Has America ever had a President so clearly in need of Impeachment as Bush?

Question

Let's first look at the list of the president's High Crimes and Misdemeanors. They are:

1. "A Crime Against Peace." Initiating a war of aggression against a nation that posed no immediate threat to the U.S.--a war that has needlessly killed 2550 Americans and maimed and damaged over 20,000 more, while killing over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women and children, is the number one war crime according to the Nuremberg Charter, a document which was largely drawn up by American lawyers after World War II.

2. Lying and organizing a conspiracy to trick the American people and the U.S. Congress into approving an unnecessary and illegal war. This is defined as "A Conspiracy to Commit a Crime Against Peace" in the Nuremberg Charter, to which the U.S. is a signatory.

3. Approving and encouraging, in violation of U.S. and international law, the use of torture, kidnapping and rendering of prisoners of war captured in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the course of the so-called War on Terror. Note that the Hamdan decision actually declares Bush to have violated the Third Geneva Convention on Treatment of Prisoners of War, which means the justices are in effect calling the president a war criminal. Under U.S. and international law, if prisoners have died because of such a violation--and many have died in illegal US captivity because of torture authorized by this president--the penalty is death (a point made to the president in a warning memo written by his then White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, the text of which is published in full in the appendix of our book).

4. Illegally stripping the right of citizenship and the protections of the Constitution from American citizens, denying them the fundamental right to have their cases heard in a court, to hear the charges against them, to be judged in a public court by a jury of their peers, and to have access to a lawyer.

5. Authorizing the spying on American citizens and their communications by the National Security Agency and other U.S. police and intelligence agencies, in violation of the First and Fourth Amendments and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

6. Obstructing investigation into and covering up knowledge of the deliberate exposing of the identity of a U.S. CIA undercover operative, and possibly conspiring in that initial outing itself.

7. Obstructing the investigation into the 9-11 attacks and lying to investigators from the Congress and the bi-partisan 9-11 Commission--actions that come perilously close to treason. (Former Florida Senator Bob Graham, who headed the Senate Intelligence Committee until his retirement at the end of 2002, has called this the president's most impeachable crime.)

8. Violating the due process and other constitutional rights of thousands of citizens and legal residents by rounding them up and disappearing or deporting them without hearings.

9. Abuse of power, undermining of the Constitution and violating the presidential oath of office by deliberately refusing to administer over 750 acts duly passed into law by the Congress--actions with if left unchallenged would make the Congress a vestigial body, and the president a dictator.

10. Criminal negligence in failing to provide American troops with adequate armor before sending them into a war of choice, criminal negligence in going to war against a weak, third-world nation without any planning for post war occupation and reconstruction, criminal negligence in failing to respond to a known and growing crisis in the storm-blasted city of New Orleans, and criminal negligence in failing to act, and in fact in actively obstructing efforts by other countries and American state governments, to deal with the looming crisis of global warming.

Crimes 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9, and possibly crimes 1, 2 and 6 have all been justified by the president using the claim of "special powers" in his role as commander in chief, the claim that was ruled invalid by the High Court, in relation to crime number 3.

It is clearly high time for all Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and for all American citizens, whatever our politics, who care about the Constitution, American democracy, and the basic freedoms that we as a nation have assumed for over two centuries to be our birthright, to demand that this criminal usurper in the White House be called to account, along with his cronies--especially Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

This is no time for Democrats to be crassly analyzing the political pros and cons of impeachment as a campaign strategy, the way Democratic Party leaders have been doing. Impeachment is the patriotic duty of anyone who has sworn to protect and defend the Constitution. No member of Congress should be re-elected who doesn't support putting the president in the dock.

The updated number of American service members is 3000+

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tim_turge...
In answer to your question about specific threats yes there wer many please read this....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Apgvo2QkqQ8sOBwFKRRI37Tsy6IX?qid=20061231133851AAtpSWY&show=7#profile-info-5d05cf69c82e91b33ac1ab18e02ecbd9aa

Ruth...spaming? are you saying that you are the one who keeps reporting me?...never would have guessed, but I guess it figures you can not dispute the facts as I have them listed...so you wrongly call them spam, and report me...and this, you call your debate??????

Answer 1

I support you all the way.

Answer 2

Learn your facts
- A war against peace? Needless, posed no immediate threats??? Saddam is a criminal that has killed hundreds of thousands of woman and children alone because of his views, and he considered our country to be an enemy. Let’s ignore his involvement in the September 11th attacks, Iraq WAS an immediate threat to our country.
- Bush has not illegally taken any rights away from anybody. Weather you agree with the laws or bills written and APPROVED, he could not have done it by himself.
- 7???? What are you talking about? That we MAY have received non specific threats about September 11th before it happened? Even if we had, who could anticipate an attack like that? How could anyone have known to prevent such a unique and horrible attack?
- Does it really bother you that people that have come into our country illegally were kicked out? What would your policy be? "You can't come here.... but if you do sneak in, we'll take you in and we will help you out with welfare and other poverty aids." Come on.
- We organized a system of checks and balances for a reason. It is a right for the president to veto a bill, not a crime.
- EVERY soldier at war has been issued body armor. Not good enough? Well who has been trying to raise a military budget, and who thinks we need to cut it? There is a lot more we go without besides body armor, and I think I know which political side you take. Hippie.
It is always easy to criticize, how about taking a little pride in our country? Supporting the people fighting? Doing something useful with your time?

