Why should Bush be impeached?

Question

I am trying to write a persuasive speech for my public speaking class, and I would like my topic to be "Impeach Bush!"
I would appreciate any good talking points. And if you could provide reliable sources, that would be great.

Wow, an awful lot of Bush lovers are responding. How 'bout that.

How about these reasons.
He has been abdicating the torturing of POWs. Torture is wrong no matter who is on the receiving end.
He suspended the Writ of Habeous Corpus.
He put illegal wire taps on American civilians.
He claimed that he alone had the authority to interpret to Geneva Accord.
Last but not least, he started an unneccessary war.

Clinton was not the only president to be impeached. Andrew Jackson was the first one to have that honor.

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Clinton got impeached because he lied about having sex. BIG DEAL

WOW, That was some answer, Skip!

Answer 1

http://www.bushlies.net/ is a great source...it has factual and sourced information. Too tired to cut and paste it all for you. Good luck on your paper.

Answer 2

I know I won't change your brainwashed views but i have to set you free with the real truth and not your anarchist lies.
If Bush should recieve anything it should be our countries greatest honors and applause. Do you remember 9/11. When before that we were all minding our own business and they rammed 4 planes into the trade center. Ever since the fools protesting vietnam our country has been emberassed with crazed lunatics like yourself who just hear communist CNN spout out crazy communist views and you probable hear your stupid friends at school make fun of Bush for some stupid made up reason just because it has been the trend in our crazy society

Answer 3

I would NOT say he should be impeached. Like Lee Harvey Oswald, Bush is a patsy of the people that have been advising him and running the government.

Fact is Bush's flaw is a great characteristics to have, he's loyal to a fault. That's a great friend to have.

Problem is Bush was WAY under qualified for any kind of foreign diplomacy and his advisor's think and act on a monetary corporate agenda. With eyes on their friends in business and favors owed.

He's not a bad person, he's incompetent for the position he was elected to.

He's have to be guilty of a high crime to impeach. I just think he's the fall guy for the other government.

Answer 4

Please grind your axe elsewhere. I don't agree with everything the Bush Administration has done but he is certainly no worse than Mrs Bill in his bending the rules. Postings like this are superfluous.

Impeachment is so rare that the term is often misunderstood. A typical misconception is to confuse it with involuntary removal from office; in fact, it is only the legal statement of charges, parallelling an indictment in criminal law. An official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment. Most constitutions require a supermajority to convict.

Well since most of you folks appear to be either liberal, democrat or too young to know whats up:

He has been abdicating the torturing of POWs. Torture is wrong no matter who is on the receiving end.
There is no substance to this. A couple of America's finest got carried away with some of the terrorists. Chopping off peoples heads must be OK but don't stack them up naked LOL. They kill our folks, lets see what happens to the Brits. And by the way, these were not POW's, they were terrorists, not soldiers.

He suspended the Writ of Habeous Corpus.
Does anybody have any idea what a Habeous corpus is? Do you mean a Habeas Corpus; a writ that a detainee can present to appeal an unjust imprisonment. Suspending this is done all of the time. 90% or the fools that get locked up file this and most of them fail. I don't believe that Bush personally suspended anything. Also, this is only applicable to US citizens or civilians being held in a civilian institution.

He put illegal wire taps on American civilians. Uh, the only wiretaps that were in the media were on suspected terrorist organizations operating within the US. Some attorney got her panties in a bunch because she got caught conspiring with them. Good for Bush!


He claimed that he alone had the authority to interpret to Geneva Accord. No, he didn't say that, you are taking it out of context, listen or read the entire speech.

Last but not least, he started an unneccessary war. How? Did he shoot a pea at poor Saddam?

Answer 5

1) You said "he suspended the Writ of Habeous Corpus".
No he didn't, but President Lincoln did and President FDR tried to during World War 2. Also, it is spelled "Habeas".
Why Does Democrat Party Chief Disagree With Democrat F.D.R.?http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArD8ymZNmIqskUswBo0GkX4jzKIX?qid=20070131123407AAUcuHk

2) You said "He put illegal wire taps on American civilians."
The president has expanded powers during times of war. I take it you never read what FISA Judge Kornblum said. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvzbC5LNTdf.7kWS53abmhcjzKIX?qid=20070131120810AAWQWE7 Why Do Anti-Bush People Pretend Domestic Spying Is Wrong?

