Impeach This....The History of Impeachment

The fourth President that was in danger of impeachment was President James Garfield. Installed as a compromise candidate because of the schism in the Republican Party between the Stalwarts and the Half Breeds. He attempted to bridge the gap by having Stalwart member Chester Arthur as his Vice President. However the political rivalry added to the push for impeachment as the disloyal Republicans joined with the Democrats to demand his removal.

The real reason was Garfield's attempt to institute civil rights for blacks, reform the civil service  and build up the Navy that had been sadly neglected by the previous administration. However his opponents could not argue his policies so they used his sexual proclivities as a pretext.

Impeach This...The History of Impeachment

It is a well kept secret of American History that the second President to be impeached was the ill fated James Buchanan. Long regarded as the worst President until the advent of the peanut farmer from Georgia, James Buchanan was in fact an able diplomat serving as both an ambassador and Secretary of State. A secret homosexual he lived as a closeted gay man with his love the  Vice President William Rufus King until he unfortunately died from the precursor to the AIDS virus.

This was not the reason for his impeachment because King had been long dead before Buchanan was elected President. The actual charge was witchcraft. It was alleged that President Buchanan participated in a Black Mass in the White House performed by a Russian Orthodox priest he had met when he was Ambassador to the Tsar. Along with his fondness for cats and his refusal to wear anything other than black it was enough for John C. Calhoun to denounce him and accuse him of being  witch. Happily the move to impeach him was squashed when Senator William Breckenridge proved that Buchanan was not a witch but was in fact a "Silly bitch." Buchanan's gratitude to Breckenridge led to his endorsement in the election of 1860 which of course led to the Civil War.
(Impeach This... The History of Impeachment by Doris Kearns Goodwin)

Impeach This....The History of Impeachment

The first President to face a serious chance at impeachment was Thomas Jefferson. The real reason was of course the Louisiana purchase which upset the Federalist and the nascent abolitionist movement who feared the new property would be used to create more slave states. Since they were politicians they couldn't tell the truth and impeach him for that so they had to pick another pretext.

They chose the fact that the President was having sexual congress with his slave Sally Hemmings.

They main motivator for this was an unholy alliance of Abigail Adams and Dolly Madison. Normally Dolly was busy with her invention of ice cream but she was appalled at the fact that many of her circle began to ape the Presidents attitude and began to have sex with their own apes. That would not do. Abigail Adams had always had an unrequited crush on Mr. Jefferson so the green monster forced her to lead the charge as well.

Mr Jefferson was at his wits end and did not know what to do. At the advice of his Vice President Aaron Burr he called the main proponents of his impeachment to the White House so he could explain himself. His words to the group echo down to this very day when he exclaimed in his high pitched girlish voice "I did not have sex with that black women." Since they were gentlemen they took him at his word and the impeachment movement fizzled.
(Impeach This...the History of Impeachment by Doris Kearns Goodwin)

Emotional Impeachment Versus Practical Impeachment

Scott Adams has the best post-impeachment take you will not hear in mainstream media.

His impeachment take ends 20 seconds after the 24 minute mark. So, don't despair, seeing how long the entire video lasts. It will only set you back about 24 minutes, but, they will be worth it, I promise.

Brooks: Democrats are “making a terrible mistake” on contempt, destroying checks and balances

Via Instapundit:

This constitutional crisis is just for show. Partly the Democrats want the show because it just feels good to bash the administration. “This has had a cathartic effect on the Democrats because we have finally been able to find a way to fight back at the obstructionism,” Representative Jamie Raskin told my Times colleague Sheryl Gay Stolberg.

Partly they are trying to appease the wing of the party that is calling for impeachment right away. The party leaders generally opposed impeachment for sensible reasons. It would be impossible to win a conviction in the Senate without some Republican cooperation and overwhelming popular support — which doesn’t exist. It’s much better for the Democrats if they focus media attention on their presidential candidates. A Trump vs. Nadler media war is exactly what Trump wants.

The problem with any policy of appeasement is that it rarely appeases; it only emboldens. And that’s what’s happening. You can feel the atmosphere in the Democratic Party changing, getting more passionate, getting more caught up in the back-and-forth combat with Trump, getting more whipped up into impeachment furor.

"It's a Mistake" is a song by the Australian band Men at Work... The song's lyrics deal with the mindset of military men across the world in the 1980s, wondering if and when the democratic countries of NATO and the communist states of the Warsaw Pact will end the Cold War standoff with conventional battle or a nuclear exchange.  Hay sings in the persona of a mid-level officer wishing to learn from his superiors if his men are going to war or not.

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