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dc_dux · 06-09-2008, 07:33 PM

I think some may have forgotten how the Watergate investigation played out.

The Senate spent nearly a year (from May 73 to March 74) investigating Watergate and the WH involvement in a select oversight committee (the Ervin Committee). The House impeachment inquiry didnt start until the spring of 74 as the Senate select committee was completing its work.

The Dems in Congress today recognize how slowly and deliberately an impeachment process must proceed.

IMO, they started the right way...with oversight hearings...and they recognized the impracticality of moving to a House impeachment inquiry before Bush/Cheney leave office.

They could conceivably started a House impeachment inquiry this year (after spending 07 in oversight hearings investigating possible areas of inquiry), in which case the impeachment process would have occurred in the midst of this year's election campaign....a nightmare scenario that would only have politicized it and divided the country even more.

Which is why they should continue after Bush/Cheney leave office and, if appropriate, recommend to the Pres that he appoint a special prosecutor within the DoJ to explore criminal charges.

06-09-2008, 07:33 PM	#161 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	I think some may have forgotten how the Watergate investigation played out. The Senate spent nearly a year (from May 73 to March 74) investigating Watergate and the WH involvement in a select oversight committee (the Ervin Committee). The House impeachment inquiry didnt start until the spring of 74 as the Senate select committee was completing its work. The Dems in Congress today recognize how slowly and deliberately an impeachment process must proceed. IMO, they started the right way...with oversight hearings...and they recognized the impracticality of moving to a House impeachment inquiry before Bush/Cheney leave office. They could conceivably started a House impeachment inquiry this year (after spending 07 in oversight hearings investigating possible areas of inquiry), in which case the impeachment process would have occurred in the midst of this year's election campaign....a nightmare scenario that would only have politicized it and divided the country even more. Which is why they should continue after Bush/Cheney leave office and, if appropriate, recommend to the Pres that he appoint a special prosecutor within the DoJ to explore criminal charges. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 06-09-2008 at 07:42 PM..