Republicans for Impeachment (David Swanson)

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Monday, 20 March 2006, 12:47 pm
Opinion: David Swanson

Everyone's on message. The right-wing pundits, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi. They're all trying to tell us that raising a demand for impeachment is good for Republicans. <snip>

The vast majority of Democrats, most Independents, and a majority overall are supportive of impeachment. A remarkable 85% of Democrats in Pennsylvania (the only state polled) want to vote for pro-impeachment congressional candidates. And people don't just support impeachment. They're passionate about it. Bush is the least liked president on record, excepting only Nixon, and Bush is on track to break Nixon's record this spring. Nothing will energize people to vote against Republicans like talk of impeaching Bush and Cheney. Few other issues can provide the dramatic motivation to turn out voters in an off-year election.

The Democrats have been dealt a winning hand, and they're afraid – thus far -- to sit down at the table. Instead they're on the defensive, hiding from Feingold and whining about how opposing Bush will energize Republicans. The corporate punditry meanwhile is on the offensive, pretending that impeachment is actually good for Republicans.

Well, let's see them put their money where their mouths are: contributions to pro-impeachment congressional candidates can be made at www.impeachpac.org <snip>

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0603/S00262.htm

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1. Me like

That was my exact reaction to hearing Brit Hume fume about how good impeachment is for the Republicans this morning -propaganda going overboard. It sealed the deal for me that this is a winning hand. If he can't be impeached-well damn it- he can be threatened with it at least.The Dems are always accused of playing politics-why not play politics? This is if nothing else-the blatant and simple reminder of the very fact of how disliked and what a failure Bush is. And if Americans are ANYTHING-they like to hook their stars to a perceived winner. Bush is a loser and the Republicans can no longer hook their wagon to him.

[jenmito]

2. I thought the same thing...

I saw Brit Hume going off about Feingold's "absurd" censure motion and when Juan Williams even BEGAN suggesting that Bush may have broken the law I thought Brit was going to explode at how he was scolding Juan about how it's so ridiculous to even THINK he could've been breaking the law, and how this will energize the Repubs. He seemed pretty angry by something that would be so good for the Repubs.! The Dems. should jump all over the censure!

[AndyTiedye]

3. Repubs Probably Won't Give to Impeachpac, But I Just Did.

Thanks for the link.

[lanah]

4. Republicans should want to impeach Bush more than anyone

His policies are anything but conservative and he has embarrassed their party into being a complete laughing stock.

[calimary]

5. Like this!

Kicking it!

IMPEACHMENT is NO LONGER just an option.

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