8 Years Ago

[Originally posted on goofyblog 12.22.06]

Today, the 19th, is the Anniversary of the Impeachment of President Clinton.
As Joseph Palermo says in his article:

“All of the articles of impeachment directly related to Clinton’s consensual sexual relationship with a woman who preferred to keep it private, and who had not accused him of sexual harassment.”

In the weeks leading up to the impeachment and on the day of the impeachment, Newt Gingrich and Speaker of the House-designate Robert Livingston were forced to resign because they were guilty of exactly what Clinton was accused of–consensual, extra-marital sex.
And now?

“Should not the Democrats of the 110th Congress make a reasoned, non-partisan case for impeaching a President who may be responsible for illegally wiretapping American citizens, sanctioning torture and secret prisons, and misleading the nation into a catastrophic war?”

Of course they should! If not now, when? The Republicans brought our entire goverenment to a halt for over a year on this stupid, wasteful impeachment. And now, when there are real reasons, real unlawful, treasonous behavior, a real time when Congress needs to take back their power, the Dems say no?????

As Palermo says in another article, even though there isn’t enough of a Dem majority to finalize the impeachment in the Senate, there’s a real chance that an impeachment trial would produce sufficient scandalous crimes enough to infuriate a substantial number of Republicans to actually swing the vote and get rid of the bastard. Remember, Nixon resigned upon realizing that he would be definitely impeached.

The next 2 years cannot be more of the same! Write Pelosi. This is not a corporatocracy.