Since Gonzo says * can spy on anyone he likes, doesn't that mean that

[Doctor_J]

that issue is off the table wrt impeachment? The nation's chief law enforcement official has declared spying to be OK, so doesn't that make it de facto legal?

[Vincardog]

1. NO the AG is not the final arbiter of legality

[wtmusic]

2. I can't believe how pissed I am

after watching Gonzales today. What a disgrace this country is--to allow that hemming and hawing stooge even walk out the door a free man...and all for POLITICS? Is the Constitution expendable for POLITICS?

(*&%#)(*$%&)#!!!!!

[NanceGreggs]

3. Not only (*&%#)(*$%&)#!!!!! ...

... but (@&*$%)(^*#@!)!!!

[Doctor_J]

4. The truth is our constitution is not in effect any more

We're in a dictatorship, and anyone who doesn't realize that listens to hate radio to much.

[eggman67]

5. Frankly, I think that's off the table regardless

of how this plays out. I head the words "good faith" enough today to see that. The best we can hope for is to put a stop to it.

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Impeachment does not require a violation of law.

It is a purely political act. Congress can impeach and convict Bush because he is an asswipe, or because he is well groomed, or because he has violated his oath of office to uphold the constitution. None of those are violations of any statute. They can impeach and convict and remove from office for any damn reason they see fit. There is no endrun other than brute force that would prevent Congress from doing what is right.

[eggman67]

7. What they can do and

what they will do are two different things.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. Well of course but

the OP made the claim that since the AG declared that breaking the law was legal it was no longer impeachable, and that claim is false. The law has nothing to do with it, politics has everything to do with it.

[eggman67]

9. My bad

I misread. I thought you had replied to me. Mea culpa.