3) You said "He claimed that he alone had the authority to interpret to Geneva Accord."
For your information, insurgents are not covered by Geneva Conventions. You should know the Geneva Conventionst does not protect fighters who are out of uniform or who do not fight for a country. See Geneva Convention I, article 13; Geneva Convention II, article 13; and Geneva Convention III, article 4.

4) You said "Last but not least, he started an unneccessary war."
It is in a president's constitutional right to attack any country he deems necessary(Congress has the right to declare war).
The constitution gives presidents the right to attack countries without the permission of congress (Article II Section 2). Any attempt by congress to limit a president's constitution right would violate "separation of powers".
Constitution: Article II, Section 2
"President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States."
Constitution: Article II, Section 1.
"The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America."
SUPREME COURT RULINGS:
a) Johnson v. Eisentrager, 339 U.S. 763, 789 (1950) (President has authority to deploy United States armed forces "abroad or to any particular region")
b) Fleming v. Page, 50 U.S. (9 How.) 603, 615 (1850) ("As commander-in-chief, [the President] is authorized to direct the movements of the naval and military forces placed by law at his command, and to employ them in the manner he may deem most effectual")
c) Loving v. United States, 517 U.S. 748, 776 (1996) (Scalia, J., concurring in part and concurring in judgment) (The "inherent powers" of the Commander in Chief "are clearly extensive.")
d) Maul v. United States, 274 U.S. 501, 515-16 (1927) (Brandeis & Holmes, JJ., concurring) (President "may direct any revenue cutter to cruise in any waters in order to perform any duty of the service")
e) Massachusetts v. Laird, 451 F.2d 26, 32 (1st Cir. 1971) (the President has "power as Commander-in-Chief to station forces abroad"); Authority to Use United States Military Forces in Somalia, 16 Op. O.L.C. 6 (1992).

Answer 6

He is trying to start a nuclear war with Iraq and everyone else he can fight and when we have a nuclear war i heard that world war 4 will be faught with sticks and stones because thats all thats going to be left.

He sent tuns of out soldiers to Iraq and most of them are dead or wounded badly. What is it accomplishing? Nothing.

He always talks about the little issues like why does candy cost so much... lol jk. He should be talking about why the gas prices are so high and if there going down, when will we ban smoking for good, is this fight with Iraq really nessasary, and other important issues and not the little things but the big things you know!

I think Bush is a bad president and in school we are learning about all of the presidents and they seem to be accomplishing more then Bush has and ever will. I dont think anyone will study about him years from now when he's dead because he's not a good president at all. I can't think of anything he has done good for this country....

Can you?

And you know when the president wants to have a war they go over it with the congress or w.e... they don't have to but it does help.. Bush did not. This fight with Iraq decision was all him.

Answer 7

Don't worry about it. As long as your professor is a liberal (90% chance) you don't need to provide any argument at all. If you really feel a need to provide sources, just make something up. Trust me on this. The title alone guarantees you a passing grade. Hold up a picture of Bush with devil horns and you've got yourself an A.

Answer 8

the fact that you trivialize that slick willy had sex in the reverred White House, tells a lot about your own lack of morals! Mr. Bush will not be impeached because he hasn't warranted it, god damn it!

Answer 9

You only need one reason - he violated his oath to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. Google warrantless wiretap and impeach Bush to get you started. Enjoy.

* Interesting how the cons assume the professor is liberal - without you even stating anything about it. They must be mindreaders or something.

Answer 10

This website
http://www.impeachbush.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5054&news_iv_ctrl=1061
lists 30 Articles of Impeachment.

Answer 11

If they didn't toss Clinton out of office for dipping into his intern, and lying to Congress, what makes you think they'd even try to impeach Bush? First of all, Bush did nothing illegal to be impeached for.

I keep hearing this, "Bush started a war illegally", but the libs keep forgetting that Congress authorized the use of force, even the lib members of Congress. Hillary Clinton being one of them, remember?

Don't be a hipocrite.