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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:14 AM Original message |
Impeachment is not about justice. Impeachment is all about poltics. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. I believe that impeachment does not give one double jeopardy |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Of course he could. Impeachment does not result in a criminal charge. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Cheney would get to nominate a VP |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He can't if he's impeached first |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. The odds of 17 republicans in the senate voting to remove |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. "Judgment in cases of impeachment... |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Bullshit! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. If that's true, then the GOP will vote against it. n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Herr Plunk, goes a big doolap of elephant doo! OR R BS! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. !!! n/t |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. impeachment is about justice...congress is about politics |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. That is exactly what my Republican Rep, says... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Precisely the wing nut talking point, except when they impeach!! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Thanks for the link! n/t |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. At this point, impeachment is about preventing it from ever happening again. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Not to mention, preventing retaliaton for Bush's war crimes!! |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. whole heartedly agree..... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. It 's going to take a lot more than impeachment to undo the damage. |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Of course it won't undo any damage. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. What is more necessary? That the Bushists pay for their crimes |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. What responsible person has a choice? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. If it's a question of priority and resources, one needs to take precedence over the other. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Or the beginning of the end of the American experiment. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fine. I guess we can just proceed into the future as an outlaw nation. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The cure for Bush is Obama. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Hope |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Not just hope. If you take Obama seriously, he is all about revolution |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. I believe when impeachment is conducted properly , it's about both politics and justice. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I totally agree Uncle Joe! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Nonsense. Impeachment is totally dependent on its time. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Impeach AND prosecute. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Impeachment shakes away their protection. Prosecution controls and isolates them. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Severe unpopularity over how they've manifestly fucked up everything they've touched |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. Clinton's impeachment certainly didn't involve 'justice'. Perhaps, 'justice' is best reflected,... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. Two Issues Mixed As One... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I agree with everything you said, Kharma Train. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Burt...Always Good To Have You On My Side |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Independent Prosecutor |
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