Comparative Politics

Kevin Drum makes a point on CalPundit that I made in class today: that if one looks at the behavior in the South Korean legislature, one realizes how civil our parties are, especially when they are on the floor of Congress.

The difference between Kevin's presentation of this point in mine are twofold: he has a picture, and his audience is much larger than my 9am American National Government class.

(Note: minor PoliSci Prof nit-pick of Kevin's post: Clinton was "really" impeached (i.e., formally charged) he simply wasn't removed from office by the Senate. Indeed, if I understand the South Korean case, Roh has not been removed yet, either, although his powers have been suspended. It appears that the decision is in the hands of the country's Constitutional Court, who will assess the charges from the Parliament).