"Nope. Impeachment is a political process. We want the President to be answerable to the judiciary. "
Not really. Or maybe only if the process can be controlled. You can't have every whacko with a grudge tying the President up in court on a whim. That cannot work. Sure, under Clinton, there were any number of right wingers who dreamed of being able to do that. The same people now cringe, or more likely, attack as un-American, the more leftists who salivate about doing the same to Smirk.
Which illustrates why this is a Bad Idea. Yeah, the impeachment process isn't perfect, far from it. But it at least has a certain thresh hold that has to be exceeded, lawsuits don't. Arguably, the job of President is important enough that to take them off the job to deal with a lawsuit, means the lawsuit should be real. Now granted, the Paula Jones case probably wasn't one of those. But, rightly or wrongly, it is our touchstone now.
Yeah, my 'u' key isn't real reliable now. |
