According to Wikipedia, impeachment proceedings have been initiated only 63 times in the history of the United States. Eighteen have resulted in removal from office.
GOV. PAWLENTY (Video Clip): Now, I think we can learn a lot from that situation. Not from tiger, but from his wife. So she said, I have had enough. She said, no more. I think we should take a page out of her playbook and take a 9 iron and smash the window out of big government in this country. [Applause] We've had enough. GREGORY: With that kind of rallying cry, do you expect people to take you seriously? GOV. PAWLENTY: Well, I think people still enjoy a sense of humor and if we have gotten the point where you can't make a joke, we're in trouble.
GOV. PAWLENTY (Video Clip): Now, I think we can learn a lot from that situation. Not from tiger, but from his wife. So she said, I have had enough. She said, no more. I think we should take a page out of her playbook and take a 9 iron and smash the window out of big government in this country. [Applause] We've had enough.
GREGORY: With that kind of rallying cry, do you expect people to take you seriously?
GOV. PAWLENTY: Well, I think people still enjoy a sense of humor and if we have gotten the point where you can't make a joke, we're in trouble.