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(Please forgive spelling errors) NK CBC Radio One morning talk show, The Current, released results of two little circulated poll results from last week; one by Zogby and the other by Mac Cleans, indicating that at least 42% of Americans are in favour of Bush impeachment should evidence be established that he misled Americans on Iraq. Harpers Magazine Louis Lapham was on hand to add his own pro-impeachment p.o.v., saying that the courts could easily find Bush criminally fraudulent for invading Iraq, as well as a long list of other charges that wouldn't have difficulty sticking. But he feels the chief reason for impeaching the guy is for gross mismanagement of the US government. Todd Gitlin, also outspoken about Bush in recent articles, expressed concern for such action, warning that it would not be without serious backlash. He cited the Clinton impeachment backlash as huge. Gitlin thought the biggest problem with impeachment was the fact that Cheney would immediately assume office as president. Lapham responded that Cheney would have to be impeached on the same bill. Nancy Polouzi, also present, piped up with her opinion that impeachment was a waste of time, and that the election will make lame ducks out of them is enough. Lapham said it's not enough, and that ignoring the crimes would be irresponsible. The film Gentleman's Agreement comes to mind, in which nice people say nothing about anti-Semitism. Nothing is said, nothing is learned, and the continued silence essentially condones or enables the bigotry that saturates and destroys individual and societal integrity. Personally, I've been surprised by the slow response to impeach, yet the question of who takes over in the event of impeachment hadn't really concerned me; I was presuming the entire administrative arm would collapse of its own heaviest elements. But after Cheney, would we have Rice?? And then ??? Can anyone out there shed light on the possibilities of scenarios? Or does there exist anything at all similar to the non-confidence vote of a parliamentary systems such that an election could be called? Natalia |
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