While I have yet to hear any Congress Member of either party oppose H Res 635 on the grounds that an investigation wouldn't find anything, I've heard many Democratic Congress Members oppose it because (as Leader Pelosi has instructed them to say) impeachment is good for Republicans.
OK. But wait a minute. Even if that were true, H Res 635 will only lead to impeachment if Bush and Cheney are guilty of impeachable offenses. And if you believe they are, then you have a sworn duty to impeach them. If you set that aside in an attempt to win an election, you'll look like the one thing voters like less than cruel corporate thieves and warmongers: spineless cowards.Next Page 1 | 2
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David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online (
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