When Nixon was about to be impeached, he or his aides must have glanced at the Constitution and realized there is no pardon after impeachment. He agreed to resign, be pardoned and that would be the end of it. Many of us protested this ploy, but the Ford Admin said, “We must move on and put this behind us,” and, “Impeaching the President would denigrate the Presidency!”
What could denigrate the Office of the President more than letting murderous, thieving crooks rob the treasury, lie us into wars and condemn millions to death or ruin? What is more impeachable than to take an oath to “Protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” then refer to it as a “Just a God-damned piece of paper.”?
The Constitution lays out the use and need for impeachment and if you read it closely, it amounts to a way of removing forever from office one who has breached the public trust. Most of the Legislature as well as the Executive realizes that they would all be subject to impeachment, removal from office and trial for their breaches of public trust, the lies, evasions, sweetheart bills and kickbacks.
My “Democratic” Congressman wrote me back in 2006 and told me that we had re-elected him, not to end the war or impeach the President, but to add a few cents to the minimum wage and other such great services to the people. He also said he was not convinced that the President had broken any laws! I sent him quotations from the Constitution and Bill of Rights with the things Cheney/Bush had authorized or ordered alongside it. He never responded. When I ran into him at a Democratic BBQ, he turned his back on me and walked off.
In my opinion, they don’t want an impeachment, or anything that will bring the Constitution back into the government because whoever gets to run the show wants to inherit this current criminal mess to use for their own ends, which are probably not far from what the current gang is doing.
Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.”
What has been happening for the past several decades is that those chains have been shattered, link by link, by the government; so we now have in place exactly what Jefferson was warning against. There is no way We the People will ever get our Constitution and Bill of Rights back unless we perhaps take another Jefferson quote seriously.
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”
I do not see the power elite that controls this country ever giving up its illegal power without a fight.
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It’s always forgive and forget. Know why? Because the new boss actually LIKES the additional powers created by the crimes of the old boss.
Right ferenc and the new boss wants to protectect what the old boss left for him and knows that if he keeps it for the next election then whether his bunch gets in or not it will be kept for the next time his party is in.
That’s what we become Steve. A Nation of wailers who won’t lift a finger to throw off the yoke of tyranny.
The wierd part is that it is so easy to get it turned around. Get rid of the Party. Really its that simple. Git rid of the Republicans and threaten the Democrats or any party that rises to replace the Repubs.
Never vote for one of their candidates again.
Cliff do you really think that just by not voting for republicans that suddenly the government is going to follow the constitution? That makes no sense to me because I see the democrats as major violators of the constitution too. Can you explain how you think this would all play out?
Allen. You are right about “suddenly”. Because if for no other reason, they would see if you really meant it. But I do believe tht if we actually shunned a party out of existence, the remaining parties would take note and try to avoid the same mistake.
The Democrats are major violators also. I chose the Republicans because they are no longer in power and were the last Administration to have a chance to work for our country. They refused to do so. I promise that if the Democrats choose to ignore the demise of the Republican Party we should wave a single pointed finger, sing Bye-Bye, shun them and prosecute them.
If we could prosecute the Republicans who were in power to stop this problem we could also prosecute the Democrats who are also guilty. Think that would happen? Not a chance. But we can’t be stopped from shunning the Republican Party and then the Democrats if need be and any follow up Party if need be.
Political Parties need to have stature to have influence. If they don’t have stature they might as well not exist. And they want to exist and exist as a mover and shaker. That’s how they raise money.
Yes it will work. If the people will give it a trial.
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