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[rich4468]

I'm actually not new... more of a lurker really... I already have many message boards that I contribute to so I don't really comment that much as the format of DU is rather cumbersome...

Don't misunderstand me, I fully expect that Conyers will strip the White House bare with subpoenas and investigations. I want to see Bush squirming on a chair with sweat on his upper lip and brow, UNDER OATH, being forced to answer for his many crimes. I want him to stare into empty space fully aware that he's in DEEP SHIT.

Having said that, I just fear that if it is felt that the only thing the Democrats can muster after gaining a majority is IMPEACHMENT then we may be inadvertently fostering a widespread reaction of sympathy for Bush which will destroy the Democrats in 2008. If it seems that there is broad bipartisan support in both the House and Senate as a result of the investigations then I think then by all means they should proceed with the impeachment process. But if it seems like Congress is falling on party lines as the investigations progress then we'll have gained nothing by trying to force the square peg of impeachment into the round hole of our slim majority in the Senate. It may be our Constitutional duty but if we lose the White House and the Senate and/or the House in 2008 then we can kiss goodbye any hopes for restoring a balance to the Supreme Court and we can certainly expect that those various pet projects of the Religious Right may just come to fruition.

McCain just stated this weekend that he thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Beware McCain and the White House in 2008. I'm not sure that impeaching Bush and as a result ending up with McCain in the White House is really what I want to see the next 6 years pan out.