These Impossible Days

The other day, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena for Condoleezza Rice to testify on issues of the war in Iraq. Rice said this morning, however, that she was "not inclined" to honor the subpoena.

I'm sorry...but it was my understanding that you really didn't have a choice when a subpoena was issued. Am I completely wrong in this. I think I will consult my good buddy Webster on this:

sub-poe-na - A writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure.

Hmmm...seems pretty straight forward to me. I'm no lawyer however and maybe ignoring a subpoena issued by a House committee holds no penalty. But still, can this administration show us any more contempt for our democratic way? Can they possibly prove to us any more that they haven't a shred of respect for this country's systems of checks and balances?

But don't worry...Rice said she was happy to answer any questions via a written letter. Thank God for that.

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Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a 2008 presidential candidate, announced Wednesday that he was filing articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney. The grounds: that Cheney "purposely manipulated the intelligence process" and "fabricated a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction" with the purpose of getting the public to support the invasion of Iraq.

But the big question of the day is will these charges have any legs to run on? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on the recording as saying that impeachment is "off the table," and the Democratic majority seems to have no desire to remove the Bush administration from office. Instead they hope to hold out until the 2008 election and take the White House back the good old-fashioned "democratic" way. The media also seems hellbent on making Kucinich out to be a left-wing nutjob.

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The Democrats are proving to be a troublesome lot as they begin their self-imposed "100 hour agenda." Trying to bring back checks and balances, institute 9/11 Commission recommendations that Bush didn't think were necessary and -- oh the audacity -- trying to institute some social change. Who do these people think they are?

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