Would you be willing to say President Hastert to stop the attach on Iran?

[yourout]

It would mean the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney and I know the odds
are way against it. But the idea of going after Iran has to scare the shit
out of at least some Republicans. Going after Iran is suicide.

[cspanlovr]

1. Why not? We already have to say Pres. Bush.

[atreides1]

2. ???????

Why would Hastert be any different?????

[yourout]

3. This is just a hypothetical.

If the Pukes think they are going to loose the House and that the Dems are going to impeach
both Bush and Cheney they may help pull the trigger on it before the elections to keep from
saying President Pelosi.

[HereSince1628]

4. Ford wasn't the Speaker of the House... there is a field

of republicans seeking the presidency as well as democrats. In the event of a double barreled impeachment, I wouldn't expect either side to give someone a leg up on the candidacy. It would be someone that both sides see as unelectable.

[Cyrano]

9. Ford wasn't speaker of the house, but was selected by a sitting president

Richard Nixon was still president, picked Ford, and the congress approved it.

If Bush and Cheney are both impeached simultaneously, and then convicted, the next in the line of succession is the speaker of the house, Dennis Hastert. It would then be up to Hastert to chose a vice president as the spot would be vacant.

Unless we're willing to throw out the constitution entirely, the chain of succession still stands.

[HereSince1628]

13. I don't think we are going to do a double barreled impeachment

The republicans are not going to want a President Hastert either for all the reasons I gave above. And we must assume that some part of the Abramhoff nightmare doesn't take him out first, anyway.

I suspect that to get an impeachment document even written in committee the revelations of evidence of crimes committed by Cheney would need to be so overwhelming as to force him to resign. Thus giving the R's a chance to control the succession.

[No Exit]

5. Yes. And I don't think Hastert would stay president after Shrub's

term ended. And I don't for a minute think he could then win the 2008 election.

And then they'd be gone, in disgrace.

[rosesaylavee]

6. Hastert is in trouble on

so many fronts that I think the govt would tear itself apart. He is linked to Abramoff, Delay and those pesky reports about under the table contributions from Turkish nationals.

Ideally, *co needs to be distracted long enough to get us to the fall elections so we can say President Pelosi for a while.

[Ignacio Upton]

10. Then if he doesn't accept the Presidency, we have President Ted Stevens

The President Pro Tempore of the Senate is fourth in the line for the Presidency, and Senator "Bridge the Nowhere" may end up being the 44th President.

[Ganja Ninja]

7. Not going to happen.

The only way Bush and Cheney get impeached is by a Democratic controlled congress. If the Democrats control congress and do impeach then the Speaker of the House will be a Democrat. So if that happens then the first woman president could be Nancy Pelosi, assuming the Democrats win a majority in 2006 and she is named speaker.

That's why I think we'll see Cheney stepping down this summer and someone from outside the cabal yet still a Republican replacing him.

[enough already]

8. Why can't we impeach Hastert too? n/t

[Cyrano]

11. As long as the Republicans are still in control of the House, the next in

line is the president of the senate pro tem, who is currently Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska. After that, it's Condi, then Rumsfeld, and on through the rest of the cabinet.

The only way we can win is if we can make it to the fall elections and win the House. This would make Nancy Pelosi next in line after Cheney.

Do you think the thugs would really let this happen? As another poster pointed out, Cheney could step down before the election and they could replace him with someone with a clear record who couldn't be impeached.

Either way, they are still the ones counting the votes, so I'm not holding my breath that we can take over the House in November.

[paparush]

12. When Bush** Nukes Iran...we will be under Marshall Law..

and there WILL BE NO ELECTIONS!!

Watch and see......