It's more of a crime against a person. If you think it's the worst kind of treason, what will you say when Hillary Clinton sells the nuke codes to the North Korean commies for a used Prada bag?
Seriously, I simply think a President in a country like the US shouldn't be impeached for something so trivial. Among everything you can say against Bush and his mistakes, it's really very little.
Personally, I find this shocking, but objectively, it's not a big deal. He has done worse.
Given his whole Presidency, I wouldn't be devastated if he was impeached. I disagree with pretty much everything he represents as a politic and a man. I also really don't like him. But impeaching him on that case wouldn't be serious. And, honestly, even if you find this affair bad enough, the US don't need that right now. That's why I would be surprised if the Democrats pushed that very far.
On the other hand, in the opposite situation, I'd have been surprised if the Republicans hadn't fucked up everything as bad as they could.
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Originally Posted by chaos  K, really trying to be civil here, for the sake of discussion, so let's put it all on the table, what really happened. Valerie Plame's husband was publicly critical of Bush policy. Bush and Cheney, in order to get political revenge on his, OUTED A COVERT CIA AGENT. Classified information was released and a coverup to prevent the public from knowledge of that disclosure was performed. Not only was Plame outed, but her shell company was outed as a CIA cover for agents. Who knows how many agents were outed, how many operations were put in jeopardy, how many people are dead.
This woman was working on stifling nuclear proliferation in Iraq and Iran. OOPS.
This is not no big deal, this is a huge deal. If you or I did this we would be put to death. It is treason, plain and simple. |
Or maybe it's worse than I thought. Even if the consequences were much more tragic, I don't think it's in the country's interest to push it too far. That's why everybody is agreeing to lay low for the last few months and just hope he doesn't fuck up anymore.
