If less than 3 in 10 support President Bush why isn't Congress impeaching him?

Question

I can't elaborate on this question, for fear of getting it cancelled

Pardon me, I thought he has broken many laws, ignoring the UN, and starting an unprovoked war for one

Answer 1

You do understand what impeachment is, don't you?

Here is what wikipedia.com has to say...

In the constitutions of several countries, impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to remove a government official without that official's agreement. The second stage is called conviction.

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, paralleling 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.

So, to impeach a president he must have committed a crime. Support has nothing to do with it.

Answer 2

Yes, I understand your concern, that Yahoo cancels anything that opposes the far-right.
As for impeachment, you need more than a poor approval rating, you would need some crime. They tried to get Bill Clinton on a trumped-up charge, and of course that failed. Bush is a dolt, but what crime? Do you say war crimes, well, many Democrats voted for the actions in Iraq as well.
further, keep in mind that although there is a Democratic majority, it is not a huge majority.
The other problem is that Democrats play fair. Only the GOp tries to outst the Pres every time they don't like him. Let's suffer through the last year of this idiots' reign of dumbness and hope we don't make the same mistake nest election.
But you watch, Hucklebee will win!

Answer 3

That is ridiculous. The reason being that you cannot impeach someone based on the fact that you do not like them. Besides it is highly unpopular to impeach any president without clear and cut evidence that they should be impeached. Just look at Clinton as an example the reason why the Senate didn't impeach him is because it was unpopular.

Answer 4

Because republican believe that they are above the law and there is too many republicans in the Senate to get a conviction because of that. So it would just be a waste of time and money to proceed with an impeachment action.

However, criminal charges can be filed by the next administration's justice department.

Answer 5

As president he hasn't committed any crime. While many of us consider his actions a crime, he actually hasn't broken any laws. Unfortunately we cannot impeach a President because we don't like him or what he does, we must impeach only in the right instances.

Answer 6

After watching Loose Change 911, Zeitgeist and Endgame, I can't help wonder how a man like Bush is not in jail, let alone president of a major power house.

It's sickening and the worst of it all is that the rest of the world is going to have to suffer the consequences of his current actions!

Whatever happened to the good men?

RIP
Kennedy

Answer 7

a president is not impeached on being unpopular,.....if that were the case, why is congress still there?, the popularity of that body is lower then the Presidents,.....

Answer 8

I believe you need to look up what impeachment is all about.

Answer 9

because of political power, he uses and instills fear to silence those who don't approve of his methods. he's an elected official (America wanted him to be president) so why'd he be impeached??? why would u elect som1 u didn't like in the 1st place??? plus u need a firm foundation on why he should be impeached

Answer 10

I believe you have confused Bush's rating with that of (the...cough, cough.. democratically controlled) Congress.

So, if that was the basis for impeachment, it would be highly hypocritical of them to do that.

And please, do elaborate.