Worst. Idea. Ever.

Trust Dennis Kucinich to inject some humor into the staid political arena, and to do so in the worst way possible.  Rep. Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced numerous articles of impeachment against Bush, most having to do with the administration’s justifications on starting the Iraq war.  And while I see no reason to let Pres. Bush sit on his laurels (if he can find any) for the last few months of his presidency, if Rep. Kucinich is successful it will be disasterous for several reasons:

1) PRESIDENT CHENEY.  This sends a shiver down the spine of even my most ardent Republican friends.

2) It’s a major distraction.  We finally nailed down who’s running for president; we should be concentrating on who’s going to be the next POTUS, instead of a pollyannaish rehashing of the (egregious) mistakes of a lame duck.

3) It would remove one of Obama’s strongest electoral arguments.   Pres. Bush is associated with the faults and failures of his administration, while Cheney is associated with being the Prince of Darkness hiding in his secure location.  While that sounds good for the Dems at first blush, the electorate is interested in removing Bush from office.  If this happens prior to the election, it could remove the impetus to vote against a Republican, for some people, this is all Obama has going for him (or needs, for that matter).

I’m ignoring the conspiracy theories that Cheney would refuse to relinquish power, or would engineer an attack or disaster in order to suspend the election or transfer of the presidency; I have faith that our system is more resilient than that.  I also believe VP Cheney is a smart man who understands that the American public expects a new president to be sworn in and any shenanigans interfering with that process would have disasterous long term effects on the Republican Party.  And even if Cheney was willing to risk it, I think the rest of the Republican establishment would nip any political coup in the bud.  After all, Cheney is set to ride off into a future of drunken gunfoolery (does anyone know what he’s actually planning to do after he leaves office?) but the Rep. members of Congress and the RNC will still need to work for a living, and that’s difficult to do if people spit when they speak your name.

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