Roxxxanne wrote:
So you agree, it is a political act.
Anything done in congress is political. However, the Constitution does define the grounds as high crimes and misdemeanors, as mysteryman pointed out, so inasmuch as congressmen understand the law, any proceeding should hopefully be based on a sort of legal opinion, and I am sure they have their legal advice. Many of them are lawyers. And as I said, public opinion plays a much larger role in impeachment than in a traditional court of law. Congressmen like to be re-elected. And we are not talking about throwing a man in prison, we are simply removing him from his political office, which is a political act.
The political atmosphere pretty much dictates that impeachment will only occur under the most clear circumstances of corruption and abuse of power. Although the Democrats are discussing it with Bush, they have no case whatsoever. Clinton should have been impeached for a number of things, such as using the IRS to intimidate opponents, sexual harassment, possibly using FBI files on opponents, receiving illegal foreign campaign contributions, Whitewater, the list goes on. Unfortunately, the Democrats that valued party over principle and slick legal defense team, and letting his associates take the hit instead allowed him to skate. You will say none of it was proven. Maybe not beyond a reasonable doubt, but in my own personal court of personal opinion, I don't need reasonable doubt. I simply can use common sense and sound judgement of character to reach a verdict, and I did.
