so if cheney would be president, and the left hate him then why impeach bush?
95209
Bush is STUPID, but Cheney is HATED by more people, and this would make it easier for the Dems to win more seats in Nov.
931041
I would not hold my breath. While it is true that impeachment can be brought with a simple majority in the House which the Democrats have, a 2/3 majority is required to remove a president from office, which they don't have. Republicans will not vote to remove the president. You can count on this, there will be investigations, there will be subpoenas and the end there will be convictions and resignations of lower officials. This is common in these type of affairs as few people can stand up to full Congressional scrutiny in an open ended witch hunt. In the end the investigations will be costly to the American taxpayers and they will be fruitless as far as the intended and desired ends. In short an absolute waste of time and money. You also need to remember that the American public has consistently stated in polls that they are against this type of activity and prefer that the Democrats concentrate on legislation rather than revenge. They should be very careful because this process has the potential to blow up in their faces and cost them dearly in the next election. Mr. Bush cannot stand for office again and Mr. Cheney is not going to run for president.\n\nplanksheer: Nixon committed numerous actions designed to obstruct justice. Some of these actions were very public including the firing of the Special Prosecutor and court actions to protect the tapes. In the end Mr. Nixon resigned because Republicans were not going to support. He would have been impeached and he would have been removed from office. The public was also very against Mr. Nixon. To date no evidence has been presented against Mr. Bush that could even come close to a parallel with Nixon. That could change of course during investigations, but the Nixon comparison is weak at best. You would be better served to look at the result of Iran/Contra as this is closer to what might actually happen.
412340
bush should not be impeached
277125
The current Congress will not impeach Bush, however, with the midterm elections this fall, we may have a whole new power structure in Washington come 2007.  The Republicans will probably lose their majority in the House and Senate this year and then the Democrats will have the ability to start the long impeachment process.\n\nIt’s very probable that the President did break the law in respect to this recent wiretapping fiasco, maybe so egregiously that he will be removed from office, but this raises another problem.\n\nDick Cheney.\n\nDoes anyone out there think the Democrats want to put Dick Cheney into the White House where he could run as an incumbent in 2008 if he decides he does enjoy being President after all?  On a number of occasions, the V.P. has said that he doesn’t want to be the Commander in Chief, but do the Democrats really want to risk that?\n\n\nOn top of that, the country is developing a dangerous trend of impeaching or recalling our elected officials when we do not like them.  One must look at Italy, California and much of South and Central America to realize that this is not a path that the Federal government should walk.\n\nNo one has a crystal ball here, but the end result of an impeachment is probably going to be worse than sticking out a few more years with our current President.
1014603
Yes. I guess so but it would never work because Bush would have to be charged with a felony or general incompetence. I would be struck down not only by Republicans but also by the Democrats. Only two presidents have ever been impeached: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
1133518
I think a lot of the reason it seems that the Bush Administration seems to get away with everything is because of the media.  The media doesn't hold their feet to the fire like they would if this was a Democratic Administration.  If President Clinton had done one tenth of what President Bush has done, they would have impeached him and had him out of office years ago.  The Bushies have the media in their back pocket and then claim that the media is too liberal.   It's part of the problem when corporations own media companies.  Look at how they stuck their head in the sand over the Iraq War.  It's a shame, because this President should be held accountable for what he's done.
233449
It would be hard to impeach Bush because it would have to be approved by the House and the Senate. The majority of congressmen in office are on the Right. This is sort of the same reason why Clinton wasn't impeached. Bush has done an exponential amount of damage compared to Clinton and anyone who says that it was passed on from Clinton must not have seen the U.S. budget over the past 40 yrs.
710854
Let's see...why should Bush be impeached? He lied in office...just like Clinton just about different things. He also swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and had his rubber stamp Republican congress pass laws that basically ignore the law of the land. Spin it anyway you want...Bush should be impeached for his conduct as president...which has been anything but "Presidential".
