Reply #13: Well, we "anti-impeachment" types realize that there is only one point of view allowed here about it [View All]

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and it's not ours. We also realize we cannot possibly be real Democrats and not favor impeachment. Also, we realize that we must hate the Constitution of the United States even if we were not aware that we hated it. We also realize that impeachment was at hysteria levels here last summer and guess what? It went away. This too shall pass (unlike impeachment) although I am sure there will be a get deal of righteous indignation, shaking of fists, and threats not to support Democrats or to leave the party altogether.

Don't confuse this with the notion that I do not think Bush not only richly deserves to be impeached, but also convicted. I just don't see it happening, especially in an election year. If impeachment somehow came up for a vote and passed, it would surely fail to get a conviction in the Senate and then the Republicans would make political hay out of it, maybe even defeating some Democrats or holding some seats that would have been lost. But I am sure that many would be smugly satisfied nevertheless.

In combat, just because you are able to attack or even have a superior force, does not mean that it is smart to attack regardless of how many are screaming for blood. Just because many are screaming for impeachment blood does not make it the smart thing to do.

Now, stay tuned for the lectures about how I must hate the Constitution and how I want to see Bush get away with everything (in history the bad guys often get away with it no matter what you do--that's just reality).