Now, back to impeachment. Back in Britian, impeachment was used by the people to remove unfair judges and to overrule unfair administrators. The standard for impeachment was “high crimes and other misdemeanors”, a phrase of the day.

What does this mean? Is it only criminal acts?

No, according to writings of the founders, “high crimes and misdemeanors” refers to offenses against the state, against society itself. Things like bribery and treason are deliberately included, but these offenses can be things like preventing someone for running from office, unbalancing the separation of powers, keeping secrets for no good reason, etc.

Bush has not only admitted to criminal offenses from the podium (the FISA warrentless wiretaps), but has also inflated the power of the executive branch.

I mean, you wouldn’t like it if Clinton could use the NSA to break into MDE and get his real email address and IP – then track him down, open up his computer, and review all his spam, see who he sent checks to at his banks, at whim… without justifying it, would you Chris?

Say you wrote into “Clinton Haters” blog and made a few supposedly anonymous comments. Do you really think you can’t be tracked down easily? What we depend on is that there is some check and balance – no search without reason.

What I can’t and don’t understand is privacy and freedom from search and seizure – Constitutional rights guaranteed from the beginning – typical bread-and-butter for conservatives – are being shredded without any concern for the future.

Weak effort.

You don’t think that looking into the President’s abuses isn’t justified?

Come on, again.

Well put, Chris. Keep it up. This is your mantra now. You will achieve independent thought soon.

You know what’s interesting? Even though Bush has publicly admitted breaking the law, criminal acts are not needed for impeachment!

Bush has damaged the country by subverting the Constitutional series of checks and balances. By inflating the importance and authority of the executive branch, by deciding in signing statements which laws he will and won’t follow, by breaking treaties made by congress, by gathering warmaking powers to himself, he has committed an impeachable act.

Neato!

“(CBS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sat down with Mike Wallace in Tehran on Tuesday in a rare, exclusive interview with a Western reporter.”

“You see that his approval rating is dropping every day. Hatred vis-à-vis the president is increasing every day around the world. For a ruler, this is the worst message that he could receive. Rulers and heads of government at the end of their office must leave the office holding their heads high.”

//We are at war and he is the leader//

Thanks for admitting that at least.

Andrew

::This out of context quote has been brought to you by my newly acquired skill, taught to me by all you lefty bloggers::

Why? Is there a John Kerry bumper sticker taped to the back window of my car?

There is not a group that has served in the White House that think this adminstration is doing anything right.

This is nothing new, its just not on your talking points yet. Ellison called for Bush resignation and /or investigations last session. The rest of the country in swinging in the direction that this war was/is not worth it. You 20 percenters keep telling yourselves that the President can survive this.

Any wonder why we aren’t seeing Bush in any of the Republican ads (broadcast and print) here in Minnesota? We are at war and he is the leader, why not show the wartime leader supports you?
‘Cause its the kiss of death and even the GOP sychophants know it.

Second that, Dave. The way the liberals put our country on the same plane as these evil leaders and regimes just shows how distorted a scope through which they see the world.

I believe that we are seeing history in the making this year. Over the next decade, the Independence party or another viable 3rd party, will begin to take half or more of the Democratic party’s vote as real Americans with center-left views search out candidates who are more in line with their values.

NEATO!

Stalin killed millions. Stalin was worse then Hitler. I know a lady whose father spent 7 years in one of Stalin’s concentration camps. Yokel, we live in the most free nation in the world. I really wish you whiners on the left would appreciate how nice we have it hear.

I hope that in July of 2008 Republicans don’t hold press confrences for the 30th anniversry of Clintons rape of Junita Broaddrick. That would be digging bottom.

Calling for hearings into policy differences disguised as `crimes’ in a time of war is disgraceful, and Ellison should pay the price.

This sort of authoritarianism would make Stalin proud. I repeat: This is so controversial.

Minnesotans do not share many values with the Bush administration

If this sort of far left extremism is what the DFL is going to offer the voters in November, I think that the Republican Party may end up doing pretty well.

I just hope that when Republicans move into fill the void in Minnesota politics left by DFLers gone wild, they don’t go all Big Gov on us and force us to vote “lesser of two evils” every election.

I want to vote for something not against something.