Comments on: Valiant Effort, Mr. Kucinich

By: LadyMin

LadyMin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:39:34 +0000

I agree. The easy way out is to say it’s too late now. That tells future presidents it’s ok to break the law, and if you obstruct and stall, people will give up and there will be no consequences. It’s a bad precident to set. It’s more difficult to do the right thing, but that would require Congress to do some work.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:05:35 +0000

As a former criminal investigator I would have loved to have had as much evidence as is available against Bush & Company. The documents, sworn testimony, and physical evidence are well beyond anything needed for a conviction in a criminal trial.

This administration is a prime example of what happens when Congress fails to do its duty and impeach government officials.

Nixon resigned – that was the sum total of his penalty. He kept all of his perquisites, like any other President who finished their term in office. Ford’s pardon eliminated any possibility of him being punished in any way.

The same thing happened to those involved in Iran-Contra, they were pardoned and still eligible for Federal office.

There is nothing that prevents Bush from pardoning himself, and nothing that anyone can do about if he does. Impeachment is the only penalty that can’t be pardoned, and it should cut off Federal pension rights. We are already paying him at twice the rate of any other President, which means his pension will be larger.

The failure to impeach says that a President can do whatever they want and Congress won’t do anything about it. In less than week we celebrate the signing of the Magna Carta that established that no one was above the law.

It was a good concept in 1215, and it’s still a good concept.

By: John

John — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:17:25 +0000

This President and VP deserve to be impeached as much as Nixon did. But, right now with their term coming to an end, it is non-productive. We can’t tie up the congress when we have far more important issues to deal with, ie. Iraq, health care, the ecomomy. The energy has to go to fixing the Republic and not toward punishing the “Malentropes”

By: happyjack83

happyjack83 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:31:04 +0000

One more example of how Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party elite are a) spineless b) only concerned about themselves and c) have absolutely no interest in representing the working class members of their party. After all, it isn’t their brothers, sisters, Moms, Dads, sons or daughters getting killed in Iraq – which is a direct result of these impeachable offenses.

It is time to break away from the old Democratic Party and begin a new Party, a Labor Party that truly represents and is concerned about working class Americans.

By: cntrlfrk

cntrlfrk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:53:39 +0000

They know they have nothing to go on to support impeachment.

Don’t doubt this will resurface again this year as simply a campaign tactic though.

They can drag it through the elections, and by the time you realize it was all about nothing, the election will be over and Obama will be in the White House.

Smoke and Mirrors

By: Fallenmonk

Fallenmonk — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:50:17 +0000

At least Kucinich had the courage of his convictions and presented the resolutions while knowing they would crushed in committee. We can expect nothing more from Pelosi she is not there for us but for herself.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:33:41 +0000

So? Pelosi is a gutless ass-kisser. *shrug* You expected something different? 🙂 She isn’t there to *DO* anything, she’s there to ensure she gets a good pension, and that no Dem tries to do anything stupid like kill the Golden Goose or make her have to do any actual work. 🙂