{"id":3235,"date":"2007-08-23T09:31:11","date_gmt":"2007-08-23T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:07:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:07:44","slug":"can-nancy-pelosi-single-handedly-take-impeachment-off-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/can-nancy-pelosi-single-handedly-take-impeachment-off-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Nancy Pelosi single-handedly take impeachment off the table?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/bush-pelosi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/bush-pelosi.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Bruce Fein (Republican and former top legal aide to Pres. Reagan), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u00c2\u00a0is proving to be the surprise O. Henry ending to last November&#8217;s elections. The American voters gave Democrats clear control of Congress, rebuked President George W. Bush, and voiced an unequivocal public craving to trade in customary narrow-minded politics for something more inspiring. Yet motivated by partisan concerns over the 2008 elections, the new speaker is following President Bush around like a sheep while he solidifies an imperial presidency and diminishes the Congress into irrelevancy. Just look at the latest ACLU advertisement <font color=\"#0066cc\">targeting Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid<\/font>. The only thing Pelosi has retained for the Congress is small-minded earmarks to attract political contributions.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Pelosi persists in her imperious, mean-spirited, and myopic thinking in disregard of her oath to support and defend the Constitution, members of the House should replace her with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2172547\/\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bruce Fein (Republican and former top legal aide to Pres. Reagan), http:\/\/www.slate.com\/ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u00c2\u00a0is proving to be the surprise O. Henry ending to last November&#8217;s elections. The American voters gave Democrats clear control of Congress, rebuked President George W. 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