Hillary argued for impeachment of Nixon. "One wonders where she is now."

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Wed Dec-28-05 10:53 AM
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Hillary argued for impeachment of Nixon. "One wonders where she is now."

Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 10:53 AM by Karmadillo

Interesting article about the efforts to impeach Nixon.

http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs12242005.html

When Impeachment Was Taken Seriously
"Here's to the Land You've Torn the Heart Out Of"
By RON JACOBS

The summer 2005 revelations by former FBI assistant director W. Mark Felt that he was the source known as Deep Throat that helped bring down Richard Nixon has revived talk among certain US residents regarding the impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney. While I have great reservations about the likelihood of such an event happening, I naturally support almost any move that would slow down the march toward tyranny this nation is heading towards. My reservations regarding the likely success of any impeachment drive stem from the apparent stranglehold the current regime seems to have on all branches of the government, not to mention its sycophantic support from the media. Impeachment doesn't rid us of the corrupt and authoritarian system we live under; it only rids us of one of the humans administering that system.

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In Yet there is hope. These usurpers, these wannabe tyrants, can be dethroned. This is the lesson from Nixon's downfall. Or his regime could declare martial law. We feared the latter in 1973, only to watch the ruling class turn in on itself like two pit bulls in a pit. After the fight was over, though, the one thing that became apparent was that the system had survived...

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Although Watergate was (to quote the Weather Underground document Prairie Fire-The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism) a "domestic reflection of the empire in crisis," the results proved that the system of capital and power known as the United States Empire was stronger than any one man. Nixon was sacrificed at the altar at which he had served and we learned another lesson about the system's gratitude. Even if Bush is dethroned, there are others who would willingly fill his role.

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It is important to remember that Nixon was not impeached. He resigned before the charges were heard by the Congress. One of his reasons for doing so must certainly have been the retirement monies he would lose. Indeed, the first president to be impeached since the 19th century was not impeached for leading the nation in a war under false pretenses or purposely circumventing the constitution, but for carrying on a seedy sexual affair in the White House. Yes, I am referring to Bill Clinton, who was the target of a concerted effort to destroy him and his politics from the moment he arrived in the White House. Some observers have gone so far as to state that the entire process against Clinton was revenge by the right wing for the proceedings against Nixon some twenty years earlier. It is interesting to note that Hillary Clinton, Bill's wife, was part of the staff that drew up the Articles of Impeachment against Nixon. In fact,she is credited with arguing for the article regarding the illegal bombing of Cambodia. One wonders where she is now?