"Finally, it has started. People have begun to speak of impeaching President George W. Bush - not in hushed whispers but openly, in newspapers, on the Internet, in ordinary conversations and even in Congress. As a former member of Congress who sat on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon, I believe they are right to do so.
I can still remember the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach during those proceedings, when it became clear that the President had so systematically abused the powers of the presidency and so threatened the rule of law that he had to be removed from office. As a Democrat who opposed many of President Nixon's policies, I still found voting for his impeachment to be one of the most sobering and unpleasant tasks I ever had to undertake. None of the members of the committee took pleasure in voting for impeachment; after all, Democrat or Republican, Nixon was still our President".
So begins an interesting article by Elizabeth Holtzman on the reasons why she, given her experience as a Congresswoman during the Watergate era, believes George Bush ought to be impeached.
It is interesting to reflect on the fact that Bill Clinton was put up for impeachment for lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky - did it harm the interests of the USA? or cost any lives or money for the taxpayer? - when what George Bush has done by lying to the American people [and it can be proven to be so!] is vastly more serious. The human cost and suffering caused by the Iraq War let alone the financial cost, and its consequences for the economy, of that War, speak for themselves.
I can still remember the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach during those proceedings, when it became clear that the President had so systematically abused the powers of the presidency and so threatened the rule of law that he had to be removed from office. As a Democrat who opposed many of President Nixon's policies, I still found voting for his impeachment to be one of the most sobering and unpleasant tasks I ever had to undertake. None of the members of the committee took pleasure in voting for impeachment; after all, Democrat or Republican, Nixon was still our President".
So begins an interesting article by Elizabeth Holtzman on the reasons why she, given her experience as a Congresswoman during the Watergate era, believes George Bush ought to be impeached.
It is interesting to reflect on the fact that Bill Clinton was put up for impeachment for lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky - did it harm the interests of the USA? or cost any lives or money for the taxpayer? - when what George Bush has done by lying to the American people [and it can be proven to be so!] is vastly more serious. The human cost and suffering caused by the Iraq War let alone the financial cost, and its consequences for the economy, of that War, speak for themselves.
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