Robert Parry: Warner for "Caretaker" President? (post-impeachment)

[Senator]

Well, he's just cleared his future commitments. So, why not?

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/090107.html">Warner for 'Caretaker' President?

By Robert Parry
September 2, 2007

A political system that was right-side up – rather than upside down – would be debating the need for a “caretaker” U.S. president, not the identity of the likely “caretaker” senator from Idaho.

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In a nation that cared more about its soldiers and its long-term interests, the news shows and the political class would be exploring how these present-and-future disasters might be averted or reversed, how Bush and Cheney could be presented with “an offer they can’t refuse,” either resign or face the humiliation of bipartisan impeachment.

Personally, I'd prefer Jack Danforth - who George Will recently referred to, in the context of replacing Gonzo, as "the all-purpose fourth branch of government" (which struck me as odd, even leaving aside the cheney claim that he is entitled to be "4th"). Warner would be fine as the new VP/War Czar.

Still, staggered resignations with a VP-2B-CaretakerP being approved by the entire Congress, is our path back to "the consent of the governed."

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