CHIMPEACHMENT?

Should we go for Chimpeachment or not?

To chimpeach or not to chimpeach?  That is the question.

Obviously, there's a huge buzz about this these days, seemingly incited by the recent Zogby poll.

[Sidenote: if we really want to influence the media, we ought to start an ostensibly neutral polling organisation.  It's not about the results: the power comes from the ability to choose the questions.  This Zogby poll is a nice example.]

The liberal talkshow host Ed Schultz is incredibly against it.  There are some pretty strong views.  What are the pros and cons?  I even heard Olbermann discussing it.

Would chimpeachment cause too much of a backlash, making us look like whiners?

Tale the poll (which is the main point of this diary, afterall).

•  I LOVE THAT TERM!!!

  I hope to God someone makes a bumper sticker.

  by Bob on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 06:45:26 PM PDT

  •  CHIMPEACH

    I confess I was very pleased to think of it.  (Surely it can't be original?  I'll take a look on Google in a minute.)  The diary is pretty content free, other than this term.  That's the real hidden purpose of the diary: get the term CHIMPEACH out there.

    by Winger on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 06:49:04 PM PDT

    •  Hey !

      I used this term in a comment maybe a week ago.

      I thought it was original but i wouldn't be surprised if someone coined it earlier.  Could be a case of simultaneous invention.  

      I'm an artist & this kind of thing happens all the time.
      I had some green parrot feathers lying around my studio & stuck them in a painting as trees.  I thought it was clever & then on a trip to the MOMA I saw someone did the same thing back in the 20's.  I just laughed.

      Not only do I hope the term catches on, Here's to it actually happening.

      by jbilger on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 09:04:01 PM PDT

  •  CHIMPEACH bumper sticker exists

    http://www.stampandshout.com/shop/bumper-stickers/chimpeach.php

    I knew it couldn't be original!

    by Winger on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 06:50:00 PM PDT

    •  The Term's Been Around...

      .. but attempts at refinement never hurt.

      How about a subtle bumper sticker with nothing more than a picture of a chimp and a peach?

      by Irfo on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 07:00:17 PM PDT

      •  Would make a cool t-shirt

        I'd buy one.

        by daisy democrat on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 07:05:18 PM PDT

•  Another example of repugs evil brilliance.

  They try to impeach Clinton for getting something they could only get if they paid for it and now impeachment for legitimate crimes & misdemeanors comes across as either same-old same-old political white noise or petty revenge.

  The strategy: convince the dumb that the trumped up or meaningless "crime" committed by a Dem is the equivalent of raping bambi, all while sickening the rest to the point that they simply tune out.  That way, when they commit truly audacious crimes most of the population sees it as politics as usual when the Dems go after them or out-and-out slander.  Gotta gime them credit for having such balls.

  by princemyshkin on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 06:46:34 PM PDT

•  No Blowjob, No Chimpeachment

  Bush merely started an illegal war to steal another country's oil, make war profits for his cronies, and kill tens of thousands of innocent people to prove America can kick some serious ass when we're pissed. All of this while kicking backs billions in tax revenue to his campaign contributors. Nothing chimpeachable there.

  by easong on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 07:04:42 PM PDT

•  It worked for the GOP?

  When?

  Surely you're not talking about 1998.

  Yeah, they succeeded in passing articles of impeachment.

  But they suffered a huge backlash, suffered losses in Congress, and were generally thought of as idiots and morons (except by their base: the idiots and morons - but I kid).

  Seriously - a Phyrric Victory at best.

  As for your poll, I express no opinion, except this:  we shouldn't do it unless it's going to work.  And that will require bipartisan support.  And that's not going to happen.  So, until then, we should continue to conduct our investigations and reveal the administration for the thugs they are, and then reap the electoral benefits at the polls.

  by PeteyP on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 07:06:10 PM PDT

  •  Why not a lie is a lie and when people die it's a

    Sperm on a dress : Downing Street Minutes
    Definition of is : Intelligence Analysis (WMD)
    Got a Blow Job : Manipulates News
    Lie : Die

    the list can go on but really,
    Which is worse???????

    by JackAshe on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 08:15:36 PM PDT

    •  Meant to say

      it's a crime..............

      by JackAshe on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 08:16:30 PM PDT

•  Couldn't answer

  Impeachment is not whining if there is a legitimate reason.  So why be so chicken about what republicans think?  That bunch of dolts can think anything they like.  

  by TeresaInPa on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 07:08:26 PM PDT

•  It's not the same as Clinton,

  as others here have pointed out; Clinton got blown -- Bush sucks.

  by PBJ Diddy on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 07:17:19 PM PDT

•  IMHO too early to push for impeachment.

  I think we must continue to pound on the lying, the fraud, and the incompetence. It is working. While driving 550 miles today, I heard about the latest Zogby poll in which I believe 42% said we should consider impeachment charges against George W. Bush for lying about the reasons for war. We should keep making the case without saying it explicitly--yet. That's my serious answer.

  by lecsmith on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 07:29:59 PM PDT

•  just visualizing

  
  

  by seesdifferent on Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 08:55:23 PM PDT