CNN's Jack Cafferty Deplores Chris Dodd for Arguing Against Impeaching Bush

August 21, 2007
CNN's Jack Cafferty Deplores Chris Dodd for Arguing Against Impeaching Bush

Cafferty had charged: "This President has pulled off a power grab in
the name of the war on terror the likes of which this country hasn't seen in a very long time. And in the process, people who are a lot smarter than I am suggest that he has broken this nation's laws over and over and over again. From invading a sovereign nation without provocation to torturing prisoners to the NSA spy program, to holding people without a right to a court hearing or a lawyer, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera." Amongst the e-mails Cafferty read, one declared: "Of course George Bush deserves to be impeached, and he should also be thrown in jail." Another writer recommended: "He should be 'legally' water-boarded until he can recite the Bill of Rights and define habeas corpus."

So, Senator Dodd is putting the election prospects of the Democratic Party next year ahead of whether or not President Bush might be guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors of a kind which would mandate his removal from office. Congress's job is oversight of the executive branch -- unless, of course, that oversight interferes with getting elected. Here's the question, then: "Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd says it would be a mistake for Democrats to impeach President Bush. Is he right?" E-mail caffertyfile@cnn.com, or go to cnn.com/cafferty file. It's a
pretty amazing statement to come out of Senator Dodd's mouth, Wolf."