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In a lot of ways, I’m not surprised to hear that various Democrats are talking about filing articles of impeachment on Vice President Cheney. It’s one of those things that has more or less been in the air a long time.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is the main voice speaking out for impeachment, although many other Representatives are hearing requests from constituents for impeachment.

I understand the logic of going for Cheney rather than Bush. Plenty of people loathe him, and would rather impeach Cheney than impeach Bush and leave Cheney as President.

I don’t like the job overall that Cheney has done. Too much questionable going on. Too many questions of whether or not power has been abused. Then there are the questions of authorizing torture, manipulating intelligence and so forth.

Do note that I’m honest enough to not be certain how much of that Cheney is responsible for. But also note that I don’t care what the situation is, we can’t afford to go around breaking our own laws in an attempt to defend them. Giving up the fundamental respect for human rights that our country to have is a kind of ultimate betrayal of our country.

I also understand that politically, impeaching Cheney is not necessarily the smartest move for the Democratic Party, which I suspect is why it hasn’t happened. An impeachment is quite likely to draw Republicans together, rather than push them away from their party.

Would I impeach, given the choice? I’d have to do a hell of a lot of research first. That just isn’t a question I would want to answer offhand. From what I know, I don’t trust the man, but I couldn’t say for certain that impeachment is the answer.

But if it were, I’d want to consider it, whether the timing was good or bad politically.

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