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Don’t Worry, Democrats Won’t Impeach Bush, Democrat Says

by Open-Publishing - Thursday 28 September 2006
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(CNSNews.com) - Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have been talking about impeaching President George W. Bush for months. But when Republicans say the president indeed may be impeached if Democrats regain control of Congress, they’re just trying to scare people, a Democratic operative says.

In an op-ed column in Thursday’s Detroit Free Press, Robert Weiner, a former press secretary to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), accused Republicans of "trying to create hysteria about the likelihood of impeaching President Bush."

According to Weiner, "Impeachment is not on Conyers’ current agenda. It is only a red herring on the Republican agenda."

(In a Democratic House, Conyers would be chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and thus a key player in deciding to impeach, or bring charges against, the president.)

Weiner (who also worked for the Clinton White House) says Conyers "has told me directly: ’I’m not going to conduct an impeachment. That would take all of our time. I would not want to bring an impeachment investigation because that would drain time and energy from the work that needs to be done, and it would take away the country’s attention from issues that need to be addressed.’"

Weiner said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who would become speaker of a Democrat-controlled House, said last May that "Democrats are not about impeachment. Democrats are about bringing the country together." (You don’t decide to impeach, Pelosi said at the time, until the facts and "investigations" lead you there. She left the question open.)

The Republican National Committee insists that the real Democratic agenda is impeachment — spurred by hatred for George W. Bush as well as payback for what happened to Bill Clinton.

A number of Democrat/liberal websites, groups and individuals certainly do want Bush impeached on a variety of grounds — including the invasion of Iraq, the NSA wiretapping program, and alleged abuses at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.

Various cities and towns have passed impeachment resolutions, urging Congress to act against the president. A number of Democratic politicians, Sens. John Kerry and Barbara Boxer among them, have mused about impeaching Bush. And groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union also have pressed the impeachment issue.

Based on the sentiment of liberal grassroots groups, Conyers — if he becomes Judiciary Committee chairman in a Democratic House — would find himself under tremendous pressure to bring charges against the president in a time of war, as CNSNews.com has noted (see reports below).

See Earlier Stories:
Impeachment Teach-Ins Seek to Oust Bush, Sell Books (July 21, 2006)
Impeaching Bush Is ’Cause Worth Fighting for,’ Actor Says (Feb. 17, 2006)
ACLU Panel Urges Impeachment Over NSA Spying (Feb. 21, 2006)
Kerry’s Impeachment Crack Not Funny, Republicans Say (Dec. 16, 2005)
Has Bush Committed an Impeachable Offense,’ Senator Asks (Dec. 20, 2005)

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200609/POL20060921a.html

Forum posts

  • Vote EVERY SINGLE INCUMBENT OUT! Except Dr. Ron Paul.

  • Well, there are only 21 Democrats in the Congress - the rest teams up with the Republican agenda. How are we going to change things, if the majority of the Democrats even votes for extended torture laws?

    I don’t get it.

    • Well, there has always been one policy and two well known parties.

      I don’t mean to insult here but it only appears that there are two opposing parties with real differences in policy and implementation; and those who thought this are the one who "do not get it".

      That is, it is becoming clearer to some now that the policy is one and that there are not two parties but two factions, one labelled "democrats" and the other "republican".

      Voting out possibably all and replacing them with new bodies will not change a thing because thwy are selected from the same pool as the past. That is, from the American public. Since the American community thinks as those already in power, things are not going to change.

      It is only dream-talk of people who think that their votes will count. Or that they have counted in the past. For the most part, in the past, and as it will be in the future, even if someone votes for changes in personalities in D.C., they soon forget and the things remain the same.

      The one hope is that the U.S. goes to war with Iran and possibably Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and Syria at one and same time. Only then is the possibility that Russia and China playing their cards which will have an effect on the American Empire.

      As for the domestic mindset — all hope is lost for this and the forseeable generations.

    • I would simply offer the oft repeated suggestion, that we must each "become the change we wish to see." Every choice a conscience one, every purchase making sure our dollars NEVER go to those who would use them for perpetuating the System of the Beast. Turn OFF every TV and instead give your mind a rest from State-run disinformation. Guide others to Truth sites on the net. Speak honestly and openly to anyone and everyone who has an ear to hear. Preach not only to the choir but call in on every radio show you can find and debate and instruct those who fail to "see", while at the same time resisting the urge of the ego and remember, that we all still have much more to learn even as we show others what we have learned. Be the Salt of The Earth.

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