I have supported any effort to impeach George W. because it bothers me that any future president could believe that breaking the Constitution is not that serious since George W. got away with it! Knowing how negatively such a move would be for the political fortunes, I can understand why his 35 articles of impeachment did not survive (251-161 vote sent the bill to the Judiciary Committee and its death)!
However, the document is worth pursuing even if some of the articles are less convincing than others. Needless to say, there were enough from my perspective to justify the attempt to impeach George W. The lies regarding reasons for invading Iraq were enough to warrant impeachment of both Bush and Cheney.
No president should be able to thwart the Constitution is so many ways and walk away from the Office unscathed!
I admit that it would be terribly frightening to think that successful conviction would result in President Cheney, but it would be for a relatively short time (albeit, it does not take him long to create disaster; he probably would be invading Iran as soon as the oath of office was uttered).
I know that it hard to be so critical of someone elected not once, but twice, by the American public (granted, the outcome of the 2000 election was facilitated by the Supreme Court).
Only 219 more days!
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