Is it time to begin Impeachment hearings for Bush?

I think that congress needs to step up the pressure to get the troops home, that is more important than Impeaching the moron in the whitehouse......

Because if Bush steps down the situation worsens.

DD

 

If they get Cheney out of there first, Bush will topple. He won't have a leg to stand on. That being said, it ain't going to happen, simply because the "opposition" has no balls. And I agree with DD...bringing the troops home from Iraq is first and foremost. But that isn't going to happen either.

 

The neo-dems in the Senate and House ain't gonna do sheeeeeeeeeet...

 

1) lying our country into an illegal war which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

2) fake news stories and propaganda (armstrong williams, anyone?).

3) torture and authorization of acts which are against u.s. federal law.

4) illegal wiretapping of american citizens

the bush administration is guilty of all this. impeach the criminals and put their sorry asses on trial immediately! the president is not above the law and if they are allowed to get away with everything that they have done it will do far more long term damage to this country than to just ride out the next 18 months. these criminals have set a very dangerous precedent which needs to be rebuked.

 

If polls were the standard, then the Democrat-controlled Congress should be kicked out first. They have the lower approval rating...

 

their approval ratings are low b/c they are not doing what the american people voted them in office to do, which is end bush's war and put a check on the criminal administration.

if they continue to act in this manner than they will be voted out of office.

 

I'm undecided. GW Bush has certainly done many things that IMO are much worse than what Clinton or Andrew Johnson did and close to Nixon. Those given impeachment proceedings are ultimately political and will practically paralyze both the Executive and Legislative branches. During Clinton's impeachment the country was in the midst of prosperity and at peace but there are many issues that I would rather not see two thirds of the government unable to address because they are tied up by impeachment.

Also GW Bush will be gone in about a year and a half and in the meantime is held in check by a Democratic Congress that is gradually picking up Republicans running away from the President. It might make more sense to work toward building up veto proof majorities on issues and check the President rather than go through impeachment.

 

If Bush were to be impeached, who would be the one to start the proceedings?

 

Damn. Helluva post.

 

As I understand it, the House of Representatives.

 

When we get rid of Bush we're just going to elect another person that hides the truth, lies, and does stupid things based on their theory. It's just the way of nominees getting money, no one wants to support someone with a different approach, thank all the 65+ yr old AARP people that have been voting the same party their entire life for that, and everyone under 25 for not .

 

I voted undecided because I don't know his lame duck mentality. If we see more pardons/commutings for his cronies under the rationale that he has nothing else to lose, then get rid of the sob immediately.

The system is broken. A consecutive impeachment would be like that low point before friends start staging an intervention.

 

IMHO impeachment of a sitting president does more harm than good for all parties.

What I would like to see is Bush held accountable for all of his misdeeds and forced to change his dictatorial ways. No more illegal NSA spying. No more bogus claims of executive privilege. No more signing statements. No more endless war in Iraq. No more enemy combatants at Gitmo. No more renditions. No more torture. No more Geneva Conventions violations. etc.

The path of least resistance will be to play ball with the Democratic Congress. Bush is one stuborn, stupid f*ck, so in the end Congress may very well impeach is sorry *ss. It will be his own damn fault.

 

you answered your own question - do you really think bush will change his ways? as you said, he is one spoiled, stubborn, stupid child (i added a word and changed another). he will not voluntarily change and he must be held accountable.

we cannot ride out another 18 months w/ these criminals. it is all in the constitution - if you commit crimes you are subject to impeachment - i dont think anyone would say at this point that this administration has NOT broken the law and committed a vast array of felonies.

impeachment would be for the good of this country and not following thru w/ it would set a very dangerous precedent for future presidents - what these criminals have done must be rebuked or else the next president will pull the same crap. nobody is above the law and if you break the law you need to be held accountable for it.

sadly, it seems that democrats are more concerned with setting the table for the next election than doing the right thing for this country.

 

I've wanted to impeach him for a long time now. But, I think people hopping on the bandwagon are not so much upset about crimes he's committed but about his failures. If Iraq was now a peaceful bastion of democracy in the middle-east, I don't think many people would be calling for impeachments because he lied, tortured innocents, encroached on our civil liberties, and violated the soveriegnty of foreign allies to get us there. I have trouble aligning myself on this issue with people who want to prosecute for the wrong reasons.

 

being a failure is not an impeachable offense - committing felonies are though and this administration has committed a multitude of them.

if these criminals are not held accountable then future presidents will do the same if not push it further - that is why they need to be impeached.

 

Would it not be selfish on our side if we pull back the troops right now? It would exacerbate the situation by bringing more instability to the whole region, not just Iraq. And if that does happen, then we will have to bear the burden of all the havoc it will create.
Anyway, if Bush and Cheney do get impeached and consequently get removed from office before their term ends, wouldn't it mean that Rice becomes president?