How is is possible to lie to the American people and engage us in an illegal war,?

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yet still have people believe there is no justification for impeachment?

"Most authorities agree--and the precedents are in accord--that an impeachable offense is not limited to conduct which is indictable. Conduct that undermines the integrity of a public office or is in disregard of constitutional duties or involves abuse of power is generally regarded as grounds for impeachment. Since impeachment is a drastic sanction, the misconduct must be substantial and serious."




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For one thing, the impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998 set the bar for "high crimes and misdemeanors" so low that any subsequent president could legitimately worry about this generally moribund provision of our Constitution being deployed against him whenever an opposition party controlling Congress found it convenient to do so.

For another, a decision to initiate a war that depended on the calculated misrepresentation of information on the scale alleged against this administration plausibly falls within the unspecified category of "high crimes and misdemeanors" that the framers of the Constitution belatedly added to their original list, limited to treason and bribery. The fact that this original deception was accompanied by a wholesale failure to plan for the occupation presumably compounds the case for impeachment.

Answer 1

I think the bar for impeachment should be set extremely low. Government leaders should always fear the consequences of their actions. That is the only way to maintain a free nation.

Answer 2

Thats odd, the Dems were clamoring about Iraq and Saddam being a threat with WMDs long before President Bush was on the scene.
Does this mean the Dem "sweethearts" are liars to the American people also?
BTW, read the entire link, before spouting off that these comments were made after President Bush lied. Their quotes go back to the early 90's, long before GWB was on the scene

Answer 3

Yeah, yeah, yeah, and if any one of the things that you think he "lied" about would have come about, and we hadn't taken action, you would have used the exact same intelligence reports to have Bush impeached for dereliction of duty and not protecting you.

Admit it, we were in a position where the data had to be viewed in terms of what was credible and possible AT THE TIME. Being that the UN resolutions were in place and violated many times, it is a wonder that we waited until 2003 to go back in anyway.

Answer 4

bkcc you are an idiot, "what if" don't get it, there was intelligence that contradicted the info the administration used, they chose which info they wanted, Kim Jong says he has WMD's and will use them, where is the outrage? There was no evidence to link Saddam to al Quieda, we wanted an easy feel good target to heal our American egos for the slap we were given by 9-11, we could not find bin laden, Saddam was sitting in Bagdad talking trash, talking, Osama wasn't talking, he was bombing! We can't invade countries on "what ifs" that is an insane and asinine argument.

Answer 5

Because the invasion and occupation of Iraq are not illegal.

They are pursuant to a lawfully enacted Authorization for the Use of Military Force. We may not like the decision, but it was lawful.

Bush has broken lots of other laws. This has been confirmed by his own admissions, papers filed by his own lawyers, and by the Supreme Court.

But the invasion and occupation of Iraq is NOT an illegal action, and thus it is not grounds for impeachment.

Answer 6

Kudos for providing that quote. It is shockingly amazing what they get away with with our tax dollars and call it a democracy. I guess it is a republic but either way, the issue belongs in the World Court in the Hague

Answer 7

use the clinton legacy as a benchmark and tell me what pray tell are you referring to SPECIFICALLY AS AN IMPEACHABLE BEHAVIOR...my extremist acquaintance

- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court

Answer 8

Simple: it is not possible and has not happened.