Impediments to Impeachment

(Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Huh?

Last time I checked, there were quite a few minority leaders in the Democratic Party foaming at the mouth like Cujo to win the mid-term elections, and then follow the letter and spirit of the US Constitution in moving forward with impeachment proceedings against King George.

To quote Peter Griffin: "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... whoa... whoa... Lois, this isn't my Batman cup."

Guess that whole, "Hey, you know what? Our country has been hog-tied and dragged through the mud of aggression and war crimes by a guy who really only wanted to be baseball commissioner, and we've got to right six years of disastrous wrongs," only had a shelf life of, um, 12 hours.

Thankfully, legal experts and generally concerned Americans are having none of this shirking of responsibility on the part of Pelosi and (gasp) Conyers.

The 110th Congress has a number of jobs to do. Investigating allegations of "high crimes and misdemeanors" of the Bush White House must be on its agenda.