328372
Because only Congress can impeach the president. And since congress just happens to be controlled by Bush's republican buddies, there aint a snowballs chance in hell of his getting impeached any time soon. Hes probably going to get away with all the lies and killing... Its depressing really.\n\n\npeace
1020790
The Bush administration, in collusion with the most evil, corrupt and incompetent U.S. Congress in history, deserves to be impeached, or tried for high treason and crimes against humanity. If convicted, the should face a public firing squad.\nThe Republicans impeached Clinton for a helluva lot less than what George Bush, Big Dick Cheney, and Don Rumsfeld have done! Consider what they've done since 2000:\n\n1. Illegally and unconstituionally invaded another sovereign nation that did not provoke, threaten or attack the U.S.A.;\n2. Massacred tens of thousands of Iraqi citiens, including innocent elderly, children and women, for no justifiable reason;\n3. Initiated failed economic policies that have put American taxpayers trillions of dollars in debt, and will almost certainly create a severe economic depression or recession once they're out of office;\n4. Scared other countries into believing their only defense against this new "evil empire" - the United States of America - is to develop their own nuclear weapons;\n5. Tarnished America's reputation as a world leader and global peacekeeper;\n6. Dismantled environmental laws and regulations designed to protect the world's fragile ecosystem against permanent destruction and preserve the ecological balance necessary in nature for all of us (plants and animals) to survive;\n7. Turned America into a police state wherein citizens are presumed guilty until proven innocent;\n8. Lied to the American public and leaked information to the press whenever it conveniently fits their agendas;\n9. Run ripshod over the U.S. Constitution, assuming they are above the law of the land;\n10. Killed more than 2,500 U.S. soldiers (so far).\n\nThere are only two reasons Bush invaded Iraq: 1) to get even with Hussein for humiliating his daddy during Desert Storm; and 2) because Big Dick Cheney wants all that oil swimming underneath Iraq's sands so that he and his Halliburton buddies can get richer and richer and richer.\n\nPrediction: There will be NO WITHDRAWAL OF U.S.TROOPS until Cheney has a rock-solid, iron-clad arrangement in place, in collusion with the new Iraqi puppet government, to steal all of Iraq's oil.\n\nSurely Satan has reserved a special oil-soaked corner of Hell for these evil cockroaches, where they can spend their eternal damnation blaming each other for the mess they made of this world.\n\nCheck out the new blog book: BUSHWACKER!\nwww.blogger.com\nhttp://al-aback.blogspot.com\n\nThomas Jefferson once said: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." That time is NOW. It's time for "We the People,,," to get off the couch, put down the remote, and take up arms against an oppressive government that is not working in service toward its citizenry. \n\nBut, as long as politicians keep us distracted with trivial issues like flag-burning amendments, gay marriage amendments, and a MilqueToast immigration bill, they can continue to suck off the taxpayers' teats, enriching themselves and ruining the nation.\n\nMeanwhile, most Americans are most concerned about Britney Spears' new baby; maxxed-out credit cards; $3.00-per-gallon fuel for their $60,000 SUVs; "low prices -everyday" at WalMart, mostly for junk we don't need; and the latest rankings of their favorite baseball team. \n\nIt's time to take up arms against our scumbag politicians who have raped this country of its greatness and destroyed the fiber of the American people. Politicians play "Robin Hood in Reverse" as they steal from the poor to give to the rich, who - in turn - make generous (if not illegal) campaign contributions to keep them in office. Meanwhile, they neglect the needs of America's poor, homeless, aged, sick, disadvantaged, disabled, underprivileged, and hungry. \n\nIf we throw the crooked Republicans out, we elect the crooked Democrats. Only a full-blown Revolution will chang
752953
Bush is the worst President in the history of the world, and it is an outrage that he has not been impeached already! He MUST BE IMPEACHED!\n\nBush is an Idiot with the lowest IQ of any President in the last 50 years.\n\nHe was not elected either time. He needs to be impeached, tried and convicted of Fraud, High Treason, Murder, Trespass on Government Property, and countless other crimes, and be given at the very least,\n10,000 live sentences in a Maximum Security Federal Prison, and sentenced to hard labor, then after 20 - 30 years of that, then you can give him the death penalty.
627976
First of all their are more Republicans in Congress than Democrats or Independents...so there's your answer to that! We have an unbalanced government, not to mention corrupt so why would they impeach Bush? They can't even pass a decent piece of legislation
70860
Everbody suspects it, of course, but probably damfew could prove it, and a weak House, in bringing up charges of impeachment against the Evil Cheney cannot count on a Republican senate to toss Cheney out. (Same goes for Bush.)
713408
Don't insult chimps!  Alas, our totalitarian president will not be impeached, as the Democrats are too afraid of disrupting the country despite the fact that Bush broke the law, admitted it and is proud of it.  (If we need totalitarian tools like warrantless wiretaps to fight terrorists, then the terrorists have succeeded in destroying the United States of America.)\n\nHowever, it is important that any impeachment proceedings include the equally evil Dick Cheney.  Bush is bad enough!
805676
I think Cheney should be impeached and let W. hang in the wind for the next two years as we get to laugh our butts off at him trying to go it without his puppet master.
698805
If Bush had been President during the past world wars, he would have been praised and glorified. Timing is everything. My questing is what do all these left wingers want? I think they'd rather be fighting here. Don't they realize that every time they say one bad word about Bush, they're giving ammunition to Al-Quaeda and all the other terrorists around the world. Even if I hated Bush, until this was all over, I would never say one bad word about him.My country comes first.
29129
The Republicans wanted to impeach Clinton for what he did...  What Bush has done ranks much higher on the reasons for impeachment