{"id":2950,"date":"2007-07-31T11:28:45","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T17:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:37:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:37:05","slug":"house-speaker-pelosi-trys-to-explain-anti-impeachment-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/house-speaker-pelosi-trys-to-explain-anti-impeachment-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"House Speaker Pelosi tries to explain anti-impeachment stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/pelosi_official_photograph.JPG\"> align=&#8221;left&#8221; alt=&#8221;pelosi_official_photograph.JPG&#8221; <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/pelosi_official_photograph.thumbnail.JPG\" \/><\/a>[Editor&#8217;s Note: This, like many of our posts, is locked at zero by reddit. Try to vote.]<br \/>\nThe Nation<br \/>\nWhy Pelosi Opposes Impeachment<br \/>\nAri Berman<\/p>\n<p>She is greatly disturbed by the lawlessness of this Administration and its contempt for checks and balances. &#8220;I take an oath to defend and protect the Constitution, so it is a top priority for me and my colleagues to uphold that.&#8221; She notes the vigorous oversight hearings held by committee chairman like John Conyers and Henry Waxman.<\/p>\n<p>But Pelosi sees impeaching Gonzales and his superiors as a distraction from the ambitious agenda she has crafted for the House. &#8220;If I can just hold my caucus together,&#8221; she says, &#8220;I can take them to this progressive place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>align=&#8221;left&#8221; alt=&#8221;pelosi_official_photograph.JPG&#8221; [Editor&#8217;s Note: This, like many of our posts, is locked at zero by reddit. Try to vote.] The Nation Why Pelosi Opposes Impeachment Ari Berman She is greatly disturbed by the lawlessness of this Administration and its contempt for checks and balances. &#8220;I take an oath to defend and protect the Constitution, so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,27,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-california","category-impeachment-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>House Speaker Pelosi tries to explain anti-impeachment stance &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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