Good Grief!

[elfs]

The tragedy that is our current executive leads me to despair, but I want everyone to consider what would happen if Bush really were impeached. Here's the current line of succession:

• President George W. Bush
• Vice President Dick Cheney
• Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
• President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
• Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
• Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
• Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
• Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson
• Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
• Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman
• Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson

Comments

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

just a nit-pick: "Impeached" does not mean "Removed from office"

It's a common mistake... but no sense in continuing the confusion.

For example, Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office... that would be an additional step after impeachment... one that was *not* pursued, in fact. Impeachment is merely a finding that testimony was false.

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

Just in case you or your readers need a reference... so this doesn't become a bickering-fest: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/impeach is the most complete and accurate legal definition of the word I could find online.

(Also, the MSN Encarta definition is completely wrong... which furthers the confusion).