“Msg To The Left: I’m not saying you should impeach him, I’m just sayin’...go with your hearts."

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http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/06/02/is-bushs-base-softening-on-impeachment/#more-4066

Is Bush’s Base Softening on Impeachment?
Posted by Jon Ponder | Jun. 2, 2007, 8:52 am

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How bad is it among Bush’s base? The National Journal’s Blogometer posits that if congressional Dems were to move toward impeachment over Bush’s violations of the FISA laws, they would find conservatives in no mood to object:

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Blogometer also put together a round up of angry posts about Bush from conservatives, many of whom discuss the possibility of impeachment:

- Instapundit: “There’s a difference between disagreeing with your base and disrespecting it. And they’ve been very disrespectful to everyone who disagrees with them on this. Heck, I’m basically pro-immigration and I find the Administration’s arguments for the bill sufficiently unpersuasive and insulting that I’m leaning against it on that basis alone.”

- NRO’s Mark Levin: “Does the president have any conservative domestic initiatives that he’s actively pursuing? If so, I’d like to know what they are. Richard Nixon tried this when his ratings were low. It didn’t work…. Today you disparage us for opposing a massive amnesty program that endangers our economy and national security. … What’s a conservative to do?

- an Andrew Sullivan emailer: “I’m a Two-Time Bush voter. In Pennsylvania in 2004 I voted for Pat Toomey. I voted straight Republican last fall. Now I want an “Impeach Bush” Bumper Sticker. You’re right. It’s the arrogance and condescension that finally gets to you.”

- Ace of Spades: “Hey, President Bush? F**k off. You are going down in history in a neck-and-neck battle with Jimmy Carter as worst president of the twentieth century. … Message To The Left: I’m not saying you should impeach him, I’m just sayin’, you know, go with your hearts.

(Note to AoS: No president before Bush has taken the country to war on false pretexts and then lost the war. And by any rational measure, Jimmy Carter was a better president sound asleep than Bush is wide awake.)

- a David Frum reader: “I voted twice for this man and his abdication of the most fundamental executive responsibility, to protect our country from foreign invasion, is cause for regret. … I wish he were already gone.”

Think how many lives would have been saved if the rightwing had recognized George Bush for who he really is back when everyone else did — during the run-up to the war in Iraq. It’s a bit like Jim Jones’ followers realizing he is crazy — after they’ve slurped down the Kool-Aid. Still, if this anti-Bush sentiment coalesces on the right, I hope they’ll stay on board when the Dems decide to impeach Cheney first.