Bush has publicly Lied "MANY" times, Why has he not got impeached like Clinton? Doesnt the Gov Legally have to

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Bush has publicly Lied MANY times, Why has he not got impeached like Clinton? Doesnt the Gov Legally have to investigate why he lies about things?

Him lieing in John Kerry Debate (i dont like JK either lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sheyqAjPp-k

Lieing about when he saw the sep 11 attacks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm73wOuPL60

Lieing about why we went to war
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKd71JxEYzE

Sen. Byron Dorgan, Proves Bush and Admin Lied
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glNXrXd-FkU

Bush lies about MR Rumsfeld
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLzQ5rOSlLU

Judge proves Bush broke laws regarding Tapping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ytpWxXFUw


Bush VRS Bush (just really funny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHB_NRIojho

The list & Videos are many & go on, Anyone that follows what is going on can see the HUGE amount of discripencies not just with Bush but many Gov Officials

PS)BLESS OUR TROOPS Their lives protect us, And I love this Country

With all these lies and all this how come 1 president can lie about having sex and get impeached but then another can lie about many things that involve USA lives and many others, ans so can many other powerful members of the government, but nothing ever happen ?

Isnt their laws that the FBI has to investigate all this ?

Doesnt the PRes have to follow his oath ?, and it it was ruled he broke it, why wanst he impeached ?

I am not pro anarchy or clinton or kerry, I am PRO truth and for the greater good of society, I LOVE LAWS its what SHOULD make us safe and the country we should be

The Doctored commit, is so silly, I agree people will try to doctor a lot of things i will also say you didnt watch 30 mins of footage in 5 min since i posted, So are you ASSuming, or Omniscient ?

Answer 1

President Bush is guilty of many things and will be remembered as the worst President in the History of the United States. Bush is guilty of.....

Seizing power to wage wars of aggression in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, the U.N. Charter and the rule of law; carrying out a massive assault on and occupation of Iraq, a country that was not threatening the United States, resulting in the death and maiming of tens of thousands of Iraqis, and thousands of U.S. G.I.s.

2) Lying to the people of the U.S., to Congress, and to the U.N., providing false and deceptive rationales for war.

3) Authorizing, ordering and condoning direct attacks on civilians, civilian facilities and locations where civilian casualties were unavoidable.

4) Instituting a secret and illegal wiretapping and spying operation against the people of the United States through the National Security Agency.

5) Threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq by belligerently changing its government by force and assaulting Iraq in a war of aggression.

6) Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals and violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

7) Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel; manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information; concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, or efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks.

8) Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars and threats of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and others and usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.S. military and economic power against the international community.

9) Acting to strip United States citizens of their constitutional and human rights, ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to counsel, without charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the Executive of a citizen as an "enemy combatant."

10) Ordering indefinite detention of non-citizens in the United States and elsewhere, and without charge, at the discretionary designation of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Defense.

11) Ordering and authorizing the Attorney General to override judicial orders of release of detainees under INS jurisdiction, even where the judicial officer after full hearing determines a detainee is wrongfully held by the government.

12) Authorizing secret military tribunals and summary execution of persons who are not citizens who are designated solely at the discretion of the Executive who acts as indicting official, prosecutor and as the only avenue of appellate relief.

13) Refusing to provide public disclosure of the identities and locations of persons who have been arrested, detained and imprisoned by the U.S. government in the United States, including in response to Congressional inquiry.

14) Use of secret arrests of persons within the United States and elsewhere and denial of the right to public trials.

15) Authorizing the monitoring of confidential attorney-client privileged communications by the government, even in the absence of a court order and even where an incarcerated person has not been charged with a crime.

16) Ordering and authorizing the seizure of assets of persons in the United States, prior to hearing or trial, for lawful or innocent association with any entity that at the discretionary designation of the Executive has been deemed "terrorist."

17) Engaging in criminal neglect in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, depriving thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and other Gulf States of urgently needed support, causing mass suffering and unnecessary loss of life.

18) Institutionalization of racial and religious profiling and authorization of domestic spying by federal law enforcement on persons based on their engagement in noncriminal religious and political activity.

19) Refusal to provide information and records necessary and appropriate for the constitutional right of legislative oversight of executive functions.

20) Rejecting treaties protective of peace and human rights and abrogation of the obligations of the United States under, and withdrawal from, international treaties and obligations without consent of the legislative branch, and including termination of the ABM treaty between the United States and Russia, and rescission of the authorizing signature from the Treaty of Rome which served as the basis for the International Criminal Court

Answer 2

1. Clinton was impeached he was not removed. Same thing happed to Andrew Johnson. 2. The Republicans were never going to impeach Bush (that would mean going up against one of their own, and we know that will never happen) and the Democrates and to chicken to do the right thing. 3. I would never impeach anyone unless I have the votes to remove him as well. Having impeachment hearings just wastes a lot of tax payer money (as the Republicans know). So I would not go for impeachment until I know that I have what it takes to remove that person. The Democrates knows they don't have that magical number, so what is the point. The Republicans also knew (during Clinton) that they did not have the votes but just out of spite, and without the will of the people, they wasted money. Fiscally responsible, right.

Answer 3

I didn't know if I could make it to the end of this question/answer post without blood shooting out of my ears due to the utter stupidity of it all.

Over the course of US History, two presidents HAVE been impeached: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Neither were removed from office (removal from office requires a two-thirds vote from the Senate).

Articles of impeachment were being drafted against Nixon but he could see the writing on the wall and chose to resign rather than be impeached and then face a likely removal from office.

As for the impeachment of W, all of the so-called "high crimes and misdemeanors" listed in this post can be reduced to nothing more than the delusional rantings of hard-core liberals. Their list of "crimes" perpetrated by the president are simply their opinions , unsubstantiated by any hard evidence or, for that matter, common sense.

As a moderate myself, I see this whole "lets impeach bush" movement as sheer lunacy perpetrated by "useful idiots" to the GOP because, in the end, what will this movement accomplish? The exact opposite of what it wants (W's approval rating will go up a la Clinton's in 98/99, a republican will again win the white house in 2008, and the GOP will probably retake Congress in '08 by riding the public outrage).

Answer 4

Clinton never was impeached. Which he should have been. He was a disgrace to our country.

Bush is doing a much better job than anyone else would do in his position. It is a very highly respected position and I feel sorry for him when people talk bad about his discissions. There is no way that one person can make everyone else happy.

Answer 5

Because he has not lied under oath, in court or at a Congressional hearing. Thus, he has not committed perjury.

{EDIT} Impeachment refers to the trial process, not just the conviction. Clinton was impeached, and found not guilty. Nixon resigned rather than being impeached. Please read the Constitution.

Answer 6

I am no fan of Bush. I think he is one of the most incompetent presidents in the last 75 years.

However, if a public official could be impeached or convicted every time they told a lie...our whole government would be relocated to Leavenworth.

Answer 7

Hey, this is America. Clinton lied about (gasp!) sex! Bush only lied about things that would negatively affect our country.

Answer 8

Think of it this way, if Bush got impeached than Cheney would be president, and he's just as bad. We might as well stick it out till the end.

Answer 9

If you were PRO truth you could see the tapes you up up were doctored.

Billy lied under oath in His own rate trial.

Answer 10

Clinton was never impeached. The only president who was impeached was Nixon.

Presidents lie all the time. (read my lips...)

Answer 11

Everybody lies. It's human nature.