Why haven't the democrats in congress impeached President Bush? I thought they were going to?

Question

During the elections, I kept hearing about how the democrats were going to have hearings and impeachments. Why haven't they done it?

Answer 1

They're afraid to. Look what happened to Clinton. He was impeached & he came up out of the ashes like a Phenoix!

Maybe if they did that, we would be able to have Laura Bush as a Presidential candidate some day. She had a great article in the Wall Street Journal today. Did you see it? She would make a mighty fine President, I do believe!

Answer 2

Congratulations! You've been exposed to the inner workings of the American Government.

Anything said in a campaign seems more like it's meant as a sound clip for a 10 o'clock news lead-in or campaign ad, more-so than it does a promise.

Both parties have made promises over the years that they had no intention of keeping. Illegal immigration, social security reform, end to the war, impeachment, etc.

However, on top of that issue is the fact that if the president truly were impeachable, he surely would've been out by now. Something is not being stated by those who originally promised his impeachment. I can guarantee that if the evidence was there to make impeachment a viable option, any candidate or politician would've immediately jumped on the bandwagon in order to gain the support of the millions who have called for the president's resignation. It would've been marketing genius in my opinion, especially since the majority of Americans are back seat politicians who are educated via sound clips and political satire on Comedy Central. I believe that when confronted with the evidence, those who promised this during their campaigns found that either there wasn't enough information or the information that is available does not point to the fact that the President should be impeached. Possibly, the actions taken were the best at the time (which would dispute the fact that Bush is a homicidal madman, much to the chagrin of many people who "follow" politics).

They have, however, formed a committee to investigate everything under the sun at our expense. My personal favorite was the recent condemnation of Rush Limbaugh during Congress. That's wonderful. Instead of making sure that my tax dollars are sent to a child for school, feeding the hungry or helping the destitute, their biggest item on the To-Do List was to chastise a non-government, private citizen exercising their right to free speech, and all based on a mis-quote that they never fact checked themselves.

Politicians are liars...through and through. I wish there was a way to say that one person is truly respectable, but in all honesty, it truly is picking the lesser of two evils anymore.

Answer 3

They never intended to darlin'. They only said that to get people naive enough believe they actually would to vote for them. They also have no intention of quickly removing the troops from Iraq or actually changing anything that matters when it comes to hampering terrorists.

As her opening statement Nancy Pelosi said, "there will be no impeachment". That is probably the first true statement she's said in some time. Democrats don't dare impeach Bush for one of two reasons. The first is there probably isn't anything he's done that actually is an impeachable offence. OR there is something that Bush should be impeached for but the Democrats can't prosecute it because they are too complicit with their past approval or what he's done and can't afford the backlash.

Getting troops out of Iraq? Maybe in three to five years. But immediatly? What exactly does immediatly mean by the Democrats definition? I know you understood what they said when they said it. But what you thought you knew what they meant when they said it. And you may have. But what what you though they meant then is not what they mean today.

Warrentless wiretaps and other things they objected to when they were out of power they are approving of frequently now they are in power. The only thing they fear more than the backlash of failing to keep their promises of tearing apart the Patriot Act is the possibility of if they do gut the Patriot Act there could be a terrorist attack. They called Bush overstepping the boundries of his office for the things he's done. But they are afraid of what Terrorist could do more.

Oh the Democrats will have all kinds of hearings and they will make a lot of noise about anything that is not immediatly given to them. But don't try to hold your breath until they actually do something. It ain't gonna happen.

I forgot one thing. Anything they don't do they will blame on Republicans.

Answer 4

I am not a Democrat or a Republican so pay attention to what I am going to say here:

The Democrats have a VERY minor majority of Congress... when the House of Representatives impeached Clinton there was a overwhelming majority of Republicans (and the Senate had a minor Republican majority then... the Senate did not impeach Clinton so there was technically no valid impeachment).

This is all about numbers... it is very simple.... the Democrats will not force a vote on impeachment proceedings because it would be a waste of time; they just don't have the votes.

How many times do we have to ask this question??? The answer is very simple if people would just count and learn something about Congressional proceedings.

Answer 5

During the '06 elections Nancy Pelosi said repeatedly that the Democratic Congress would NOT be seeking impeachment of President Bush. There were a few left wing Dems who wanted to do that, and there are still a minute number of them who feel that way. But it was NEVER on the agenda. Do you just make things up as you go along? There have been plenty of hearings and more to come, gee I guess you missed those too. Wow, really on top of things aren't you?

Answer 6

No democrat I'm aware of ran on a platform of impeaching the president.
As to the question why they haven't, it's all a matter of having a 2/3 majority in congress. He's certainly violated the Bill of Rights, etc. and should be impeached. This points to the fact that there is only one political party which responds to the needs of the few.

Answer 7

various interior the abode have stated publicly that they are going to look into each hair on bushs physique till they locate something to indict him. Now that is going to be actual effective use of our money. To be impeached a president has to have committed a criminal offense. pondering the irrational hatred for bush do you no longer think of that in the event that they might have stumbled on a criminal offense they could have already started something. so a ways each thing they have tried to adhere on bush has failed and interior the tip shown to all be an excellent LIE including Wilson/Plame and WMDs. The profession democrats in congress are so crooked they might fairly bypass by a door with out zigging. they're incredibly disgusting and that they try to overthrow the form and put in a socialist manifesto that compares at as quickly as with the communist one under. Welcome to united states of america comrade. examine the links

Answer 8

Your first clue, as to why they haven't impeached the President, should have been when the new Speaker of the House said that she wasn't going to try and impeach the President, if the Democrats took control of the House.

Answer 9

I would love to have a simple answer for you. I think the best one is to look to the hearings that were done concerning Halliburton. Nothing came of it. Alot of energy went into finding out exactly how and why this company got involved with the contracts and the war and our country still has no direct answers.

Also, we as citizens, IMHO, should be more concerned with NOT repeating the errors of our leaders in DNC. In each case of extreme Bush political misdirection; the country has been effectively turned away from demanding issues of unemployment, tax misdirection, trade policies,mortgage failure, the homes market, national product and general mismanagement of our international policies to be told that gay marriage or dates for primaries are more important to be concerned with.

Our energy would be better spent in strengthening our 2008 candidates and ridding ourselves of the Republican yoke.

Answer 10

Because talk is cheap. If you're not in a position to actually do anything, you can talk all you want. Just like the guy in the bar fight who relies on his buddies to 'hold him back' and then shouts insults at his antagonist. It was all a facade designed to undercut the president and his initiatives, all his initiatives, even the ones they voted for. Once they found themselves in a position to actually do anything about it they were faced with that niggling little fact that the president has not committed any crimes what so ever. Darn! Those details!

Bottom line, their agenda was political, not practical. Typical 'Progressive' SOP.