About possible impeachment of the major players in the bush administration?

Question

Seems that Nancy Pelosi is against it, but what worries me is that it might set up a precidence for other megalomaniacal American administrations to act so unilaterally and disregard national and international laws to achieve their rapacious goals. Shouldn't the American people and the American government set up the precidence to prevent any similar recurrence?

Answer 1

At this point, I would rather see investigative hearings than impeachment hearings. An impeachment would be a waste of time, and I think Pelosi and others realize this, even though Bush did break multiple laws.

And by megalomaniacal administrations, are you referring to Congress during the Clinton administration? Wanting to remove a president because he had sex and lied about it?

Answer 2

No one deserves to be impeached more than GWB. Constitutional lawyers say he has broken the law more than 800 times with his 'line-item-vetos'. That practice started with Bush41 who used it 200+ times in 4 yrs. Clinton used it 100+ times in 8 years & Bush43 800+ times in 6 yrs. When a Bill is passed & ammended in Congress, the President has a choice to sign it & make it law or veto it. Period. Not re-ammend it to fit his needs. That is where he has crossed the line. Of course there is the domestic spying issue, secret prisons & torture, to name just a few. All impeachable offenses, according to the scholars.

Will he be impeached? No. There is another election coming up in 2 years. The big one. The one that will determine our future (domestic & foreign) policies for years to come. The American people voted the Democrats into Congress. Everyone knew the Bush Administration needed to be reined in. But 2 yrs of a Democratic controlled Congress may not be enough to correct the wrongs of the past 6 yrs. Not one program put forth for the majority of Americans by this Republican Congress. There is too much necessary work to be done. And not enough time to do it. The time can't be pissed away impeaching him. The time needs to be used to prove to the American people they are worthy of their vote. If they prove they can help the majority of Americans, they will retain their jobs & hopefully, we'll get a Democratic president. Time will tell.

Answer 3

He hasn't DONE anything to be impeached for. WHEN are the Dems going to get that through their thick heads? The past 6 years has had the government trying to recover from 8 years of the co-presidency of the Clintons. Clinton lied under oath (perjury), he tried to coerce Monica into lying to the grand jury (suborning perjury). It was seen fit to yank his law license for illegalities. He sold pardons his last week in office. He issued more pardons in that week than most presidents do in a whole term. He and Hillary backed TRUCKS up to the WH and TOOK items that had been donated to the nation! They treated it as their 'due'. They fully expected Hillary to run for president after Bill (when she signed up with the national election board to run for Senate, she ALSO signed up to run for president--both for 2000.

Pelosi and the rest of the party are going to exact as much revenge as possible over the next 2 years. They are going to stalemate our nation (BTW, the election was not particularly FOR the Dems or they would have more seats...it was more a reaction AGAINST the Republicans. The Republicans need to come out swinging, they need to act like a national party and vote in a block (I suspect the Dems use nefarious methods to make everyone toe the line).

Again, there have been NO impeachable offenses. The money tracking, wiretapping and prisons (thank you NYT for telling the terrorists what we are doing) were not illegal and frankly, I am more concerned for the security of my nation and family than at any other time in my life.

Answer 4

The Dems want to get started on all the things they have wanted to do for a long time. They want to be responsible and take care of the countrys needs. They probably think Impeachment would get in the way. Only if the people lobby intensly and persistently will this ever happen. They don't want the Veep to be Prez. That also weighs in their thinking.

Answer 5

After the Al Qaeda leader in Iraq just declared that they will not stop until they blow up the White House do the democrats really want to look like they are as weak as perceived and do not understand the nature of the Islamic threat?

Answer 6

Nancy Pelosi hates Bush, but is well aware that impeachment is for illegal actions, not just poor decisions. When you folks figure that out, you'll stop foolishly calling for a legal action unless you have a specific felony Bush has committed..... You know.... like when Clinton was impeached by the House for lying to a grand jury under oath....

Sue

Answer 7

I agree that they should.And I think that Nancy may still be persuaded otherwise.
I fit doesnt occur it is a travesty of justice.
Pelosi on 60 mins said that she wouldnt impeach as it would harm the democrats image.I hope she was just avoiding a firestorm by saying this because if all she is worried about is image then things are going to get worse in Iraq

Answer 8

They only have 2 more years to go and now there is oversight for their actions. We need to just get through it. I think that Halliburton and Cheney will be scrutinized and possibly the billions of dollars worth of weapons that vanished in Iraq. We have to get this country back on track without too many distractions.

Answer 9

Bush really deserves to be unceremoniously thrown out of office, but I doubt it's going to happen. It may be more fun to leave him in charge with a Democrat-dominated Congress, and watch him sweat.

Answer 10

1. NO
2. International law (a joke) has no basis in US law to seek an impeachment