Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 05:50:08 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote in news:Xns96C3DB07E9FFE3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> "Finnigann" wrote in >> news:43166C69.329.farscape@bnb.synchro.net: >> >>> To: weirdwolf >>> -=> weirdwolf wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=- >>> >>> > >>> >>> we> OK say for example he had invaded a country for no reason.. >>> we> damn..er..say for example it was found that he was a >>> we> deserter....shit..ok.. third times the charm... say for example >>> he lied we> to the senate...bugger this is more difficult than it >>> seems... OOO I've we> got a good one.. say for example he had >>> completely crippled the we> national eco..n..o.my... >>> we> Right, fine, we will forget the reason why just imagine they >>> wanted to we> force him out of office. Is there a way that they >>> could do it and has we> it been done before? My rather dodgy memory >>> and obvious lack of we> knowledge can't seem to come up with an >>> example of it happening. we> Ted >>> >>> Nixon? >> >> Nixon wasn't forced out by his own party,he was staring impeachment >> in >> the face and fell on his own sword because he knew that he could >> never put up a credible defence in the face of the evidence that had >> mounted up.It was a case of outright criminal activity, I'm talking >> more about a leader who has fallen out of favour with their own party >> due to unpopular political decisions like Thatcher. > > Andrew Johnson. > The only other president impeached right? the guy who had problems due to his firing a chap whos name I forget in the war ministry without the consent of the senate which was required because he had tenure. I know it was more of an excuse because he had vetoed a few other bills to do with reconstruction. See before 1945 so I at least know the basics. He was aquited though despite breaking the letter of the law. I was wondering more about the case of them just falling out of favour, not actually breaking the law. Say for instance that the unpopular vetos were all that were available to Johnsons detractors without the ability to impeach him for the law breaking in the case of the tenure legislation not matter how tenuous it was is their a way that the president could be removed? Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .