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Impeaching Bush [VIDEO]
Four-term congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, who played a key role in the impeachment of Richard Nixon, isn't surprised that top Democrats aren't leading the way on impeachment.
According to her, after the election of 1972: "Nobody -- no Democrat was pushing for it. And, in fact, as the revelations came out, it still wasn't on the table. It took the American people, after the Saturday Night Massacre [Nixon's firing of the prosecutor investigating him], sending a clear message to the Congress..."
Her point: It didn't come from congress in 1973, it won't come from congress now:
It’s understandable that congressional leaders, members of Congress, will be very reluctant to take this enormous step to protect our Constitution and our democracy. But the American people still -- we have a democracy. You saw what happened at the polls. Members of Congress will get it, if the American people want it.Watch the clip, upper right...
Tagged as: bush, impeachment, nixon, pelosi, democracy now
Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.
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