Reply #46: Time And Money Wasted

[KharmaTrain]

Thanks to Paula Jones, there's no reason a civil suit like Wilson's can go forward with have far more reach and legal punch that an impeachment folly would offer.

Let's start with the investigations...in the Judiciary, the discovery would include Repugnicans who will surely stonewall and tip off those being investigated. Since it's not a legal proceding, perjury and deceptive testimony is highly likely with little legal bite to follow up.

People feel Nixon's impeachment was caused by the House. It wasn't...and even though the articles were passed out, it wasn't until the Supreme Court ruled on the infamous "smoking gun" tape that proved criminality by Nixon, that the Senate appeared likely (APPEARED...there was never a poll of how the vote would have gone)...the Congress didn't even vote out articles as Nixon's CRIMINALITY was so apparent, an impeachment was a formality to the criminal proceedings that would have gone forward had Ford not issued the pardon. We don't have such a clear path this time around. Fitzgerald is nipping at the edges, but there's no direct criminal charges currently facing either booosh or cheney.

Next...a Congressional investigation could easily mess the waters for criminal prosecutions. Grants of immunity, double jeopardy and conflicts between investigations and investigators could easy delay both tracks...as the two branches battle over who has the prime jurisdiction in compelling testimony. Surely many underlings won't tell all without some form of immunity from one or the other...thus allowing them and even more criminals to slip under the radar.

Lastly...here's a man who felt a blowjob rose to the level of "high crimes and misdemeanors", but felt Nixon's crimes were just fine...votes against ALL the articles:

http://www.wnyc.org/blog/lehrer/archives/archive/Lott,%20Trent-thumb.jpg

and Helmet Hair is considered a "moderate" by the corporate media. You'd need to convince him and 34 of his pals...good luck.