Is Treason an Impeachable Offense, Senator Reid?

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/11202

Is Treason an Impeachable Offense, Senator Reid?
by Bill Hare | Nov 24 2007 -



In a recent PBS radio interview Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scoffed and demeaned the idea of impeaching George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. The whole process appeared so ludicrous to him that at one point he appeared ready to terminate the interview if the subject did not promptly change.

We remember the days when Republican hypocrites in the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, Henry Hyde and Bob Livingston, all of whom had notable marital transgressions, successfully managed to impeach Bill Clinton for lying about an extra-marital affair conducted in the White House and lying about it on an affidavit in a civil case.

We also remember the reason persistently advanced by these Republicans of “The important thing was that Clinton lied!”

So now these same self-acknowledged moral guardians are silent, as is much of the mainstream media, which was only too happy to declare open season on Clinton concerning his extra-marital peccadilloes, in the face of conduct extending into the realm of treason, by normal standards considered the most heinous of crimes in a democratic nation.

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Such actions fall under the heading of high crimes and misdemeanors as defined by the nation’s Founding Fathers in the U.S. Constitution. The action herein involved represents treason by any reasonable definition.

It is the mandated responsibility of members of Congress to investigate and, if the evidence warrants, impeach and ultimately remove from office public officials engaging in such misconduct. This mandate also includes a violation of international law by attacking another nation without reasonable cause, as occurred in the case of Iraq on the basis of unfounded charges of “weapons of mass destruction.”

Senator Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, do we simply allow such acts to go uninvestigated? Do you not believe in carrying out the responsibilities invested in you as members of Congress?

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[acmavm]

1. 'History' (by which I mean any honest reporters of this period) will relegate

Harry and Grandma Nancy to the same trash bin that they dump the bush** administration in.

It's really impossible to defend the defenders of traitors.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. why is the author asking Sen. Reid?

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

4. Read the first para., that's why. Maybe his perception that the

idea is ludicrous should be reexamined. We know it starts in the House, but some support, from anyone besides Boxer, would be nice.

[zabet]

3. Lying is only important to

Republicans when the Dems are the
ones doing the lying.
Lies by a repub is the accepted norm.

At this point in time, the fact that
Reid and Pelosi refuse to even consider
impeachmet, makes them complicit and therefore
guilty of treason themselves.

[FtWayneBlue]

5. . . . and therefore lose their positions

as majority leaders.

[zabet]

6. Any other job...

they would be fired from
for too many failed performance
evaluations.
Not saying they are all bad, they
have done many good things but, to
stand by and not stop the pillaging
of America and its values, makes them
just as guilty. I think the correct
term would be 'aiding and abetting'.

[nashville_brook]

7. k n r

[mmonk]

8. Democracy is off the table.