Dave Lindorff: Impeachment Countdown - Are Bush and Cheney Starting to Lose Sleep?

[Hissyspit]

http://www.democrats.com/node/13600

Impeachment Countdown: Are Bush and Cheney Starting to Lose Sleep?
By Dave Lindorff

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In short, evidence of outrageous administration lawlessness and abuse of power has been piling up for a year since Pelosi’s statement, and during her six-month stint as Speaker, during which time she has continued not just to block impeachment bills in Congress, but to work hard behind the scenes to undermine a growing grassroots impeachment movement. Sen. Boxer’s bold statement puts impeachment front and center inside the Beltway, and in the national media. It adds new weight to the bill calling for the impeachment of Dick Cheney which Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) filed in the House on April 24, and which now has 14 additional co-sponsors.

We’re not there yet, but thanks to a growing grassroots campaign, impeachment is being forced into public and Congressional consciousness. It is reaching a point where even the most cowardly or complicit news editors will not be able to push it aside, black it out, or deride it as a “fringe” thing. We’re getting to a point where the powerful in Congress, and the pundits and opinion makers in the media, are going to have to acknowledge that impeachment is being demanded by the public, and that it is appropriate to the crimes that are being perpetrated by the White House.

Speaker Pelosi’s position is becoming less and less tenable, and is looking more and more shrill and even ridiculous.

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How many other institutions can you think of where the members of that institution have stood idly by, hands in pockets, while their power and authority was trampled? Even on the grounds of simple ego, you would think that Congress would be rising up as one to put an end to such a travesty, and yet not one bill has been submitted calling for the president’s impeachment.

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But with each new member of the House who signs on to Kucinich’s H Res 333 (the latest is California Democratic Rep. Sam Farr), and with each new senator who joins Barbara Boxer in standing up and calling for impeachment, it becomes easier for the next ones to follow. President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been having pretty much a free ride for six years, and have probably shared plenty of laughs at the Democratic “opposition” over the last six years as they steamrollered both them and the Constitution. But suddenly, things are turning around, and as is often the case in politics, they are turning quickly.

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[Swamp Rat]

1. Yes, because of ME!

In the middle of the night I send powerful thought waves to interrupt their REM sleep. BWAHAHAHA!!! :evilgrin:

Georgie has nightmares every night now. BWAHAHAHAAAAH!

[Phredicles]

2. Molto recommended,

and very proud to call Barbara Boxer my senator.:applause:

[Aristus]

3. Lose sleep? I hope they're having NIGHTMARES!

I don't wish either of them any harm, but a lifetime of nightmares for them is not too high a price to pay for their crimes against humanity and their sins against God and all that's holy. I mean, damn, B*sh said God told him to invade Iraq; if that's not taking the Lord's name in vain, I don't know what is...

[AndyA]

4. We need a lot more people like Kucinich and Boxer.

Not afraid to do the right thing, simply because it is the right thing to do.

You never have to worry about feeling bad if you were doing the right thing. And the American people are smart enough to know the difference between being political and doing something because it's the right thing to do.

After Bush's stunt with Libby's jail time, and now ordering Harriet Miers to not appear before Congress after being subpoenaed, I think the public is going :wtf:

It's time for Nancy Pelosi to do her job. Her continued lack of movement on impeachment is a reflection on HER, more than anyone else. What is she hiding? Who is she covering for? She needs to retract that statement, and put impeachment on the table as the main course.

[madinmaryland]

5. No he is not.

Nothing for them to worry about.

Even if he is impeached, tried, and convicted, he will not voluntarily leave. He would create a massive constitutional crisis, because remember, the constitution does NOT apply to him. And Cheney is his own branch of government and is obviously NOT covered by the constitution.

:grr:

[Double T]

6. BOTH have no conscience and don't lose a wink of sleep.