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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:39 AM Original message |
Nixon Impeachment Schedule. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Notice the part where Nixon resigns? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm not sure. I think Nixon had more decency that Bush will. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Correction |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That is essential. nt |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Nixon cared about Nixon. See my post below. n/t |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Nixon resigned |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I understand what you're saying |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. They can still impeach Bush after he leaves office as well |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. On the other hand |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Clinton impeachment happened within weeks? Are you kidding???? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That's pretty loose with the facts |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. which facts am I loose with? I'll cop to an error on the costs: all investigations of Clinton cost |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Everyone knows the story |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
72. Thank you Hamlette And I'd like to point |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. That last paragraph sounds like a good timetable to me because |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Doing the right thing is never a waste of time. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. It's amazing that this isn't obvious. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I agree... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. While I support impeachment, this is a very important issue and far too neglected. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Impeachment is mandatory. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. See Gman's Post #4 above. Why is this not an alternative route |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. Nothing would focus the attention of the nation on the dirt exposed like impeachment... |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I see it exactly opposite. Under impeachment the news will all be about the impeachment.... |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Having lived through Watergate, I think people will pay attention to substance... |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Having lived through W's tenure I've seen that people do not pay attention to substance... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. Time period would be short because Bush/Cheney's impeachable offenses are already |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Not only are Bush's offenses documented, many of them are on videotape |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. Notice that we're already at Step 4 |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. this, unfortunately, is the quandry in which we find ourselves |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think the point most people are |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. The hearings and such have already |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. If you look at the Nixon process, there were a ton of court fights. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Yes, that is their big goal |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, because if we do not take steps to not only remove them from office |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. IT'S A MORAL IMPERATIVE |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. Those who don't favor impeachment... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. It doesn't matter |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Sure it does. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. No, he can't |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Yes, he can. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. He can't cancel elections.... |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. On paper, his term ends 1-20-09. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. I know it's fashionable to think |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Whatever. I'll believe it when I see it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
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libertypirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. The problem I have with the "worth it argument" we are a nation of laws |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. I Posted This Schedule Last Year |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Going by what Constitutional Scholar Bruce Fein said on Moyers show |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Why Inherent Contempt Matters |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Inherent Contempt is the way to go...otherwise this lands in the Courts. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. It's A Waste Of Time |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Well...there are so many lies (Iraq War) and other criminality that it's hard |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Abstract Vs. Material |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. I appreciate what you say.... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
75. Now That is One Practical Argument I Have Heard |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Wonderful post! You laid out the options a lot better than I |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. Hey, put up Clinton's impeachment. You'll see it was a matter of weeks. But |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. I am not attempting to confuse anyone and I resent your snide |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Here's Clinton's timeline for you. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Matter Of Weeks? |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. I'm not including the time when Clinton was receiving blowjobs. I'm talking |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Nice Parsing |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. "What good is a political impeachment without a Senate conviction?" Standing |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. And What Did That Impeachment Get Them? |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. "evidence of more and substantial crimes" - there's already enough |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
33. I was in my early 30s and I followed it very closely. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. another feature of the Nixon impeachment worth noting |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Good point about the votes. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. Those balls dropping are your rights, the rule of law, |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I think you are making my point. None of the balls should be |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. We've been documenting the abuses for years, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Doing the right thing shouldn't hinge on... |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
70. Let's cut to the chase... |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
71. If we care about the Constitution, law, democracy, the outcome is secondary |
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republicansarewhores (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
73. You're not sure if it is "worth" it? You're trying to "figure it out"? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Maybe when you grow up you'll understand that there is more |
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republicansarewhores (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. I've been telling everyone in every social circle I am a part of |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
77. Bush/Cheney Impeachment Schedule |
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