The irony of Sen. *

David Limbaugh:

RINO (Republican in Name Only) Sen. Chuck Hagel boldly suggests (without being bold enough directly to identify with the sentiment) that some congressmen are considering impeachment proceedings against President Bush because he is flouting Congress and the public on Iraq. Hagel needs to be pressed on this.

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You would think that a person who has made it to the United States Senate would have a least a rudimentary understanding of our constitutional government. You would assume he would have grasped that impeachment is a remedy to remove a president (or other officer) for the commission of high crimes and misdemeanors.

While "high crimes and misdemeanors" is a term of art, it most certainly does not encompass presidential action, which, though legal and constitutional, is not popular with the American people or a majority of Congress.

So isn't it enormously ironic that Hagel is hinting that Congress might impeach the president essentially for abusing his constitutional authority when by taking that action Congress would be grossly abusing its constitutional authority?

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For Sen. Hagel to imply that the president serves at the pleasure of Congress and the people (a la the British system) betrays a startling misapprehension of our unique form of government. And this man is actually considering a run for the presidency -- on the Republican ticket, no less?

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Here is another irony. If the anti war position is so popular why is Chuck Hagel polling below one percent in the Republican presidential preference polls since he is the only one with an anti war stance. That is how he earned his title as Sen. *, which is the pollsters designation of those getting less than one percent. Here is another irony. Based on his own logic he should be impeached by the citizens of Nebraska since they overwhelming disapprove of his position on the war.