Congressman Conyers to investigate George Bush's "Imperial Presidency".

Rebuffing Dennis Kucinich’s calls for impeachment hearings on George W. Bush, the House Judiciary Committee instead will hear testimony about Bush’s “imperial presidency” and several of his administration’s scandals.

In a press release issued Thursday, Rep. John Conyers, House Judiciary Committee chairman, said his panel will explore a variety of Bush controversies, including manipulation of prewar Iraq intelligence, politicization of the Justice Department, and refusal to cooperate with congressional investigations.

But the Michigan Democrat also left little doubt that the committee’s review was meant to fend off demands from Rep. Kucinich that Conyers initiate impeachment proceedings against Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

With impeachment ruled out, it’s unclear how much the Judiciary Committee’s inquiry can accomplish, given Bush’s broad assertion of executive privilege when his subordinates are faced with congressional questions about criminal and other wrongdoing.

This seems like a weak and pathetic excuse for a full impeachment hearing to me.

There is nothing I would like more then to see this President face the full fury of the Congress concerning his abuse of power, this seems to fall well short of "full fury".

However I am a pragmatist and I am painfully aware that an impeachment right now would certainly fail. It would split the country at a time when we are just now starting to come together and put Obama's Presidential aspirations in jeopardy.

So I am going to wait patiently. But when Obama is our President and we have the 60 percent majority in the House and true control of the Senate, then by God I want a REAL investigation launched and an outcome that insures these bastards will be convicted and punished for their crimes against our country.