"Calling for impeachment NOW, when there couldn't possibly be enough votes to convict and which would give the GOP massive PR and rally the base material, would be, in my opinion, another Dieppe. The Allies learned after Dieppe that if they wanted to take down the Axis powers, then they had to move more slowly and methodically, even if it meant that they had to continue "losing" the war for a while longer--and did, resulting in the hugely successful landings in North Africa, Italy and Normandy, which turned the tide for good.

I think that Dems are slowly organizing their own "D-Day" and forgoing another Dieppe. It's not unfolding fast enough for all of us, but it was never able to, given all the constraints I've listed. And I honestly don't see any other way to do this. This is NOT waiting around for '08, but rather doing what they can do NOW, while at the same time also working towards '08. The two are not mutually exclusive. Quite the contrary, done right they can actually be mutually reinforcing.

I may be quite wrong. This is just my own assessment. If you or others disagrees, feel free to point out where I'm wrong and what you think Dems should be doing instead, that has a better chance of actually succeeding. Because ultimately, anything that doesn't succeed isn't just as bad as doing nothing, but quite possibly worse."

I know you didn't ask for my opinion but just in case it means anything, I tend to agree with what you have stated above regarding the unacceptable risk of a premature impeachment. Folks must remember that (contrary to what one of the Anons said earlier in this thread), Nixon was NEVER impeached. In the Nixon case, Congress (which was at the time led by far better politicians and statesmen that we currently have) dug and dug and dug and dug until it finally had enough votes in the Senate to convict (impeachment in the House was a given at just about any time it was introduced). That's when Nixon knew his goose was cooked and it didn't take an actual impeachment to do it. It took patience.

I do, however, believe that Congress should send a clear message to the Administration to the effect that there is a line in the sand past which the Administration must not cross.

I believe that Congress, after an appropriate attempt to play nice, should issue contempt charges against Miers and have her brought before Congress to answer questions. If she refuses to answer legitimate questions, then lock her up and move on to someone else. While I'm sure that the Administration would immediately ask the court to issue injunctive relief on her behalf, there are ways which stalling tactics can be played and those tactics can be played both ways......all the while a matronly old woman is sitting on a plank because Bush told her to ignore Congress. There is an element of risk in doing this but it certainly would bring things to a head and even if the Administration was successful in gaining her immediate release, it would bring the public's attention to the matter(s) at hand at least as well as staging an all-nighter in the Senate.

We shall see.

In the meantime, I'd like to be the first here to predict that Fred Thompson will opt NOT to become a candidate for President.

"I trust you will adjust your POV accordingly."

Damn! I wasn't aware that Glenn even had a drivers' license much less, that he drove a POV.

Hopefully, it's one of those flex-fuel units and that he's qualified to make such an adjustment without screwing up his mileage and/or emmisions.

There was a time when I dealt in balms also.

The sweet, pungent scent of claymore balms still awaken me occasionally on warm muggy evenings.

No, not Gilead. I'm much too old for that. (Jeremiah 46:11)

However, I cruised a bit near Can Tho.

David Vitter is in the same boat. He can't ho no mo.

Sorry for that one.

Dear Father

Please give your humble servant, the guy aiming the proctoscope at Shangri La today, the ability to aim his instrument properly so that the reigns of power may transfer back to George W. Bush as soon as is possible and, in any case, before Fucking Dick Cheney has the opportunity to Nuke anyone.

Amen

"7. A roast or joint, as we say, with green vegetables."

Pass the joint.

Hold the veggies.

Thanks.

Good idea.

How anyone could say bad things about Clownsense Q. Bebop-o is way beyond my ability to comprehend.

He attacks no one.

He starts no food fights, other than pitching an occasional vegetable.

He's an asset. A flower which blooms almost daily and needs no care.

On the other hand, if one is too intellectually lazy to contemplate what he's really saying, I can see where one would wish to place on him, the onus for their own shortcomings.

He's a Flower Child. A virtual Mother Teresa in drag.

Leave him alone.

(Had you taken the time to read his stuff, you would be aware of his gender.)

I'd rather listen to Paul Dirks.

Nothing, other than the fact that he resides in paradise and I am jealous of that.

He also has a way of cutting through the bullshit and getting right to the point.

Others here could learn from him in that regard.

This dumb.

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