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Hastert, Boehner, Hyde, and Others Say Impeach
by Open-Publishing - Tuesday 21 February 20064 comments
Hastert, Hyde, Boehner and six other long time Representatives have gone on record. They have vehemently and eloquently made a case for impeachment when we have a President who lies.
I was very impressed at how outraged they were, how concerned they were about ensuring honor and integrity in the White House. They believe that if the President continues such behavior it would ultimately destroy the fabric of our society and the foundations of our government for future generations.
They were quite firm in saying that such issues were above partisan politics.
If you don’t have time to read it all, in summary they said that: A lying President is the antithesis of Truth, Justice and the American Way.
I am relieved, because now I know that they will have to impeach George W. Bush.
This will be the first of a series of diaries where I will share what I learned with you.
Congressman DENNIS HASTERT (IL)
Mr. Speaker, I am saddened that there is clear and convincing evidence that the President lied. I look to the wisdom of our Founding Fathers. According to Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 65, impeachment concerns `offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or in other words from the abuse of violation of some public trust.’ In this Nation, all men are created equal.
Simply put, the President in our representative democracy is not a sovereign who is above the law. The President’s inability to abide by the law, the Constitution and my conscience have all led me to the solemn conclusion that impeachment articles must be passed.
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http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/6473359.html
Forum posts
21 February 2006, 16:47
Your post is misleading. It says at the bottom of that page that those comments were made regarding the Clinton impeachment in 1998. You raised my hopes, only to dash them.
22 February 2006, 03:47
It just shows what hypocrites "they" are.....so much for honor..
21 February 2006, 16:57
Sure, this is only a tiny part of the litany of double standards of the Gingrich-Hastert era.
He led his constituents to believe until the very end that he was "undecided." All the while, he was assisting Tom DeLay in rounding up and walking the undecided members of Congress past a table of "evidence" set up in the House Cloakroom. Those items were linked to such fantastic tales as Bill Clinton’s alleged rapes, murders, and murder plots against political enemies.
HRC
http://50milesout.blogspot.com
28 February 2006, 04:44
This was also posted over at dKOS. It was unprofessional there as well.