Word: impeachable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...view of many members of the committee's majority, failure to impeach would do far greater harm to the nation's welfare than would the trauma of a Senate trial. Surprising his colleagues with the vehemence of his anti-Nixon stand, Republican Butler declared: "If we fail to impeach, we will have condoned and left unpunished a course of conduct totally inconsistent with the reasonable expectations of the American people ... and we will have said to the American people, 'These deeds are inconsequential and unimportant...
Some members used then? opening statements to make impassioned pleas for articles of impeachment that seemed un likely to win support from a majority of their colleagues. Father Robert Drinan, a Massachusetts Democrat, argued that it was wrong not to cite Nixon for the secret bombing of Cambodia just because it would not "fly" or "play in Peoria." Asked Dri nan: "How can we impeach the President for concealing a burglary but not for concealing a massive bombing?" Surprisingly, New York Republican Henry Smith, considered wholly against impeachment, indicated that the Cambodia bombing was the one Nixon offense that...
Running through Wednesday night and most of Thursday, the opening statements publicly confirmed Republican defections from the President that had become apparent in the closed-door strategy sessions on the eve of the debate. Demonstrating a willingness to impeach on at least one mainstream article were Illinois' Robert McClory, Railsback, Fish, Butler and Cohen. In a speech that was at first tantalizingly noncommittal, Froehlich hinted that he might go along with an article on the obstruction of justice in the Watergate coverup...
...Pacifica, a few hundred yards by fringe-top golf cart from his working office. Perhaps the best indication of his private thinking was offered by his daughter Tricia Cox, who declared spiritedly at the Ash party: "Innocence is innocence -and my father is innocent. If the committee votes to impeach, it will just be a political move by people who want to get Richard Nixon out of office. But they won't get away with it. This is a country of justice...
...coverage performed a valuable national service in giving the country at large a look at its Representatives as they struggled toward a historic decision. The experiment was being carefully studied by both rating-conscious network chiefs and leaders of the House, who must decide not only whether to impeach but also whether to televise. At week's end, it was virtually certain that the House leaders favorably impressed by the coverage would vote...