NO to Impeachment

Impeaching the President is a waste of time.

December 18, 2006

1990s: As Golden Age?: I'm trying to find the great economy everybody was talking about in the 1990s...

Clean Gene is Dead: Some passing memories on the death of Euegene McCarthy.

Clinton in Coxscakie: Hillary came to town to ralley Democrats around Gillibrand.

Cuomo on the Mohawk: The man from Guy Park Place has yet to decide to run.

Dick Cheney: Shotgun Bandit: What Cheney's shotgun accident means to all Americans, gun owning or not.

Getting Health Insurance: How many desire to get low-cost insurance changed my plans.

Governing with Accountablity: Andrew has two visions on what accountablity is really about.

It's Time to Honor America: Beyond politics, there is a lot to like about America.

Ohio: Updating Neil Yong's lyrics for contemporary events.

On Car Insurance and Autobody Shops: The system that keeps you paying without getting anything in return.

On National ID Cards: Discussing the evil national ID cards.

Our Cowboy President: You don't have to like the President's policies to respect his sense of moral responsiblity.

Poem: Bureaucratic Memorandum: Trying to make sense of the memorandum and corporate decision making process.

Poem: It's 2006: The future seems not to come for man.

Respect President Bush: Not agreeing with the President doesn't make him evil.

Senator Paul Wellstone is Dead: Andrew is still shocked at the news of the death of man who was becoming one of the great Senators of the '00s.

The Blackout Blame Game: In continuing my series on blaming the right people, I try to look beyond the hype and mistakes of the media in covering the blackout.

Those Extra Twenty Hours: Brought to you by the same people who denied you national health care.

Undocumented Immigrants and Farms: Why the real solution to the illegal immigration is changing how we subsidize our farmers and not criminalizing or legalizing guest workers.

What is the Political?: The neological word I often use for describing aggregated political forces.

Why Modern Politics are Ill: Commentary on the ills of politics, and the need for activism.

Why the Democratic Stimulus Package Works: The proposed tax cuts by Republicans fail to provide adquate stimulus for sectors of the economy that need it the most.

NO to Impeachment

Some liberal commentators would like to see President George W Bush impeached. They claim he has violated our consitution, trambled on our rights, and ruled without respect to the laws that make up our country. I would tend to disagree.

It is the President's progative to decide how best to uphold the consitution along with that of the Supreme Court and the Congress. If either branch is unhappy with his acts, they can check his power.

If there was an example of a clear abuse of power that could be made into a judical issue, the courts would be quick to strike it down. If Congress was unhappy they could pass a law and override his veto to rein him in. The reality is that the vast majority of the American public is relatively happy with his actions, even if they aren't crazy about his policy choices

It makes absolutely no sense to impeach Bush. It would be a waste of time and resources. It would help undermine democracy, by setting the precident that says that dually elected presidents are subject to recall anytime they are not like. And it would be little more then just a tit-for-tat over the frivolous Clinton impeachment.