"I made a decision a few years ago, or at least one year ago,” said Pelosi in a recent interview, "that impeachment [of Bush] was something that we could not be successful with and that would take up the time we needed to do some positive things to establish a record of our priorities and their short-comings.
"The President isn't worth it... he's not worth impeaching. We've got important work to do... If he were at the beginning of his term, people may think of it differently, but he's at the end of his terms. The first two years of his term, if we came in as the majority, there might be time to do it all...”
EPluribus Media reports that bloggers Mike Stark of Calling All Wingnuts and Dave Johnson of Seeing the Forest had a June 28th conference call with the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on the subject of impeachment.
When Stark suggested impeachment proceedings against Alberto Gonzales, Pelosi launched into the comment about impeaching George W. Bush.
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Stark followed up with, "Respectfully, the question is whether or not the Constitution is worth it.
"Well, yeah, the Constitution is worth it if you can succeed,” replied Pelosi.