Is lying about the reason for war an impeachable offense?

From John Dean, of Watergate fame

“To put it bluntly, if Bush has taken Congress and the nation into war based on bogus information, he is cooked. Manipulation or deliberate misuse of national security intelligence data, if proven, could be “a high crime” under the Constitution’s impeachment clause. It would also be a violation of federal criminal law, including the broad federal anti-conspiracy statute, which renders it a felony “to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose.”

It’s important to recall that when Richard Nixon resigned, he was about to be impeached by the House of Representatives for misusing the CIA and FBI. After Watergate, all presidents are on notice that manipulating or misusing any agency of the executive branch improperly is a serious abuse of presidential power.”

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Lord, smite those liberals sayeth Pat Robertson

“Pat Robertson is praying feverishly to his apparently deeply homophobic and hate-filled Almighty, asking if He’d pretty please stomp on over ASAP and forcibly remove three specific Supreme Court justices from the bench and replace them with scowling conservatives who are equally homophobic and quivering and desperately small minded as he is.”

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The wheels are coming off

House Committee erupts into partisan maelstrom

“A committee deliberation exploded into a near-brawl in the House of Representatives on Friday, as epithets and insults like “wimp” and “fruitcake” filled the air and Capitol police were summoned to the scene.

At the center of the extraordinary maelstrom were two Californians, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Bakersfield), a conservative who does not suffer political opponents lightly, and Rep. Pete Stark (D-Hayward), who is regarded as a liberal firebrand with a short fuse.” <Is this a great state, or what!>

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