Speaker Pelosi may have said that impeachment was off the table, but that didn't stop Congressman Murtha from talking about it on the Sunday talk shows. He was on CBS with Bob Schieffer talking about the President's impending veto of the bill to support the troops when it came out.
From Crooks and Liars:
Murtha: "There are three ways - four ways to influence a President, and one is popular opinion, the elections, third is impeachment and fourth is-is uh, fourth is the uh-uh the purse."
Schieffer: "Are you seriously talking about contemplating an impeachment of this President by Congress?"
Murtha: "What I'm saying is there are four ways to influence a President -"
Schieffer: "And that's one of them?
Murtha: "One of them is impeachment -"
Schieffer: "That's an option that is on the table?"
Murtha: "I'm just saying that's one way to influence a President. The other way is the purse and the purse is controlled by the Congress who is elected by the public and in the last election the public said we want the Democrats in control."
Murtha may not have come out and said he is willing to do it right now, but you can tell it is on his mind. President Bush has been thwarting the will of the people when it comes to the war and has been directly challenging Congress' co-equal powers laid out in the constitution. It is long past time to kick George to the curb and I am glad to see someone in Congress finally talk about it other than Dennis Kucinich. Murtha has real power on the Hill and it is great to see him use it to influence the mainstream to think about impeaching Bush.
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