So It's Eighteen Months Of Inertia Then?
Published by BG on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:41 AM.Why Bush hasn't been impeached | Salon.com
Why? Why was Clinton, who was never as unpopular as Bush, impeached for lying about sex, while Bush faces no sanction for the far more serious offense of lying about war?
The main reason is obvious: The Democrats think it's bad politics. Bush is dying politically and taking the GOP down with him, and impeachment is risky. It could, so the cautious Beltway wisdom has it, provoke a backlash, especially while the war is still going on. Why should the Democrats gamble on hitting the political jackpot when they're likely to walk away from the table big winners anyway?
Because it's the right thing to do? Because, god forbid, you'd be showing the spine and leadership we thought you had when we elected you? Because this administration's callous disregard of civil liberties and the Constitution are in need of being exposed to those in this country who still don't get it? There's three good reasons right there...
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