Can't stand 2 more years of Bush? Vote (D) in November
There's no big secret that if control of the House of Representatives flips over to the Democrats after November, that we'll probably see impeachment hearings for Bush and Co. At the very least, investigations.
They definitely deserve it, and there are certainly plenty of entirely Constitution-based misdeeds in their resume on which to impeach both Bush and Cheney.
Of course, impeachment, as we learned a few years ago, means little without a subsequent conviction by the Senate.
Something happened today, during the Friday "news dump", that makes the chances of conviction a bit more likely (though it's worth remembering no U.S. President has ever been convicted and removed from office).
What happened was that the Senate Intelligence Committee has completed its report on the pre-war Iraq intelligence.
Tthe results are said to be a damning indictment of Bush and Cheney for their relentless push to war contrary to all available intelligence. DailyKos has the story, and here are links to the reports (PDF):
Pre-War Intelligence Accuracy
Role of the Iraq National Congress
The links imply that there's a third report, but as of this writing I can't find a link to it. I would encourage everyone to take a look at these two, though, which are powerful enough on their own.
What this means, in my opinion, is that if Bush and Cheney are impeached on account of pre-war intelligence misuse, it will be extremely hard for the Senate not to convict them, because the Senate's own report confirms the charges.
Regardless of who controls the Senate, it's damn hard to just turn around and say "oh, well, I know it was our committee that made these findings, but it's still not enough to convict."
I'd have to look up who's going to be up for re-election in 2008, but there have to be enough Republican senators who would like to keep their seats that, with the addition of Democratic senators and those Republican senators who still have some sense of integrity and true patriotism, a conviction could be achieved.
So if you don't want two more years of Bush/Cheney horror and a Republican rubber stamp Congress, vote (D) in November. Pass it on.
They definitely deserve it, and there are certainly plenty of entirely Constitution-based misdeeds in their resume on which to impeach both Bush and Cheney.
Of course, impeachment, as we learned a few years ago, means little without a subsequent conviction by the Senate.
Something happened today, during the Friday "news dump", that makes the chances of conviction a bit more likely (though it's worth remembering no U.S. President has ever been convicted and removed from office).
What happened was that the Senate Intelligence Committee has completed its report on the pre-war Iraq intelligence.
Tthe results are said to be a damning indictment of Bush and Cheney for their relentless push to war contrary to all available intelligence. DailyKos has the story, and here are links to the reports (PDF):
Pre-War Intelligence Accuracy
Role of the Iraq National Congress
The links imply that there's a third report, but as of this writing I can't find a link to it. I would encourage everyone to take a look at these two, though, which are powerful enough on their own.
What this means, in my opinion, is that if Bush and Cheney are impeached on account of pre-war intelligence misuse, it will be extremely hard for the Senate not to convict them, because the Senate's own report confirms the charges.
Regardless of who controls the Senate, it's damn hard to just turn around and say "oh, well, I know it was our committee that made these findings, but it's still not enough to convict."
I'd have to look up who's going to be up for re-election in 2008, but there have to be enough Republican senators who would like to keep their seats that, with the addition of Democratic senators and those Republican senators who still have some sense of integrity and true patriotism, a conviction could be achieved.
So if you don't want two more years of Bush/Cheney horror and a Republican rubber stamp Congress, vote (D) in November. Pass it on.
