The biggest trouble with impeaching Cheney, and Bush, is they are representatives of an idea that is beneath the surface. Get rid of them, and there will be others with the same attitudes and tactics put in their place. The window dressing may change, but the core will stay rotten.
Politics is for the sake of public consumption, and distraction. Those with the real 'Authority' know they are better off far from the headlines. Their main trouble is that with Absolute power there is only room for one at the top. There are too many contenders for there to be anything but a violent struggle. In the same way it is the aim of any large company to acquire compeditors, and work toward a monopoly - Ac...

The biggest trouble with impeaching Cheney, and Bush, is they are representatives of an idea that is beneath the surface. Get rid of them, and there will be others with the same attitudes and tactics put in their place. The window dressing may change, but the core will stay rotten.
Politics is for the sake of public consumption, and distraction. Those with the real 'Authority' know they are better off far from the headlines. Their main trouble is that with Absolute power there is only room for one at the top. There are too many contenders for there to be anything but a violent struggle. In the same way it is the aim of any large company to acquire compeditors, and work toward a monopoly - Across the board if possible. Wealth will eat itself. Meanwhile the public must bear the fallout. Will there be anyone left standing when the battle is over? They might think so, but they lose it all when they die, and there isn't the assurance the generations that follow will have anything like the same attitudes or abilities. Fortunes that have taken parents and grandparents lifetimes to establish can vanish with the flash of one bad personal or business decision.
So Empires fall.
Cheney meanwhile isn't anywhere near as big as he or anyone else thinks he is. The prime motivation for impeachment will be vengeance. While it may provide some small relief and the appearance of victory. It may make the people mistakenly believe they have done something useful, or solved a problem. That will not be true, and may provide a dangerously false sense of security. leaving them off guard. This battle is Deep. Those who inspired, and are waging it have everything to lose. They wont give it up without tooth and nail.