Thursday, May 03, 2007
Gonzales Can be Impeached
Quick note from a NY times article.
Essentially any government officer can be impeached by congress. This could include a mail clerk from Elk Horn, North Dakota, but in practice it serves as a way for congress to assert its oversight over the executive.
The question is, will public pressure build in time to nail these bushite buggers before the next election?
If you think that it is unnecessary to impeach them now given that there is less then two years left in their mandate. Please remember that if they are being impeached then they are going to be occupied and their ability to commit mischief will be largely curtailed.
Secondly, impeachment sends a message to the world, "Bush is not representative of us. We actually think he is evil. Sorry, it took us this long to get him." This is a valuable message to send and will accelerate the rehabilitation of America's international reputation.
Article II of the Constitution grants Congress the power to impeach “the president, the vice president and all civil officers of the United States.” The phrase “civil officers” includes the members of the cabinet (one of whom, Secretary of War William Belknap, was impeached in 1876).
Essentially any government officer can be impeached by congress. This could include a mail clerk from Elk Horn, North Dakota, but in practice it serves as a way for congress to assert its oversight over the executive.
The question is, will public pressure build in time to nail these bushite buggers before the next election?
If you think that it is unnecessary to impeach them now given that there is less then two years left in their mandate. Please remember that if they are being impeached then they are going to be occupied and their ability to commit mischief will be largely curtailed.
Secondly, impeachment sends a message to the world, "Bush is not representative of us. We actually think he is evil. Sorry, it took us this long to get him." This is a valuable message to send and will accelerate the rehabilitation of America's international reputation.
