Why Bush & Cheney Impeachment is Unlikely

I think Nancy Pelosi has been held back by the Democratic National Party from starting impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney.

Why, you ask? Bear with me.

If both Bush and Cheney were found to be guilty after their impeachment, Speaker Pelosi would become the country's first female president.

Unelected.

And, with less than 2 years left in the office, she could be re-elected to 2 more full terms. So many Democrats have spent and raised so much money so early to try to be the party's next candidate. If Ms. Pelosi were suddenly president, she would be the presumptive candidate (assuming she did as well as president as she is doing as speaker). Wouldn't that just throw all the current posturing and posing into a morass of anger and hurt.

We all know Hill has been planning to be the first woman president since before Billy got elected. Imagine her thoughts if Ms. Pelosi beat her to it through the impeachment process! In the meantime, a new VP would have to be appointed, changing the heir candidate presumptive for the next 3 election cycles (assuming Ms. Pelosi won in 2008, and why wouldn't she? she has been better at diplomacy in the Middle East in one trip than Bush ever thought to be in 6 years).

It boggles the mind. Somehow, I can't imagine the Democratic Party looking forward to that. I am surmising that Speaker Pelosi has been handed the script. I certainly hope I am wrong, and only history will prove it one way or another, but it makes for interesting thoughts, does it not?

mr whine

Has anyone else noticed how whiny the president gets when people defy him? That man apparently does not understand the word no. Or respect it. What did his mother teach him? That he can have whatever he wants as long as he has a signing statement or veto power? Shame on you, Barbara.

And why is it that he used signing statements to reject anything he didn't like during the Republican Congress, but now threatens vetoes against dems? I assume because he knows the dems will come after him.

What an infantile character the 'man' has. His 'Bring it on!' attitude has run its course. He complains when a bi-partisan group led by Nancy Pelosi goes to Syria, but not when an entirely republican delegation does.

He whines about dems funding the war but giving him a tentative deadline. He wants to go out of office with no resolution to the quagmire he was warned about and ignored. He can't believe he (and God) could make a mistake, so he continues to talk about 'improvements' as Americans and Iraqis die daily. Progress since "Mission Accomplished" can be measured in (what's smaller than a millimeter?) nano-meters. In fact, given world opinion, America has lost ground everywhere but in the minds of the oval office and it's political hack appointees.

Let's face it: the man's a joke played on the country by neo-cons and his big brother. And the punch line keeps getting punchier. Please, someone relieve us of this administration before we end up in the dark ages ala y2k predictions.

Nancy, start impeachment proceedings now!