A letter to my wife from my Republican Senator (Coburn) re: Impeachment

[Mortos]

My wife has gotten all political on me in the last few months. She has never liked the right wingers and can't stand Bush but lately she has gone all left wing whacko conspiracy theory Bush hating pissed off I ain't gonna take it anymore DU'ey (kinda like I was right after the election).

She has taken every opportunity to write, call and sign any petition she can find in support of impeachment of Bush. She apparently fired off a letter to our crazy right wing "lesbians are going after girls in the public school bathroom" Senator, Tom Coburn.

This was his response:

Dear Mrs. Vincent:

Thank you for your e-mail regarding impeachment proceedings for President
Bush.

I am opposed to any effort to impeach the President based upon his
decision to go to War with Iraq. There are no grounds that exist for one
to legitimately seek the impeachment of George W. Bush.

Impeachment proceedings have only occurred twice in the history of our
Republic. The rarity of impeachment underscores what I believe to be the
central importance of elected representatives exercising great caution
when contemplating impeachment. Impeachment is not meant as a partisan
political weapon nor should it be used as a vehicle to discredit an
individual at the nation's ultimate expense. It should be used as the
Founding Fathers wished - as a way to uphold the moral authority of the
office of the president and serve as a check on the power of the executive
should that person through criminal misconduct no longer be able to carry
out the laws of the United States.

The calls for impeachment against the President today are politically
motivated efforts by members of the minority party to remove him from
office. The primary reason cited for this is the President's mishandling
of pre-Iraq War intelligence. The bi-partisan Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence already has conducted an investigation into pre-Iraq war
intelligence. This committee found no evidence intelligence was distorted
to make the case for war. The Robb-Silberman Commission also reached the
same conclusion and found, in addition, the intelligence presented to
senators was less dramatic than that seen by the President. This
intelligence led 77 senators to support the war resolution. I am
convinced the President made his decision to go to Iraq based upon the
information he was presented at the time. Even President Clinton -
operating upon the same intelligence - reached the conclusion in 1998 that
Saddam Hussein should be removed. Given these facts, I am more than
convinced the President is not in any danger of being impeached by
Congress.

Once again, thank you very much for contacting me.


Sincerely, A
Tom Coburn
United States Senator

TC: ds

I could break down his laughable letter but I will leave that to the members of DU (hint: Impeachment is not meant as a partisan political weapon nor should it be used as a vehicle to discredit an individual at the nation's ultimate expense).

I took the liberty of writing back to Senator "Abortionist should be killed" Coburn and this is what I said:

Senator Coburn,

I appreciate your timely response. I disagree with you, however, that the
impeachment of the President is based on one issue. Mr. Bush has repeatedly
violated his oath of office and the Constitutional protections of the
citizens of the United States. Due to his ability, so far, to commit
violations of law and civil rights unchecked, Mr. Bush feels empowered to
continue to do as he pleases with no respect for the judicial or legislative
branches authority.

I am glad to know your feelings on this issue. It is apparent to me that
you are letting your partisanship get in the way of your responsibility to
act as a check upon the administrative branch. The rampant corruption within
the republican party as evidenced by the ongoing scandals involving Mr.
Abramoff, Mr. Delay, Mr. Frist, Mr. Cunningham and others to numerous to
mention, will lead me and many Americans to exercise our right to vote out
the Republican majority in the House and Senate. Your alignment with and
defense of these corrupt politicians will, hopefully, lead to this being
your first and only term as my representative

Discuss...

[stepnw1f]

1. More People Need to Nag the Otherside

Make them sweat. Don't just assume they don't give a shit.. because it doesn't matter if they really care or not. It's their job. Let them hear the complaints too.

[LeftishBrit]

6. Errrr???

'Impeachment is not meant as a partisan political weapon nor should it be used as a vehicle to discredit an individual at the nation's ultimate expense.'

Errrr, well the world was watching while the right-wing tried just that with Bill Clinton!

[texpatriot2004]

2. I love your reply! Well said. nm

[Nickster]

3. Good response, just caught one typo....

"...in the way of your responsibility to
act as a check upon the administrative branch."

You meant Executive Branch,correct? Too late to correct?

[adarling]

4. Bravo!!

awesome response you should have mentioned in your reply about his statement "It should be used as the Founding Fathers wished - as a way to uphold the moral authority of the office of the president and serve as a check on the power of the executive should that person through criminal misconduct no longer be able to carry out the laws of the United States."
what about Clinton then, that wasn't politcally motivated. Are blowjobs keeping him from carrying out the laws of the united states? Sad thing is he probably never read te letter, some peon probably answered it and added their own political flavor to it. Keep your wife radical though, passion and drive is whats going to help us down the line.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Excellent response to one of the looniest, fascists in Congress!

[ieoeja]

7. Critique

Senator Coburn,

"I appreciate your timely response. I disagree with you, however, that the impeachment of the President is based on one issue. Mr. Bush has repeatedly violated his oath of office and the Constitutional protections of the citizens of the United States. Due to his ability, so far, to commit violations of law and civil rights unchecked, Mr. Bush feels empowered to continue to do as he pleases with no respect for the judicial or legislative branches authority."

Provide examples. Domestic spying, and his refusal to stop, is the only impeachable offense of which I am aware. Anything done under the authority of the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act is covered by, well, the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act.


"I am glad to know your feelings on this issue. It is apparent to me that you are letting your partisanship get in the way of your responsibility to act as a check upon the administrative branch. The rampant corruption within the republican party as evidenced by the ongoing scandals involving Mr. Abramoff, Mr. Delay, Mr. Frist, Mr. Cunningham and others to numerous to mention, will lead me and many Americans to exercise our right to vote out the Republican majority in the House and Senate. Your alignment with and defense of these corrupt politicians will, hopefully, lead to this being your first and only term as my representative."

I would leave out that last paragraph altogether. You should stick to the subject -- should Bush be impeached -- and leave out attacks on Coburn, etc.

[savemefromdumbya]

8. that's right give them a hard time

& kick them while they're down.

[stopbush]

9. Bravo! Every little bit helps. Every ant-bush letter that they

have to respond to not only ties up their staff's time, it hits them over the head about the current status of chimpy's political capital. Eventually, the deluge catchs up with them.

[Maine-ah]

10. Nice response!

I am also amazed that the response from your rep. wasn't a form letter. Everything I get back from Olympia Snow and Susan Collins is exactly the same form letter and it really pisses me off. Kudos to you!

[ddeclue]

11. Excellent letter.