Brad DeLong, who frequently cites reasons he believes George W. Bush should be impeached on his weblog, has now called for Bush to be impeached because he is unpopular:
For a president to be so unpopular that congressman who represent highly rural parts of the prarie would rather spend time with their families than go to Bucyrus, Kansas to be photographed with the president--that is an impeachable offense.
Is this a joke? Since when did being unpopular meet the standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors"?
Update 6/3 9:21 PM: DeLong writes in a comment below that this post is "simply not fair" but doesn't offer a specific objection.
How about impeachment for reckless behavior like this?
Posted by: TCG | June 03, 2008 at 09:48 AM
TCG, are you joking? Obviously the Commander in Chief has the Constitutional power to direct the conduct of a war.
Posted by: David | June 03, 2008 at 11:50 AM
That is simply not fair.
Posted by: Brad DeLong | June 03, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Is this a joke?
I think it is a joke, Brendan.
Brad's pointing out the absurdity of a political culture that wouldn't consider impeaching a president for illegally conducting domestic spying, attempting to suspend habeas corpus, institutionalizing torture, using the Pentagon as a propaganda machine, turning the Justice Department into an attack arm of the Republican party, using false intelligence to sell the war and contempt of Congress....
...but might impeach him for being at 28% in the polls.
Posted by: Jinchi | June 03, 2008 at 12:42 PM