Say What Again?
Utah Congressman Chris Cannon's statement in Monday's Salt Lake Tribune that the Democratic-controlled Congress won't pursue impeachment proceedings against President Bush because they "would like to pretend they're Republicans" cries for a response.
If Democrats wanted to pretend like they are Republicans, wouldn't that compel them to pursue impeachment proceedings? Isn't that what Republicans, like Cannon, did?
The reason Cannon's comments shouldn't go unchallenged is that they demonstrate the kind of gobbledygook that has been all too customary in the political landscape over the years.
Cannon was backing off from his dire pre-election predictions that, among other great sins, the Democrats, if they controlled Congress, would mire the country in a costly, divisive battle to impeach the president.
It was a Republican strategy before the election to scare the electorate into keeping Republicans in Congress. But the thing that was always so nonsensical about that argument is that they were predicting the Democrats would be like them.
Remember, before the Monica Lewinsky affair the Republican-controlled Congress spent several years and tens of millions of dollars trying to get something on President Clinton.
Democratic leaders said before the election, they would not go after impeachment, like the Republicans did. And now they won't. So politicians like Cannon are trying to save face for their false accusation before the election while at the same time trying to paint the Republican Party still as the high-road party.
The Republican Party at one time might indeed have been the high-road party. That's probably why the Democrats lost control of Congress in 1994. But the election last month demonstrates the electorate has become as fed up with the Republicans as they did with the Democrats 12 years ago.
And Cannon's history-revising rhetoric won't change that.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
If Democrats wanted to pretend like they are Republicans, wouldn't that compel them to pursue impeachment proceedings? Isn't that what Republicans, like Cannon, did?
The reason Cannon's comments shouldn't go unchallenged is that they demonstrate the kind of gobbledygook that has been all too customary in the political landscape over the years.
Cannon was backing off from his dire pre-election predictions that, among other great sins, the Democrats, if they controlled Congress, would mire the country in a costly, divisive battle to impeach the president.
It was a Republican strategy before the election to scare the electorate into keeping Republicans in Congress. But the thing that was always so nonsensical about that argument is that they were predicting the Democrats would be like them.
Remember, before the Monica Lewinsky affair the Republican-controlled Congress spent several years and tens of millions of dollars trying to get something on President Clinton.
Democratic leaders said before the election, they would not go after impeachment, like the Republicans did. And now they won't. So politicians like Cannon are trying to save face for their false accusation before the election while at the same time trying to paint the Republican Party still as the high-road party.
The Republican Party at one time might indeed have been the high-road party. That's probably why the Democrats lost control of Congress in 1994. But the election last month demonstrates the electorate has become as fed up with the Republicans as they did with the Democrats 12 years ago.
And Cannon's history-revising rhetoric won't change that.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
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