Where was the DLC when we needed to stop the Nixon impeachment?

burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 11:36 AM
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Where was the DLC when we needed to stop the Nixon impeachment?

We could have really used them then. If Nixon hadn't been impeached, Ford would never have been president, and MAYBE Rumsfeld and Cheney wouldn't have snuck into the White House. The DLC would have stood strong against the move to impeach, and we would have been spared that terrible national nightmare.

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SoCalDem

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Wed Nov-07-07 11:38 AM
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1. They were young republicans, weren't they? n/t

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Cha

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Wed Nov-07-07 11:58 AM
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5. Probably..Be interesting

to research their history..from, reed, mooseshit.

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Turbineguy

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Wed Nov-07-07 11:40 AM
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2. Nixon

Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 11:40 AM by Turbineguy

turned his back on the Wingnuts who helped get him elected. Impeachment was the price he paid.

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sinkingfeeling

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Wed Nov-07-07 11:53 AM
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3. Nixon wasn't impeached. He resigned when people started talking about impeachment.

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TahitiNut

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:17 PM
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15. Actually, articles of impeachement were being written in the House Judiciary.

The process was actively underway and, iirc, at least one article of impeachment had been approved in the committee. It was, according to insiders, the prospect of impeachment that resulted in his resignation.

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onelittleindian

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:20 PM
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20. i just heard that

Isn't that what sinkingfeeling just said !

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sinkingfeeling

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:46 PM
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23. Articles were written, but the full House never voted on them.

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marmar

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Wed Nov-07-07 11:56 AM
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4. Rahm and Steny were just young would-be corporate whores back then....

n/t

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Ganja Ninja

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:06 PM
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6. The problem with the Democratic Party is the same problem the

Libertarian and Reform parties have, Republican infiltrators. The Libertarians have their Neil Boortz. The Reform Party has it's Pat Buchanan. And the Democrats being larger than the two has it's DLC.

Republican infiltrators are like a bad case of crabs and we need to get rid of them.

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Skidmore

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:08 PM
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7. Boortz is a Libertarian? .....

I always thought he was just rabid.

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Ganja Ninja

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:18 PM
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17. I know it's hard to believe but that's the claim I've heard.

Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 12:19 PM by Sentinel Chicken

But it's really a common practice by the right when ever a new party rises they jump in and swing it to the right to the point where it's almost indistinguishable from the GOP. There's no reason we shouldn't expect they're doing the same to the Democratic Party.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:13 PM
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10. Crabs I can deal with, they're more like Syphilis.

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book_worm

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:09 PM
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8. The DLC wasn't even an organization back in '74 I don't think.

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Lurking Dem

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:11 PM
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9. 1985

Al From.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:14 PM
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11. Al Frum hell.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:14 PM
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12. They were still Republicans.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:19 PM
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19. Excellent. Best reply yet. The Scoop Jackson Dems.

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MonkeyFunk

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:15 PM
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13. Nixon resigned

after he was about to be impeached, as a result of the Senate Watergate hearings.

the investigations were already done, the evidence ready, the proof certain.

Kucinich's stunt was stupid.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:17 PM
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16. Right, because there's no proof of any wrongdoing by Cheney etal.

Of course. My bad.

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MonkeyFunk

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:38 PM
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21. What law did he break on what day?

Where's the incontrovertible evidence?

Yeah, he's a schmuck, but impeachment requires a higher standard than "schmuck".

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:41 PM
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22. I'm sorry your condition is beyond my ability to help. Good luck.

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MonkeyFunk

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Wed Nov-07-07 01:00 PM
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24. There's a response

but if you wnat to successfully impeach and remove him, you'll have to answer the question.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 01:01 PM
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25. I'll let you do your own research as I should be getting back to work

Good luck.

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MonkeyFunk

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Wed Nov-07-07 01:02 PM
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26. thanks for your good wishes

maybe when you get off work you can answer the question.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 01:10 PM
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27. No, I won't be working for you today (or tonight)

so you will have to remain in a state of confusion. However, here is a hint - Impeachment is similar to an indictment. It is to be used when there is sufficient information to bring charges and then investigate. After the investigation is complete, the Senate acts as the jury.

Since I'm an immigrant and didn't have the benefit of US civics education, you may want to check my statement, as I am certain your learned observations would certainly shed much needed light on the matter.

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MonkeyFunk

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Wed Nov-07-07 06:54 PM
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29. That's just wrong

impeachment is not the start of an investigation - it's the end result of one.

But since you're putting me on ignore for asking you to defend your statement, you won't see this.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 01:11 PM
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28. ...and the Ignore button gets activated in 5..4..3..2..

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nadinbrzezinski

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Wed Nov-07-07 07:03 PM
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30. Some of these folks are incredible, aren't they

Just got to read one side of it... but I can just imagie the ad-hominnens

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NoPasaran

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:17 PM
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14. You should call the gas company

You may have a leak in your home.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-07-07 12:18 PM
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18. You should write humor for a living.

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