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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:44 PM Original message |
NOT A PRO-HILLARY THREAD: Obama Says "NO" To Impeachment- What Say You? |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Weak--he and Hillary are weak people |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. When did Hillary say she was against impeachment? - She said Congress had no "appetite" for it |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uh, oh. I hear the Cognitive Dissonance train, it's a-comin' down the track.... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It's scary huh? They impeached Clinton for nothing, but won't impeach Bush and Cheney for crimes nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Yep. You got it in one. nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. There is no cognitive dissonance in religion. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. I hear that train a'comin', it's rollin' round the bend ... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. i agree with him |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Well then actually, you don't agree with him. |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Save this thread for posterity. It's going to be a winner :) |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think he's right, every president would have to suffer through impeachment |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. In your view |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Are you saying he hasn't violated the constitution? nt |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Heh? |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yup, all those things are true. And he'll be out of office before an impeachment would happen. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Wrong |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. But I also acknowledge the reality of what the impact on the Democratic agenda would be. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. How's that workin' so far |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. So far? not well. Bt I'm working to get a Dem pres and hoping for a large majority in Congress. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. He's right, it would be a circus |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. Those dogs aren't sleeping |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. I tried to back Kucinich for just this reason. Both candidates we have left are against it... |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. dupie-dupie |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think he needs to talk to a genuine Constitutional scholar like Jonathan Turley. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. My man Kucinich and I say YES! |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. He is triangulating. The only way to end the war now is to impeach Cheney now. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think he is right. n/t |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Less than one year left; other legislative priorities given the messed up state of our union |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. 3 months |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
72. And another three months to impeach Cheney once he was President |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. So, he doesn't feel that the Bush admin committed grave breaches |
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Mike Nelson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. A despicable position |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. I say we have no choice because both are against impeachment. |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. I say he's wrong. Impeachment IS the people's business |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Is this not exactly what bush and cheney did? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. I've always said no |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Another block falls out of the foundation of our country. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. At this point he is right |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Sure, that's a fantastic reason. The hearings will pre-empt LOST. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Silly Constitution |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. It is amazing that he gets away with this amazing response with his |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Grow up and look at the country we live in |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Good post |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Was that |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. That's your defense? Rich white guys walk all the time? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Your "people with balls" --> one-term Democrat --> |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. What are you talking about? Carter? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. The political aftermath of impeachment |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. And that would be getting rid of a criminal? That kind of aftermath? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. (see below) |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. He SAID IT in 2007. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Interesting. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. Good grief, look at this shit. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Fucking amazing is it not? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Not amazing at all. He doesn't want to piss off the Republicans. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Well, he can't afford to piss off the Republicans.... |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. The "gotcha moment" for the Obama people will be spectacular when after a year |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. All you need is hope, I guess. nt |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. It's going to be big, because they will all start posting about how he |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Stupidity. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
42. Considering there are only 11 months left in this admin |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Good thing the founders did not have a time limit. "Jesus, just leave out that part... |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
66. So from now on Presidents get a consequence-free final 11 months?? |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. It's kinda like a bonus round. The "Obama rule". |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. I personally don't believe the votes are there to make it stick. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. An unsuccessful impeachment would vindicate Chimpy. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. 7 out of 10 fortune tellers agree. Impeachment is a non-starter. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. How could it POSSIBLY be "unsuccessful??" And how could a true... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I freaking love Conyers. nt |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #65 |
80. Why am I not surprised I didn't get an answer? |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #65 |
82. Didn't realize the votes were there!! Do you have a list of the Repugs |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Ted Kennedy's pithy comment comparing the Clinton/Obama campaign styles: |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
69. Bush's crimes make Nixon's look almost trivial ... |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
73. WHY didn't we impeach Bush? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 06:55 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. It's scary to think why not. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
74. Not to be technical, but isnt impeachment initiated by the House of Representatives? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
75. I don't think impeachment is the best choice for the country right now. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
76. I say no to impeachment. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
78. It's like this: Obama's opposition to impeachment is OK; Hillary's opposition to impeachment is evil |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
79. Unless Clinton comes out in support of impeachment, it's a draw. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
81. Kick for the morning crowd. Kick for Wexler who endorsed Obama. |
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