Since it is going to come up and it already has

[JD Barleycorn]

Here are the three articles of impeachment drawn up against Richard Nixon and passed out of committee but not the full House.

Article 1

RESOLVED, That Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and that the following articles of impeachment to be exhibited to the Senate:

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE NAME OF ITSELF AND OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST RICHARD M. NIXON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF ITS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS.ARTICLE 1
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his consitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, in that:
On June 17, 1972, and prior thereto, agents of the Committee for the Re-election of the President committed unlawful entry of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of securing political intelligence. Subsequent thereto, Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his close subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation of such illegal entry; to cover up, conceal and protect those responsible; and to conceal the existence and scope of other unlawful covert activities.
The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan included one or more of the following:

1. making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
2. withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
3. approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counselling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;
4. interfering or endeavouring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and Congressional Committees;
5. approving, condoning, and acquiescing in, the surreptitious payment of substantial sums of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence or influencing the testimony of witnesses, potential witnesses or individuals who participated in such unlawful entry and other illegal activities;
6. endeavouring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States;
7. disseminating information received from officers of the Department of Justice of the United States to subjects of investigations conducted by lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States, for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability;
8. making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or
9. endeavouring to cause prospective defendants, and individuals duly tried and convicted, to expect favoured treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony.

In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
Adopted 27-11 by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, at 7.07pm on Saturday, 27th July, 1974, in Room 2141 of the Rayburn Office Building, Washington D.C.

Article 2

Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has repeatedly engaged in conduct violating the constitutional rights of citizens, impairing the due and proper administration of justice and the conduct of lawful inquiries, or contravening the laws governing agencies of the executive branch and the purposed of these agencies.
This conduct has included one or more of the following:

1. He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.
2. He misused the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other executive personnel, in violation or disregard of the constitutional rights of citizens, by directing or authorizing such agencies or personnel to conduct or continue electronic surveillance or other investigations for purposes unrelated to national security, the enforcement of laws, or any other lawful function of his office; he did direct, authorize, or permit the use of information obtained thereby for purposes unrelated to national security, the enforcement of laws, or any other lawful function of his office; and he did direct the concealment of certain records made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of electronic surveillance.
3. He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, in violation or disregard of the constitutional rights of citizens, authorized and permitted to be maintained a secret investigative unit within the office of the President, financed in part with money derived from campaign contributions, which unlawfully utilized the resources of the Central Intelligence Agency, engaged in covert and unlawful activities, and attempted to prejudice the constitutional right of an accused to a fair trial.
4. He has failed to take care that the laws were faithfully executed by failing to act when he knew or had reason to know that his close subordinates endeavoured to impede and frustrate lawful inquiries by duly constituted executive, judicial and legislative entities concerning the unlawful entry into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, and the cover-up thereof, and concerning other unlawful activities including those relating to the confirmation of Richard Kleindienst as Attorney General of the United States, the electronic surveillance of private citizens, the break-in into the offices of Dr. Lewis Fielding, and the campaign financing practices of the Committee to Re-elect the President.
5. In disregard of the rule of law, he knowingly misused the executive power by interfering with agencies of the executive branch, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Division, and the Office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, of the Department of Justice, and the Central Intelligence Agency, in violation of his duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
Adopted 28-10 by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

Article 3

In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, contrary to his oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has failed without lawful cause or excuse to produce papers and things as directed by duly authorized subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on April 11, 1974, May 15, 1974, May 30, 1974, and June 24, 1974, and willfully disobeyed such subpoenas. The subpoenaed papers and things were deemed necessary by the Committee in order to resolve by direct evidence fundamental, factual questions relating to Presidential direction, knowledge or approval of actions demonstrated by other evidence to be substantial grounds for impeachment of the President. In refusing to produce these papers and things Richard M. Nixon, substituting his judgment as to what materials were necessary for the inquiry, interposed the powers of the Presidency against the the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives, thereby assuming to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives.
In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
Adopted 21-17 by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

[Randy4Candy]

Not even close to being in the same ballpark.

