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Old 04-23-2014, 12:38 PM
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Impeach Nixon!
No, it's not 1974.

http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-house...140700187.html


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The Republican-controlled Missouri House will begin impeachment proceedings against Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday. Why? There are three reasons, according to the state legislature's judiciary committee. First, Nixon allowed legally-married same-sex couples in the state to file joint tax returns in order to keep the state consistent with the IRS's post-Defense of Marriage Act policies. Second, Republicans argue Nixon took too long to call a special election to replace legislative vacancies. Third, Republicans believe that Nixon didn't punish state officials enough over a controversy involving concealed carry permits.
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I keep waiting for the public to tire of these extremist theatrics and vote the bums out. I'm afraid I still have a while to wait.

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Isn't impeachment a function of the voter and not other elected officials?
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Isn't impeachment a function of the voter and not other elected officials?
I think at the state level impeachment laws very state to state. You may be thinking of the recall process.
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Ah...perhaps I am.

Regardless, I'd always though impeachment was meant for serious misconduct, not petty partisan crap.
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I keep waiting for the public to tire of these extremist theatrics and vote the bums out. I'm afraid I still have a while to wait.

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Don, what's the standard for impeachment in Missouri? Is it the same as the federal one? Seems to me that none of the "charges" even amounts to a hill of beans, much less to "high crimes and misdemeanors".

Of course, they do involve two of the "Three Gs".

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Ah...perhaps I am.

Regardless, I'd always though impeachment was meant for serious misconduct, not petty partisan crap.
Yeah if we had a normal GOP it would be. I think using impeachment in a cavalier and partisan matter to get at another politician because they are in a different party is a threat to our Democracy. This is something banana republics do. My apologies to sun-glass wearing dicators everywhere.
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What is high crime and misdemeanor? That is open for interpretation.
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How are "high crimes" and "misdemeanors" connected? One is serious...one is petty...or so I thought.....
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How are "high crimes" and "misdemeanors" connected? One is serious...one is petty...or so I thought.....
They sure used a lot of Purple Prose back in those days didn't they?

I mean what the Fuck does a "well regulated militia" mean?
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