This is a political stunt, and a bit of a cheap one at that.
He didn't actually introduce a bill of impeachment. He read a speech into the Congressional record, which has zero legislative meaning but is a ploy for media attention.
If he was serious about impeachment, he'd introduce it as a bill and try to find sponsors that agree with him. But that would require political will (instead of media attention-mongering), and it's clear he's not willing to try and actually introduce such a bill; he'd rather just grab publicity for himself rather than try and effect any actual change.
And yet the media has not picked it up.... So how much of a political stunt is it really? Oh and the reason for pelosi Not pushing for impeachment is not enough Ds in the house, so it would be a meaningless "Political Stunt".
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Political Stunt
Date: 2008-06-10 02:03 pm (UTC)He didn't actually introduce a bill of impeachment. He read a speech into the Congressional record, which has zero legislative meaning but is a ploy for media attention.
If he was serious about impeachment, he'd introduce it as a bill and try to find sponsors that agree with him. But that would require political will (instead of media attention-mongering), and it's clear he's not willing to try and actually introduce such a bill; he'd rather just grab publicity for himself rather than try and effect any actual change.
Re: Political Stunt
Date: 2008-06-10 08:08 pm (UTC)So how much of a political stunt is it really?
Oh and the reason for pelosi Not pushing for impeachment is not enough Ds in the house, so it would be a meaningless "Political Stunt".
Re: Political Stunt
Date: 2008-06-10 10:01 pm (UTC)If he actually introduced a bill of impeachment, it would make news.
But, as it stands, just reading it into the record is not newsworthy because it has no political consequences.
What Obama/Clinton/McCain are doing is far more newsworthy.
Re: Political Stunt
Date: 2008-06-11 02:19 pm (UTC)