Answer 3

No. He is by far the worst. People who say that Clinton was worse have no idea what they are talking about. Yes, so he made an error in judgment. That affected perhaps three people: himself, his wife (who should run in '08), and the intern. Bush has made so many more mistakes. And his affect many, many people, the citizens of Iraq, and the American soldiers stationed there and other places, to name a few.

Answer 4

Democratic, Republican, or self reliant aside. Our very last president became shamefully placed through the impeachment procedure after the discovery that he became upholding the lengthy status political custom of our presidents, having an extramarital affair it truly is the position i finished interpreting...You fool.

Answer 5

Wow, it is lovely to know that some Americans are outraged by the actions of their President. Perhaps Americans are not as stupid as the rest of the world believes. Unfortunately, I doubt the strength and resolve of the Democratic Party to stand up to Bush and his right winged machine.

Answer 6

That is the dumbest question I have ever heard. If he was soooo bad, why did he get elected a second time? The war was started before that. Bush did not ask to be attacked on 9/11, and he had to deal with it in the way he saw fit. I always want to ask you liberals, what would the country have done if he hadn't reacted? Do you think it would've been okay to just sit by and say, "Yeah, that hurt. Oh well."? Please. If he hadn't gone to war, people would still find fault with him.

And don't you realize how selfish you sound? No one can deny that Iraq was in need of an overhaul. The people were being abused. We are using our power to help them overcome oppression. I kind of think of it like the Good Samaritan law.

Answer 7

In retrospect, Clinton was a very good president yet he was impeached for a foolish act which did not impact on the safety or the future good of America. Now we have this president who has caused so much damage to our country and except for some 'underground' talk and plans about impeaching him that came to nothing..he goes on and on...wreaking more damage to us all. No wonder he sees himself as God.
Shows you what great wealth and power can do, doesn't it?

Answer 8

JFK,Carter and Clinton come to mind.JFK was a speed freak who nearly got us into a nuclear conflict,couldn't even defeat Cuba and got us into Vietnam.Carter killed the economy,it was so bad I remember the news shows broadcasting misery indexes,massive layoffs,people fleeing large cities like rats from a sinking ship,no gas at any price,hostages in Iran,a bungled rescue attempt.Clinton didn't give a damn about this country all he was after was money and he is still bragging about how much he got from selling pardons and nuclear documents,he was more worried about little willy that the safety of the American people and we have 9/11 as proof the man did nothing.

Answer 9

Yes. Look up Tammany Hall and the Presidents of that era. Read ' The Scarlet Woman Of Wall Street '. Good place to start.

Answer 10

Yes....President Clinton

BILL CLINTON

(1) Used State Police for personal purposes.

(2) Directed State Police to fabricate incriminating evidence
against a political opponent: Terry Reed.

(3) Conspired with David Hale and Jim McDougal to defraud the
Small Business Administration.

(4) Was complicit in the shipment of drugs through Arkansas.

(5) Allowed laudering of drug money through ADFA.

(6) Appointed and protected Arkansas Medical Examiner Fahmy Malak who repeatedly obstructed justice by declaring murders as
"suicides" or "accidents."

(7) Has never accounted for his actions during 40 days behind the Iron Curtain during the Vietnam War.

(8) Tipped off Governor Tucker about upcoming criminal referral.

(9) Violated Arkansas campaign finance laws.

(10) Violated his oath ofoffice to uphold the Constitution by
signing into law an ex post facto law, a retroactive tax
increase.

(11) Fired RTC chiefAlbert Casey to allow his friend Roger
Altman to monitor and block Whitewater investigations.

(12) Fired FBI director William Sessions to prevent an
autonomous FBI from investigating the Foster suicide and from
resisting cooperation in the Filegate operation.

(13) Fired all U.S. Attorneys to appoint Paula Casey to prevent
Judge David Hale from testifying against Clinton.

(14) Offered State Troopers federal jobs in return for their
silence about Clinton's crimes.

(15) Blocked Justice Department indictments after Inspector
General Sherman Funk found "criminal violations of the Privacy
Act provable beyond reasonable doubt" when former Bush employee files were searched and leaked to the press.

(16) Appointed friend and now-convicted felon Webster Hubbell to
number 3 position in Justice Department in order to be able to
block Whitewater criminal referrals.

(17) Blocked the criminal trial of Representative Ford, a
Tennessee Democrat.

(18) Appointed a campaign activist to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, without the mandated "advice and consent" of the Senate, to derail a probe of his and Hillary's financial dealings.

Answer 11

Probably not. More people favor impeaching Bush now (>50%) than favored impeaching Nixon (29%).