Rep. Sestak (D-PA) shows ignorance in stance on impeachment

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Under Fire At Home, House Dems Give Idiotic Excuses for Not Impeaching Bush
By Bob Fertik, www.Democrats.com

Freshman Joe Sestak (D-PA) had a town meeting to talk about Iraq, but his constituents wanted to talk about something else.

When he turned the microphone over to the public, though, the discussion quickly turned into a heated debate about impeaching George W. Bush.Room 101 of Swarthmore College’s Science Center was filled to capacity with citizens who demanded Congress begin an impeachment process.”I don’t think I would feel more comfortable with (Dick) Cheney as president,” said Sestak. “Congress cannot even get stem cell research without a veto. Does anybody honestly think we could get an impeachment?”The crowd shouted back a resounding, “YES.”

Right on!!It’s outrageous that Sestak is trotting out the tired old “President Cheney” argument when the only impeachment bill in Congress, H.Res. 333, calls for impeaching Cheney first. If Sestak doesn’t want “President Cheney,” why doesn’t he co-sponsor the bill?And as for the veto argument, doesn’t Sestak know the President can’t veto impeachment?Meanwhile on the opposite coast, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) also confronted by constituents demanding impeachment.

Congress can’t impeach the president without a provable crime, DeFazio said, or over the war in Iraq, because Congress authorized the conflict. No articles of impeachment have been filed against Bush, he said adding it would be better to “apply ourselves to undo the damage caused by George Bush,” rather than to struggle to impeach him.
Of course the Constitution says nothing whatsoever about “provable crimes.” But if DeFazio needs a “provable crime,” how about reading the Downing Street Memo, which proves Bush deliberately lied in the prewar “intelligence” about Iraq? And that of course is just the tip of the iceberg of evidence of provable crimes.Is DeFazio ignorant – or an idiot?

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