Wednesday, August 24, 2005
"Possible" Impeachment for Governor Taft?
Okay...the former president was impeached because he lied about messing around with Monica Lewinsky, a lie that had nothing to do with his actual job. He could have gotten a blow job from her every morning of his eight years and it would not have mattered to his work as the president.
Bob Taft has been convicted of failing to report illegal golf outings with businessmen who hold contracts with the State of Ohio. This is something that directly deals with his job. You don't play hours of golf with someone on a regular basis without the result (or precursor, perhaps, in this case) being that you do your golf partner some favors. The level of unfair influence these businessmen had over Taft is so staggering that it is outright moronic to think that the violation of the law here is not worthy of impeachment.
Now the push is to "possibly" impeach Taft not based on his conviction but on the fact that he lied about his knowledge of Tom Noe's rare coin investments. Read the Blade article.
Don't get me wrong - I am very pleased to see that Taft will likely face impeachment. My point is simply that there is more than one reason why it should happen. I also hope that it happens soon. This state is in a financial mess.
Bob Taft has been convicted of failing to report illegal golf outings with businessmen who hold contracts with the State of Ohio. This is something that directly deals with his job. You don't play hours of golf with someone on a regular basis without the result (or precursor, perhaps, in this case) being that you do your golf partner some favors. The level of unfair influence these businessmen had over Taft is so staggering that it is outright moronic to think that the violation of the law here is not worthy of impeachment.
Now the push is to "possibly" impeach Taft not based on his conviction but on the fact that he lied about his knowledge of Tom Noe's rare coin investments. Read the Blade article.
Don't get me wrong - I am very pleased to see that Taft will likely face impeachment. My point is simply that there is more than one reason why it should happen. I also hope that it happens soon. This state is in a financial mess.
