Say what you like about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, she's a woman of her word. After saying that "impeachment is off the table" -- before the dems had even taken the majority -- she seems to have made this the guiding principle of her party. The House Democrats, under Pelosi, are committed to investigating the living crap out of everything and anything, expressing their outrage over what they find, then doing absolutely jack about it.Yay for checks and balances.
I always say that you can't shame the shameless, so a campaign of embarrassing the White House is a bootless effort. They don't care. You could catch President Bush engaging in white slavery, Dick Cheney sacrificing babies to whatever ancient Babylonian devil he owes his power to, and that exposure would not stop them from continuing. I'd like to say that they don't care because they don't have to worry about re-election, but the FISA wiretap scandal broke before the dems came into power -- the fact is that they don't care because they're shameless.
If you want the White House to stop committing crimes, you have to stop the White House from committing crimes. Seriously, they obviously don't care if something's legal or not. When caught wiretapping without warrants, Bush basically said, "Yeah, we're going to keep doing that." Exposed for all the world, Bush just didn't give a crap. Shamelessness is a defense in itself -- it's a moral and ethical nihilism that allows Bush to continue doing whatever he wants, no matter what anyone might think of it. Other opinions aren't wanted; the Bush White House suggestion box goes straight into the office shredder. They think this is what "strong leadership" means -- lawlessness, contempt for constitutional principles, and a middle finger in the air for anyone who criticizes them.
Taking impeachment off the table is the same as telling them, "Do whatever the hell you want." Taking impeachment off the table is consent...
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