The attempt to impeach President Bush has received very little attention from the mainstream media, and is considered to be a nice, but pointless, gesture. But whether they like it or not, this attempt is happening, and recently, there was an interesting development.
Only a few days ago, the House of Representatives voted to send Dennis Kucinich’s Article of Impeachment to the Judiciary. There, Chairman John Coyers is supposed to hold hearings on the President’s abuses of power. But what was interesting about this vote was the fact that nine Republican Congressman broke the party line and voted “Yes”. They are:
Congressman Kevin Brady (TX)
Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (MD)
Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC)
Representative Don Manzullo (IL)
U.S. Congressman Tim Murphy(PA)
Congressman Ron Paul (TX)
Congressman Dave Reichert (WA)
Congressman Christopher Shays (CT)
Representative Mike Turner (OH)
Now I am not saying this means Bush will be impeached. The last few times Kucinich introduced articles of that nature, they were also sent to the Judiciary, but that was it. But, this vote does illustrate something that the media hates to talk about, the fact that the Republican Party appears to be losing its unity. Whether it be the war, out of control spending, corruption, or general incompetence, something is driving a wedge between Republicans and pushing some of them as far away from Bush as possible.
This is the kind of stuff that could have media pundits on TV for hours, if not days, endlessly debating a Republican collapse. Unfortunately, their too busy writing the epitaphs of the Democrats.
