribery and perjury. The standards are different.
By Quilly Mammoth, November 6, 2007 @ 7:06 pm

The standards are different because Judicial positions are created by Congress. The president and Vice-President are created by the Constitution. The history of judicial impeachment, including English Common Law is filled with impeachments based on judicial conduct…which has a wide variety of meanings…that while might be considered a misdemeanor are not necessarily “on the books”.