After the powerful presentations from the Conyer's hearings of last Thursday and the subsequent wave of media attention belatedly bestowed on the "Downing Street" secret documents, there was much excited musing on the subject of impeachment over the weekend, here on DKos and elsewhere. This diary is not an analysis of the likelihood of Democrats gaining the House of Representatives in 2006. It's not an overweening juggernaut of triumphalism, as sometimes crops up around here. It's not really a rant, because the events of the last few days have served to set conservatives back on their heels a bit, more than I expected at any rate, so how mad can a liberal guy be right now? Well, pretty fucking mad, but I'm keeping my lid sensibly on for this one. So let's place this diary in the category of "Just Suppose." So come, let's play pretend...
Anyway, the question emerged over the weekend, will our first female Commander-in-Chief be Hillary? Sen. Boxer? Kay Bailey? Liddy? Mary Carey? Well, with all due respect, I would say right now President Pelosi is looking just as likely. Wouldn't that be a kick in the bloomers? Work with me now...
Yes, Downing Street has hit the big time. One would imagine the bidding for the movie rights must be already underway, followed by the book on tape (read by Dan Rather), with a musical revue penned by Elton John and Tim Rice in the works. Hopefully. In the meantime there is the Make Every Street Downing Street effort, DKos diarist Apian and his very inluential series on how to bring the DSM story to the fore, just to name some of the more visible proponents of impeachment and all things DSM that I've come across in my admittedly lazy searches.
Which brings us to the rather juicy water cooler topic of impeachment. Far brighter political minds than mine will tell you that impeachment is a pipe dream. That gerrymandering has converted the House of Representatives into a leviathan that lives only to feed the god of incumbency. I tend to concur. But is it really such a stretch to believe that a net swing of 17 seats in the House of Reps is beyond imagination? Perhaps. Still, it is irresistible to speculate on the falling of the dominos if we were to pull it off.
Dems win the House in '06. Articles of Impeachment drawn up. Investigation begins. Subpoena authority meted out like a bludgeon. Underlings begin to squeal and squalk. Bush called on lies, implicated by close circle of advisers, who turn on him in order to avoid spending time in a "country club" prison. Determined by the religious right to ride out his martyrdom, Bush brazens it out as the case is passed along to the Senate. By this point the administration has been branded as criminals, and prominent Republicans howl for Bush to step aside, "in the interest of the country." Cheney has no choice but to resign as well, otherwise Bush fingers him personally as the architect of the War.
All of the above have been discussed quite a bit here and on other fora. But it wasn't until this weekend that I noticed people, in particular DKos user creampuff, mention the following possibility:
President Pelosi! (none / 0)
Insane, right? Hey, it could happen! She'd be elevated to speaker next year if we get our own 1994. Assuming Bush & Cheney are both resigned, she would get the baton.
My forehead is still red and stinging from the slap I applied last night when I came across creampuff's comment as I browsed around in the late hours. "President Pelosi." I couldn't get it out of my head. Just the idea that the remote scenario exists at all, lightened my heart a little. If Rush can gloat about Halliburton getting the Gitmo contract, declaring:
On top of everything, folks, on top of everything, Halliburton,
Halliburton "will build a new $30 million detention facility and security fence at G'itmo."
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Oh, man! Don't you love this? We are just ramming it down the throats of these liberals.
then we can surely take time to envision our own version of a painful metaphorical conservative rogering! President Pelosi. It just has a ring to it, doesn't it? It's my new mantra, my Jai-ya, in order to obtain personal counterbalance in the face of the Republican noise machine. You may use my new mantra, I encourage you to do so, in fact. You'll just feel better. It may not get us anywhere, but who needs all the bad feelings and negativity. Next time Hannity, or Frist, or your right wing dentist grate your nerves, pull out "President Pelosi" and repeat as you rinse and spit. The world will seem more colorful and more flavorful.
In fact I think the possibility exists that Nancy Pelosi herself is now hep to the jive, judging by her recent comments that "something has changed."
That they have, Madame President, that they have.
Share your mantras below!