45% of America wants Bush impeached. How high will this number get before Congress acts?

Question

Here is a source:
http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=1010134

Please, don't be afraid to actually answer the question.

Answer 1

It doesn't matter how high it gets, Congress won't act

Answer 2

It doesn't matter how many want him impeached. It could go to 50%, or 75%, or 95%. Impeachment is the process of accusing the president of a crime, and Bush hasn't committed an impeachable offense.

Besides, think of this: If the process was started tomorrow, it would take several months before it would be done, assuming that it succeeded. Then there would be a trial (in the Senate, I think), and that would be several more months. If that succeeded, only then could you remove the president. It would take half the remaining time left before the election to accomplish it. Democrats would be seen as destructive and divisive, the country would be in turmoil, and the only thing you'd accomplish would be to remove the president perhaps 1 year earlier than the term limit laws.

But you'd have President Cheney in the oval office. Bet you didn't think of that, did you?

Answer 3

I dislike Bush as much as the next guy but I can think of two good reasons not to impeach him.

first is that this only hurts the nation.. think of how much money and time was wasted on the Clinton impeachment.. and for what.. to find out he got a ******** in the oval office? the impeachment turned our White House into a Soap Opera.. and I for one am in no hurry to return to that arena.

secondly, Cheney would then take over as president.. and as much as I dislike Bush.. I dislike Cheney more.. and with how long precedings take.. there is no way you are getting rid of both of them before the elections are here anyway.

Answer 4

It doesn't matter if 99% of Americans felt this way. A serious criminal act is neccessary for impeachment to occur. All the attempts at pinning something on Bush and Cheney has fallen through, and/or bee refuted.

It is legal to test the limits of the Constitution and later learn your actions were unconstitutuional; this is perfectly legal it happened quite a lot in our nations history. (wiretapping)

The executive branch decides what is and isn't classified. The president could give CNN a lsit of every spy in the CIA if wanted to, and it would be legal.

Supposedly Iraq fired on American aircraft in the no-fly zones, thereby justifying military action there.

The attonry generals work for the President. This was supported by the supreme court and means the president could fire all of them if he wanted; even without a reason.

You can never prove Bush went into Iraq based on antything other than bad information.

Bush's interrogations occured in the grey area of anti-torture laws. They need to be defined further, and even if they were Bush's pre-defining antions would eb legally ammune.

Answer 5

45%? What is your source for that claim? Do you also believe that there was no plane crashing into the Pentagon on 9/11?

I see you updated your resonse to refer to a Boston newspaper article. Follow the trail to the American Research Group's web site, and you will see that the poll is "Based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of adults nationwide July 3-5, 2007."

A holiday poll and only 1100 completed telephone interviews? My experience with twice receiving these types of phone calls is that if I don't give them the answer they want, they don't complete the phone call. I have no trust in the reliability of the AGR. Fewer than 10% of the people I even know would support impeachment proceedings. What area codes were called? In red or blue states?

These polls are far too easy to manipulate. Was this question asked alone, or after other questions?

Dream on ... go wacth your hero Michael Moore's new movie.

I think the real numers will have to get over 35% before Congress is willing to take on the American people. Remember, this Congress has the lowest rating in the history of rating the support of the US Congress by every major polling service.

Answer 6

It doesn't matter how high the numbers go; 99.9% of America could want Bush impeached. It's the remaining 0.01% (Congress) that holds the reins of power and they aren't going to impeach Bush in a hurry.

If people's opinions mattered and polls counted, America would be a different (better? maybe) place.

Answer 7

The legality of impeachment is much different from the public opinion of impeachment. Despite Bush, we are still a country that believes in the rule of law.

Answer 8

Many conservative loyalists tend to cherry-p.c.. stats and evidence that favors their slant on an identical time as ignoring something that could desire to probable run opposite to their view. in spite of the undeniable fact that, it is going to be observed that impeaching Bush and Cheney this previous due interior the 2d term is somewhat pointless. additionally, whether there have been sufficient evidence of against the regulation, there are not sufficient votes interior the Senate to truly convict. Political bias is a extensive element in determining the end result, purely because it became the final time around (Clinton).

Answer 9

I'm sick of impeachment talk. The republicans made this serious, and solemn procedure a political ploy 8 years ago, and the democrats have no business following suit. The people elected the jerk. Live with it. Don't elect jerks again.

Answer 10

Whether or not people him impeached or not is irrelevant. The ONLY relevant issue is whether or not he has committed an impeachable offense. And if he had, the Democrat Congress would instantly impeach him. But at this time, he has not done so.

Answer 11

They have plenty of evidence of misconduct, from leaking a CIA officials name, to secret CIA torture camps in Poland and elsewhere, misusing his authority to conduct illegal acts against his own people, and lying about Iraq, to name a few!

I would like him impeached, and it is getting closer.

While the Senate has enough votes to impeach him, the Congress, who must try him, doesn't have the 2/3 votes necessary to convict, but the numbers are steadily growing!

Well over 1/2 of the troops say that we never should have attacked Iraq, and the same number have no faith in Bush whatsoever according to the latest Army Times poll!