I’m for it. (Just thought I’d get that out there.) Actually, impeachment × 2.
I’m not alone, of course. I’ve resisted the urge to talk about it, though, because I felt it was a dead issue. In a chat with Thomas Nephew the other evening, I mentioned that I didn’t see impeachment going anywhere until a good number of Republicans get behind it—most likely in a late, desperate attempt to save their party, not out of any deep concern for the republic and the rule of law. He correctly pointed out that this would merely be a requirement for successful prosecution (i.e., conviction by the Senate). Pressing for impeachment proceedings, even if they fail to remove Cheney and Bush from office, remains the appropriate response of anyone who seeks to reverse the systematic, illegal aggrandizement of the executive branch, marginalization of the legislature, suspension of basic rights and legal protections of ordinary citizens—that is to say, the wholesale subversion of the Constitution.
In addition to Thomas’s coverage of the issue and his valuable ruminations, take a look at the Bill Moyers conversation with Reaganaut Bruce Fein and Nationite John Nichols, who have found common ground in calling for the impeachment of one (Fein) or both (Nichols) of the dangerous rogues at the head of our government.
