Rep. Watson’s argument, such as it was, was this: she claimed that there are 240 to 260 Representatives ready to vote for impeachment right now (look, she’s talking to the antiwar movement; they eat that nonsense up with a spoon), but they need 290 to get the motion off the floor. So, the Speaker of the House’s plan is to help win the White House in 2008, plus get 60 seats in the Senate; then they’ll have the numbers for impeachment and overriding vetoes.

Yes, yes, I know: your head now hurts from the stupid. Imagine mine: I had to watch this clip three times.

There were objections from the crowd. You might think that these objections would take the form of “Why would we want to impeach Bush after he’s out of office?” or “Why do we need 60 votes to override vetoes when we’ll have the Presidency, too?” or “What copy of the Constitution are you using? Mine says that you need 67 votes to overturn vetoes” or even “What does talking about Senate and the White House electoral strategies have to do with a House vote?” I’m not sure why you might think that, given her audience: the general tenor of comments from the peanut gallery were more along the lines of “YARR! BUSH BAD! IMPEACH NOW! TO THE CASTLE!” But it’s OK: they all applauded in the end when Rep Watson endorsed Dennis Kuchinich for President. Ah, how I love the reality-based community.

Well, it’s a reality-based community. And perhaps some day we’ll find out which long-lost reality it is that these weary exiles call home.