{"id":1374,"date":"2007-04-23T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2007-04-23T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2017-06-17T14:45:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T20:45:26","slug":"should-impeachment-investigation-begin-only-if-conviction-is-a-sure-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/should-impeachment-investigation-begin-only-if-conviction-is-a-sure-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Impeachment Begin only if Conviction is a Sure Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Please read Mikael’s response to this, which is the first comment below]
\n \"bush_cheney.jpg\"<\/a>A successful impeachment not possible
\n Contra Costa Times
\n Ronald Entwistle – San Pablo
\n Article Launched: 04\/23\/2007<\/p>\n

Some frustrated and disgusted citizens are advocating the impeachment of President Bush. They are permitting their emotions to dominate their brain.
\n Two presidents have been impeached, but in neither case was the constitutional procedure warranted. President Andrew Johnson suffered the unjustified post-Civil War wrath of a hostile Congress, and President Clinton lied about a sexual tryst with a White House intern. Clinton’s behavior was reprehensible but, contrary to vindictive Republicans, it wasn’t impeachable.
\n President Nixon would have been impeached and convicted, but understood the futility of continued resistance and resigned in disgrace.
\n The Bush presidency has been a continuum of lies, deception, incompetence, manipulation, blunders and belligerence. His reign has been a performance lost in a jungle of illusion. But such an inept record doesn’t necessarily translate into impeachable conduct.
\n In any event, the larger question is: Would successful action by the House proceed to conviction in the Senate?
\n With a solid bloc of moderate Democratic representatives, a successful impeachment is quite problematic. Should such action reach the Senate, the current political structure renders conviction a slam-dunk impossibility.
\n It is self-serving myopia to advocate plunging our country into a constitutional crisis that’s guaranteed to fail.<\/p>\n

(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Please read Mikael’s response to this, which is the first comment below] A successful impeachment not possible Contra Costa Times Ronald Entwistle – San Pablo Article Launched: 04\/23\/2007 Some frustrated and disgusted citizens are advocating the impeachment of President Bush. They are permitting their emotions to dominate their brain. 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