Political Games - Where the fuck’s the reset button?

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Besides what I was discussing here, it seems that Abu Gonzales is a big liar. Which isn’t a surprise, after all, since Bush and his Administration has been changing their stories since this scandal broke. It looks like things are finally catching up to them now as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to issue subpoenas for Rove, Miers, and others. All the Democrats and one Republican voted in favor, and the remaining Republicans voted “no” except for collosal wanker Arlen Specter who didn’t even vote at all. What a tool. They won’t actually be issued until after the week-long recess.

So now the ball is in the White House’s court. They can either respond to the subpoenas… or play a game of chicken with Congress. I think they’ll choose to defy Congress, which means Congress needs to act. What could they do? They could reissue the subpoenas. Take their case public, urge citizens to write their congresspersons and the President in support of them obeying the law. I think this would be a good idea. Have a vote in Congress [a “sense of the Senate/House” type thing] in favor of the subpoenaed members of Bush’s Administration to testify. Get the public behind you. Then, if they still show contempt of Congress, start your ultimate oversight abilities: impeachment proceedings. Not against Bush… start with lesser officials. Deputy Secretaries, the aides themselves, Abu Gonzales… start with the small fish and work your way up. This is pretty much the smartest move. Not only is it not drastic action, it will force the Administration to make several decisions, with each wrong decision [aka defying Congress] upping the ante. Hopefully it won’t come to the top [if we can reign in the Executive, there’s no need for presidential impeachment proceedings], but we can still have some accountability and oversight.

If they continue this, however… well, impeachment proceedings would be on solid precedent.

Article 3
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, contrary to his oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has failed without lawful cause or excuse to produce papers and things as directed by duly authorized subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on April 11, 1974, May 15, 1974, May 30, 1974, and June 24, 1974, and willfully disobeyed such subpoenas. The subpoenaed papers and things were deemed necessary by the Committee in order to resolve by direct evidence fundamental, factual questions relating to Presidential direction, knowledge or approval of actions demonstrated by other evidence to be substantial grounds for impeachment of the President. In refusing to produce these papers and things Richard M. Nixon, substituting his judgment as to what materials were necessary for the inquiry, interposed the powers of the Presidency against the the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives, thereby assuming to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives.

In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

Wherefore, Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.

Adopted 21-17 by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

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