Reply #16: This ought to make perfect sense to everyone.

[scarletwoman]

I fervently hope that this is precisely the strategy that the Dems will pursue.

Let the investigations and subpoenas lead where they may -- and if a groundswell for impeachment rises from within the American public as the result of these investigations, then so be it.

But unless and until the demand for impeachment comes from citizenry at large, it will only serve to polarize and divide -- witness the Clinton impeachment when his approval ratings actually ROSE among the public, because they saw it as unjust and counter-productive.

If nothing else, the 2006 election results ought to give us a little more faith in the ability of the much-maligned "sheeple" to eventually recognize bullshit when it piles up high enough.

Let us not adopt the authoritarian attitude of the right in dictating that "we know what's best for you". Let us instead focus on shedding light in the dark corners of the past 6 years and thereby open the space for righteous outrage to grow organically from within the body politic.

sw