To date, I have not seen anything in writing that delegates the President’s authority to remove U.S. Attorneys (this ain’t it).

This has probably been brought up, but I haven’t seen it: did Bush even know about the forced resignations until they hit the news? And why do I constantly feel like there’s no one in the cockpit here?

EDIT: or for a better analogy, it’s like riding “the bus” the Bushie trolls always crow about driving, glancing across the aisle, and seeing Georgie sitting in the back with his nose buried in a Little Golden Book and swinging his feet. Someone might be driving the bus (poorly and recklessly, mowing down pedestrians), but it isn’t the kid with the lollipop and snot-stained sleeves.

Who wants to bet that they have politicized the NSA info? NIxon needed a break-in by the plumbers to juice his campaign. Who wants to bet that Bush and Rove have been doing the same thing with high tech tools?

tbsa @
100

Mary McCurnin @ 58
If there is no time to impeach that doesn’t mean
they can’t be tried in a court of law and sent to the big house.

We should never let this rest.

There is no way is hell the republic party would allow chimpco to be impeached. . . . .

I think that this point of view is rapidly becoming obsolete. Of course there are some Republicans who will stampede with Bush over the cliff. But those who are facing re-election in 2008 (i.e., all of the House and 1/3 of the Senate) must be thinking about whether Bush helps or hurts their re-election chances. And the Republicans who are up for re-election are beginning to see that voting for impeachment helps them more than it hurts them. The tipping point is coming soon, and all we need is 10 Republican Senators to see the light.

By the time the House writes Articles of Impeachment, light bulbs will be popping “on” in the heads of many GOPer Senators.

Bob in HI

no one could have anticipated that 98-0 vote against Bush on the Patriot Act revision, eh?

perris @ 94

you can and should impeach after the term is done, we have to discredit everything, every decision, every single thing he’s done and we need an impeachment to do it for posterity

You can’t impeach someone once they leave office, it can only be done while they are part of the current Administration. Impeachment is used to remove wrongdoers from positions of power, usuallly on the grounds of abuse of said power.

nope. sorry, but you can impeach after someone leaves office (altho prior Senates have decided it was a moot point once the perp was gone). impeachment can extend beyond removal to keeping someone from ever holding public office again and from receiving emoluments (e.g., a public pension).

Mary McCurnin @ 58
If there is no time to impeach that doesn’t mean
they can’t be tried in a court of law and sent to the big house.

We should never let this rest.

There is no way is hell the republic party would allow chimpco to be impeached. . . . .

I think that this point of view is rapidly becoming obsolete. Of course there are some Republicans who will stampede with Bush over the cliff. But those who are facing re-election in 2008 (i.e., all of the House and 1/3 of the Senate) must be thinking about whether Bush helps or hurts their re-election chances. And the Republicans who are up for re-election are beginning to see that voting for impeachment helps them more than it hurts them. The tipping point is coming soon, and all we need is 10 Republican Senators to see the light.

By the time the House writes Articles of Impeachment, light bulbs will be popping “on” in the heads of many GOPer Senators.

Bob in HI

you can and should impeach after the term is done, we have to discredit everything, every decision, every single thing he’s done and we need an impeachment to do it for posterity

You can’t impeach someone once they leave office, it can only be done while they are part of the current Administration. Impeachment is used to remove wrongdoers from positions of power, usuallly on the grounds of abuse of said power.

Jay @
18

Very frightening but do you mean Bork?

Bjork.

No, actually that was an old Star Trek thing.

Bob in HI

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