Reid Struggles for Reason to Oppose Impeachment

[davidswanson]

By David Swanson

Christiane Brown (KJFK, Reno) interviews Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in this audio clip from last week and presses him on why he admits impeachable offenses have been commited but opposes impeachment. Reid says that impeaching Bush would just give you Cheney, but Brown points out that Cheney can be impeached too (in fact, the only impeachment bill in Congress right now is to impeach Cheney). Reid says there's not enough time, but Brown points out how swift past impeachments have been. Reid struggles and fails to find a coherent explanation. LISTEN TO THE CLIP.

[illinoisprogressive]

1. they are scared of the criminals in the white house

[ClassWarrior]

2. Yup. The thugs have them intimidated.

Call Reid and demand he come out in support of IMPEACHMENT.

NGU.

[Cha]

4. Then we need people representing

us who are afraid of the bushits.

[ClassWarrior]

5. Then run.

zidzi for Senate!!

NGU.

[Cha]

6. Yeah, I'm not a politician..I

can barely get my words together to post on DU..I see where I typed in my previous post that "we need politicians who are afraid of the bushits"..of course, I mean't to say "AREN'T"!!:P

Nothing's set in stone, though..so just because these politicians have always won in their State or District doesn't mean that some fine day they won't get ousted in favor of real representatives for The People.

Cause they're killin' people.

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. Reid is irrelevent at this point on impeachment

He doesn't get a vote until it is approved by the House. It is sitting in Committee and not going anywhere. Kucinich talked about making a privledged resolution to bring it to the floor, but so far talk is all that he has done.

[Forkboy]

7. That subject line could have ended right after the word "reason".