The real reason Impeachment is "off the table", according to US Rep. John Olver (D-MA)

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Should we take Congressman John Olver at his word? If so, then what?

There are numerous posts in the blogsphere to the effect that Congressman John Olver (D-MA for 17 years), when grilled by angry pro-impeachment constituents as to why in the world he's not pushing for impeachment of Bush & Cheney, said that the real reason for Congressional inaction is that if impeachment was seriously pursued "Bush/Cheney would impose martial law and suspend the '08 elections". This startling revelation has thus far gone virtually unreported in any major media outlet that I can find, but one website and many blogs (especially the impeachment sites) have picked up on it:

"Congressman John Olver expressed the prevailing view in government circles when he told twenty of his constituents at a private meeting in Massachusetts on July 5, 2007, that he could not support a movement to impeach Bush. According to an attendee, the reason the Congressman gave was that, “The President would declare a national emergency, institute martial law, and suspend the 2008 elections.”
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7307

Here are other links on the subject:
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/11/17/p21127
http://impeachthem.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/todays-spotlight-by-kevin-zeese-shines-on-congressman-olver/
http://politics.propeller.com/story/2007/11/12/crisis-in-the-us-plan-b
http://www.impeachthem.com/?q=node/1564
http://www.pissedonpolitics.com/2007/10/no_impeachment_because_bush_wi.htm

Is there any reason to doubt Congressman Olver's statement? Clearly Bush has granted himself pretty much blanket "authority" to deliver on his threat, under NSPD-51 <http://www.ww4report.com/node/3940> to declare a national emergency, impose martial law, etc. whenever he decides there is a "catastrophic emergency" as "any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions."

By the way, NSPD-51 is the same "continuity of government" directive that has all its details "classified", that Congressman DeFazio (D-OR) was flatly denied access to seeing, even though DeFazio has every legal right to see as a member of the House Homeland Security Committee.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/21/2678/

So this is my question: If all this is true, then isn't the whole '08 election a thinly disguised elaborate charade designed to gloss over the fact that the nation is already under the thumb of a shadowy cabal of treasonous thugs who will stop at absolutely NOTHING to perpetuate their criminal agenda? Think about it. If what Olver says is true, 99% of what passes for "news" is nothing more than moving the deck chairs around on a Titanic with Cheney & the Bush Crime Family at the helm, no matter who ends being "elected president" in Jan. 09.

PS - This subject was broached on DU several days ago, followed by a brief discussion ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3736077

...but I feel it deserves much more serious deliberation on DU. What think You?