Reply #62: On the contrary....

[TreasonousBastard]

The uranium story is one of the few that actually is gaining traction.

One of the first lessons you learn in advertising/PR/propaganda is to keep the message simple and relevant. The mass of the populace may be capable of understanding the nuances of balance of payments and deficit problems, the root causes of unemployment, or whatever, but is not interested in long dissertations by academics or gasbag political wonks. If you're going to get traction, you need a quick message-- the dreaded "sound bite." The "16 words" is just such a rallying call that everyone can hang on to. It is clear, simple, and indisputable. It sums up everything that is wrong with the administration, and we should keep up the pressure. As it gains more traction, those on the sidelines will be more amenable to listening to the rest of the charges against this abysmal crew.

I doubt there is any possibility of impeachment with both houses controlled by Republicans, but there is a critical mass building to dump Shrub one way or the other, even by his own side. This is what happened to Nixon. No one really liked Nixon himself, and whatever support he had was either blatantly partisan or for whatever politcal philosphy he was seen to espouse. Watergate was simply the vehicle used for his expulsion.

Clinton's blowjob was also simply the vehicle for his expulsion, but the enemy didn't realize that there was no critical mass of hatred for Clinton, and the effort failed.

Impeachment is not a legal process, it is a political process, and is pretty much ruled by the same passions as an election. While I doubt we could get an impeachment unless Congress changes radically in the coming election, we still have to wedge open the crack that the uranium story gives us. There's an election coming next year, and my schadenfreude would be seeing this pantload going down in the greatest electoral defeat in US history.