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get all woozy about the idea because cheney lurks in the shadows.
I think it would be poetic justice to thrust him rudely into the spotlight, on center stage, in the open, where he can't hide, he can't sneak around, he can't manipulate behind the scenes, he can't move 'em and shake 'em behind the curtain, he can't slither around in the dark, up to no good and able to pull it off because nobody's watching. Shove him out there front-n-center, where he's stuck in the spotlight and forced to agonize like a pinned bug on a specimen sheet. cheney's a true creep - operating in the shadows where nobody's watching, where nobody can see what he's up to. That's exactly where he likes to be. He's had decades of a career in high-level politics - PLENTY of time to run for president if he wanted it. The fact is, he DOESN'T want it. He likes the figurehead in front, taking all the flak and all the heat and all the punches, being the obvious target, while he takes refuge in the shadows. And he's left alone there to go about all his dirty business with nobody seeing and nobody looking, out of sight and out of mind until his damage is done. It would be SWEET justice to thrust him out there in the uncomfortable open - where he absolutely DOES NOT want to be. It would be the most dreadful year or so of his life. FILLED with sleepless nights, and out of his element and DEFINITELY out of his comfort zone.
It's the worst fate I could wish on him, so of course I DO!!!
And Popol's other point here about the bad publicity such an event would generate - that is VERY true. It'll bring 'em ALL down in the morale department. They'll be negotiating from a position of WEAKNESS, NOT strength. They'll be demoralized, frustrated, angry, and depressed. More republi-CON voters are apt to be so disheartened and dis-spirited that they'll be far more likely to stay home and cry in their beer than go vote. It'll be a pox on their houses, and leave a stench on them all for quite awhile. We could use a good setback for them, because we have a lot of lost ground to make up and a horrific mess to try to clean up.
And for those who argue that it would provoke a backlash against us Dems - oh, another IMPEACHMENT! ICK-ICK-ICK, I'd say - not so fast. There's a UNIVERSE of difference between Clinton's impeachment - remember? For a BLOW JOB? For lying about CHEATING ON HIS WIFE??? And the reasons why it hurt the persecuting party back then was that so many people realized this - that this whole impeachment was utterly bogus and embarrassing, for a whole lotta nothing. For SEX. An IMPEACHMENT of george w. bush would be brought about for reasons FAR more grave, credible, and beyond compare. THIS is the kind of thing IMPEACHMENT was set up to remedy - an arrogant, power-abusing executive who demonstrates repeated and egregious incompetence and flagrant flouting of the Constitution he swore to PRESERVE, protect, and defend (and NOT use as his own personal roll of toilet paper). THIS is MUCH different. There's just no comparison. This would NOT be IMPEACHMENT for a stupid, embarrassing, partisan trifle. This is about sending a nation to war based on lies, against a sovereign state that did not attack us and posed no threat, plus the trampling of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the torture policy we're now famous for, and the sheer incompetence and gross dereliction of his sworn and sacred duty. THESE are high crimes and misdemeanors, as opposed to some stupid frickin' blow job with an intern of consenting age and eager intent. THAT'S why it brought republi-CONS' poll numbers down. Because a vast majority of Americans saw through it for the partisan, petty vendetta that it was.
I, for one, would thoroughly enjoy watching the grossly uncomfortable dick cheney chafing against the hot lights and twisting in the wind, wishing for that nice shadowy rock he used to be able to crawl under when the heat was on.
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