McCain Supports Impeachment of Bush and Cheney
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In an interview with the rightwing Washington Times, John McCain channeled Democrats.com:
On Wednesday, Mr. McCain went further in distancing himself from the man who beat him for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination...
He rejected Mr. Bush's use of issuing "signing statements" when he signs bills into law, in which the president has suggested that he would ignore elements of the bills, labeling them potentially unconstitutional.
"I would veto the bills or say, 'Look, I don't like it but I'll obey the law that's passed by Congress and signed by the president.' I think the signing statements was not a correct implementation of the power of the executive. I think it was overstepping," he said.
And Mr. McCain emphatically rejected Mr. Bush's claims of executive privilege, often used to shield the White House from scrutiny.
"I don't agree with that either. I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," he said.
So what's the remedy for a President and Vice President who abuse their official powers? Impeachment of course. John McCain knows it - and having denounced the crimes, he'd be hard-pressed to oppose the only remedy provided under the Constitution.
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John McCain will say
John McCain will say anything. He'll grab at any straw.
He denies flip-flop-ing on things, even though there is plenty of proof/numerous examples.
Why would anyone believe anything he said?
His comments are basically meaningless.
He's beginning to criticize Bush now? Way too little and way too late. It doesn't matter. He can't separate himself from W at this point. Like a marriage, it's political 'till death do us part.
exactly right
i think voters tuned him out once and for all after the third debate - not that voters were listening to him much before that, because he just kept lying and lying.