[CJ7]

ya gotta give the simpletons credit for being simpletons

[Whirlaway]

Jeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz another fucking Benghazi thread JD ??????????

[CuteOldGuy]

Originally Posted by Randy4Candy

Not even close to being in the same ballpark.

Well, you got this one right, RaggedyAndy. Watergate is nowhere near as serious or impeachable as Obama's Benghazi corruption.

It truly is not even close.

[JD Barleycorn]

Well, it didn't take too long to hear from the dumb fuck brigade. It is all about precedent. This is the precedent. It is nothing but a marker if you will if that is what you want. These are not the charges morons. You can see in Article Two about using the IRS to go after his enemies was bad enough to warrant impeachment. Also remember who helped to write this articles; Hillary Rodham.

[CJ7]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Well, you got this one right, RaggedyAndy. Watergate is nowhere near as serious or impeachable as Obama's Benghazi corruption.

It truly is not even close.

impeachable on what grounds ... talking points

[Randy4Candy]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Well, you got this one right, RaggedyAndy. Watergate is nowhere near as serious or impeachable as Obama's Benghazi corruption.

It truly is not even close.

YeeFuckingHaa!!! OK, we'll let this last bit of puffery stand on its own. Oops, here comes a puff of wind (sorry, I farted) - IT'S GONE!

Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Well, it didn't take too long to hear from the dumb fuck brigade. It is all about precedent. This is the precedent. It is nothing but a marker if you will if that is what you want. These are not the charges morons. You can see in Article Two about using the IRS to go after his enemies was bad enough to warrant impeachment. Also remember who helped to write this articles; Hillary Rodham.

You don't even make as much sense as the alleged "lawyers" on here. However, there may be a spot for you in the circus as a contortionist.

[i'va biggen]

Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Well, it didn't take too long to hear from the dumb fuck brigade. It is all about precedent. This is the precedent. It is nothing but a marker if you will if that is what you want. These are not the charges morons. You can see in Article Two about using the IRS to go after his enemies was bad enough to warrant impeachment. Also remember who helped to write this articles; Hillary Rodham.

You need to go back to janitorial college for some post grad work in waste removal.Then clean up some of your work.

[CuteOldGuy]

They really can't respond with any substance, can they, JD. Now with the Justice Department spying on the press, can there be any question that this is the most corrupt, dishonest administration in history?

[Yssup Rider]

Here's a deal ... You fuckers can impeach President Obama.

Get elected to Congress and do something about it.

asshats!

[JD Barleycorn]

We were talk to speak at the level of our audience. U bad Person bIGGen.

[Munchmasterman]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

They really can't respond with any substance, can they, JD. Now with the Justice Department spying on the press, can there be any question that this is the most corrupt, dishonest administration in history?

Respond to what? Only you and those as unknowledgeable as you make these charges. No one with the needed authority is on your side.

Why is that?

Tell us how smart you are. Tell us again, that while posting "facts" that are easily proven lies.

Tell us an inane response directed at jd or one of your other butt-boys that reveals your intellect.

Tell us how you made it to number 3 in your human centipede day trip club.

[JD Barleycorn]

Why don't you give a responsive comment that is....well, responsive Munchie.

I know that it is coming up in the posts and, around me, in everyday conversation about what is the difference between Nixon and Obama. Now so many believe that Nixon was impeached but they forget that Clinton wasn't. What does that mean anyway about the power of the press to rewrite history? Anyway, I posted the articles of impeachment for Nixon for a few reason; it is the most memorable (though it never really happened), the democrats supported them, Hillary was involved in writing them, and they serve as a guide post of what they should look like.

[i'va biggen]

Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

We were talk to speak at the level of our audience. U bad Person bIGGen.

Is that how you talk in your hood? Or only when you have a dick in your mouth???