Say No to Sycophantism

Mark Davis of the Dallas Morning News rejects the basis of the impeachment talk currently going around in the Bush-is-a-criminal circle (a circle whose diameter is growing, if polls are to be believed). Davis says:

"Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon both deserved impeachment. Mr. Clinton was in fact impeached..."

"Impeachment has historically been the desired remedy for presidencies that simply needed to end, not just a gotcha for the controversial ones."

"Until now."

Until now? How about until President Clinton was impeached by the hyperpartisan GOP-controlled Congress? Did his Presidency need to end? Did it in fact end? No. It was a political stunt. If and when President Bush gets impeached, it will NOT be a political stunt, it will constitute hearings on the most controversial issues of our times, issues such as the extra-legal authorizatoin of torture, the unlawful collection of purely domestic phone records through use of coercion and intimidation against the phone companies, and the unwarranted tapping of domestic phone lines. President Clinton's approval numbers soared during his impeachment hearings. I'm sorry to break it to you Mr. Davis, but I don't think we'll see that happen with President Bush if that day does come.