Video:Murtha Floats Impeachment As ‘One Way To Influence The President’

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This morning on CBS’s Face the Nation, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) expressed frustration with the White House’s public rhetoric about wanting to reach a compromise over Iraq funding. “They say we’re willing to compromise,” he said. “And then we don’t get any compromise.”

“We’ve already compromised,” Murtha said. “And we need to make this president understand, Mr. President, the public has spoken. There’s three ways or four ways to influence a president. One is popular opinion, the election, third is impeachment and fourth is the purse.” Host Bob Schieffer followed up, pressing him on whether impeachment was a serious option on the table. Murtha responded, “I’m just saying that’s one way to influence a president.” Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/29/murtha-impeachment/

MURTHA: The White House says no. But the White House has said no to everything. They say we’re willing to compromise, and then we don’t get any compromise. We’ve compromised on waivers for the requirements for the troops, which is their own requirements, and also goals instead of requirements for the benchmarks.

So, we’ve already compromised. And we need to make this president understand, Mr. President, the public has spoken. There’s three ways or four ways to influence a president. One is popular opinion, the election, third is impeachment and fourth is, and fourth is the purse.

[tblue]

1. Impeach, and make * WISH he had signed that damn bill. Go Murtha! nt

[MasonJar]

2. Wat to go, Rep Murtha. Go tell Speaker Pelosi; she listens to you!

[OtisTDog]

3. NO CHANCE OF IMPEACHMENT

... unless YOU help make it happen.

Check out:

http://www.usalone.com/cgi-bin/transparency.cgi?paper=1&qnum=pet45

It's a list of the 25 most recent comments made by people participating in an online poll/letter-writing campaign concerning the recent impeachment charges filed against Cheney. Participants are free to vote for or against, and have the option of having their comments sent to their senators, their congressmen, and their local newspaper editors. The participation page is at:

http://www.usalone.com/cheney_impeachment.php

Wonder why there's been no serious coverage of HR333 yet? It's because the media owners don't support it, so they're not willing to make it news, and the public's support is difficult to see from a corner office window. If that list gets to 100,000 people, it might start getting some mention.

If the public demands it, the media will cover it, and the Democrats will proceed.

--Otis