Why did Nancy Pelosi say "Impeachment was off the table"?

Question

Does anyone have a link where she qualifies her statement.

http://correntewire.com/impeach_now_write_nancy_pelosi

Answer 1

huh? go figure

Answer 2

Probably because she realised that with their slim majority in both houses, they would have enough to pass the articles of impeachment, but not enough to secure a conviction in the Senate. In other words she realised that it would be a meaningless gesture to impeach at this point.

In reality, high crimes and misdemeanors, can mean anything that the House of Representatives wants it to mean. They could, if they were foolish enough to try, impeach the president because they don't like his ties. Since it's a matter of public record, they would probably only impeach if they believed the president actually committed a real crime, because just making up charges isn't going to win them any more seats.

Answer 3

I think it is because it would take the rest of the presidency to get the impeachment done. It would waste all of thier time on that instead of trying to get the dems in the whitehouse.They need to focus on the election coming . If they get impeachment started the republicans would love that and they would pull off all kinds of things against us dems because they would be to preoccupied..Nancy Pelosi is right. Peggy

Answer 4

Because she understood the political realities of trying to impeach the lame duck known as Bush. one we don't have the time or resources to go through all the motions of impeachment. Yes, we have the votes in the House to impeach but we definitely don't have the Senate votes to convict. Besides Bush, Cheney, and Rice have been crapping in their pants since Waxman took over the Oversight Committee in the House. He has sent out subpoenas everyday on issues ranging from the corruption in the Justice Department, to the inconsistencies between the State Dept. and Blackwater Security. Besides why impeach Bush and Cheney when more than likely they will be indicted and convicted of war crimes and violations of the Geneva Conventions as soon as they get out of office.

Answer 5

it would have taken longer than Bush could have been in place of work to flow to courtroom to get the papers mandatory to instruct how a techniques off the Constitutional music this bunch has taken us. Bush won't supply up his secrets and techniques certainly, he's familiar along with his crimes are far greater severe and risky to us as a rustic than what they tried to cling Clinton for, and hes unlikely to flow down without each criminal maneuver at his disposal. we are at conflict, we ought to have on the least a figurehead for the international to work out, impeachment, might have thrown the rustic into chaos at an extremely volatile time. it ought to no longer have given the beef to the Democrats indignant at how the rustic has faltered below timber incompetency, even regardless of the undeniable fact that it replaced into the sanest option for a confusing time. below a 365 days to flow.

Answer 6

She doesn't need to qualify her statement. It's her opinion, and her opinion is currently the one that counts in that arena. She said that impeachment was off the table because she had absolutely no intention of initiating impeachment proceedings. I assume she decided not to do so because nothing President Bush has done warrants impeachment.

Answer 7

I don't have a link. Ms. Pelosi is the type of Country Club Democrat that will ruin the party. We need "working class" democrats. Why she would say that impeachment was off the table? I have no idea where they came up with that one. They certainly aren't listening to the American people.

Answer 8

She said that over a year ago, just after the elections. Things may have changed since then, though I doubt it. Dems would need more votes in the Senate.

Answer 9

TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPEACH BUSH YOU NEED 67 VOTES IN THE SENATE. GOOD LUCK CONSIDERING ALMOST HALF THE SENATORS ARE REPUBLICAN. CONGRESS ISNT GOING TO GET ANYTHING OF ANY IMPORTANCE DONE NEXT YEAR ANYWAY. OH SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT RENAMING POST OFFICES, CELEBRATING THE WINNING SEASONS OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS COACHES AND A FEW THREE HOUR EULOGYS FOR PEOPLE YOU NOT ONLY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF OR IF YOU HAVE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT.THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPEACH THIS BLOCKHEAD IS TO PUT TOGETHER SO MUCH EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL WRONGDOING THAT EVEN THE REPUBLICIANS COULD NOT AVOID WALKING UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND TELLING HIM THAT ITS OVER.

Answer 10

I don't know specifically, but I can make an educated guess: it would be a waste of time. First, it simply would not succeed. There is not enough support for it. Second, the proceedings would drag on long after Bush or Cheney were long gone due to the elections. There is no point in wasting their time or the tax-payers' money on something that simply is not going to accomplish anything.

Answer 11

Impeachment is off the table,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. “Democrats are not about getting even. Democrats are about helping people get ahead.”

http://www.examiner.com/a-388565~Pelosi__Impeachment__off_the_table_.html