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Crimes impeachable

No one died when Clinton lied...it almost rolls of the tongue. Granted, it's a silly bumper sticker, but it speaks volumes. The morality police jump upon their soapboxes at some sexual indiscretion. But 7 years of warmongering and unilateralism...not a peep.

The establishment of the unitary presidency is a failed attempt by the Bush/Cheney administration to subvert the vision of the Founding Fathers and their three branches of government. However, it will not be and the Bush/Cheney administration will be seen as the worst administration in the past 100 years (if not in the history of the United States).

However, rather than waste valuable time and resources trying to impeach either Bush or Cheney (a process that is destined to fail because it does not involve sex and a Republican majority in the House and Senate), it is important to keep all documents and computer files that have not been erased available to historical researchers so that a true picture of this administration can be documented.

There should be no secreting of records as occurred when Bush II orders the papers of his father sealed. The papers of Bush II and Cheney should be open and freely accessible to all so that questions heretofore hidden from the public record can be answered in a fair and honest manner.

This accessibility to records is more important than immediately trying to get an impeachment hearing. The is time later for an investigation.

It the land of "fair and balanced" thinking Bush is accountable means you hate Bush. The implication as liking Bush is more important than loving you nation.

mmmm did Rocky write in under a pseudonym?... and Gus ... no one wants to read your max-out 200 word diatribes...please be succinct por favor

My respect for the rule of law makes me want to agree with the letter's author.

My appreciation for the reality of American politics makes me think this is a waste of time.

There's no doubt that Dubya & Co. are going to scramble like crazy to keep as much of their misdeeds a secret. For a little while, they may even succeed. Fortunately, we live in a world in which secrets are nearly impossible to keep and the truth will eventually percolate to the surface.

It may take several years, but I believe history will judge Dubya and his cronies as the most blinkered, hubris-soaked and intellectually bankrupt administration in several generations. We'll spend decades understanding and undoing the damage he's done to our nation.

I have no illusions about his chances for impeachment, but I do hope that his imperious, vindictive, corrupt and distinctly un-American style of government will be viewed with collective revulsion by future generations.

So are the American people going to continue to shout out impeachment? Yes they are. Why? Because they are so convinced Bush is the worst thing to hit America since the Great Depression. Hearing all you guys is like listening to women who do nothing but gossip about their enemies. It's just talk. Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk.

There have been absolutely NO impeachable offenses committed by either President Bush or Vice President Cheney. These pro impeachment people are absurd. If the Democrats in Congress had ANY BASIS WHATSOEVER to introduced impeachment proceedings against either man, they would have done it a long time ago. The fact is, they have NOTHING.

If you think the War in Iraq is immoral, I guess that is your right. However, the war is completely LEGAL. Saddam Hussein's assassination attempt on a U.S. president, IN AND OF ITSELF, was an ACT OF WAR. Not only that, he broke myriad conditions of the Gulf War Ceasefire Agreement.

There is not one soldier in either Iraq or Afghanistan who is not a volunteer. Every one of these volunteers signed up knowing full well that he or she may end up serving on the war front.

Honestly, these Professional Bush Haters are really pathetic.

As I have tried to sound the alarm numerous times in the past that this country is as close to fascism as I have ever seen, our neoconservative administration is now headed for dictatorship and unlimited power over the people.

And our ignorant Limbaughites are going right along with it.

RE GeeBee
Wrong. Remember when Clinton bombed the aspirin factory to shift the focus away from his problems? Innocent people died. Inspite of what the Dems would have you believe, Clinton's problems had nothing to do with sex and everything to do with perjury. In case you weren't aware, perjury is illegal in this country. In fact Clinton was fined over $100,000 and was banned from practicing law for a time.

Ah the rants of the ill-informed. Bush won't be impeached because there is nothing to impeach him over. The clinton impeachment had nothing to do with sex.

I'll bet you that Gus has totally overlooked the blatant abuses of power committed by the Clinton administration. Using the IRS to punish opponents, accepting money from communist china et. al. don't forget Sandy-pants-Berger ( I wonder what he was trying to hide about the administration he was part of? )
Many records were just erased or shredded.
I just wonder If you were there when Clintons were and continue to 'secret' records?

John, what crimes have been committed? Did Bush lie? Why did the Clintons believe in WMD in Iraq? If Bush is so stupid , how did he dupe the supremely intelligent democrats? Why did they support the authorization of war?

I am no supporter of Bush but please lets not cast stones when we live in glass houses. If you have facts that prove the accusations please present those facts. Otherwise lets leave the partisan bickering of this board.

Congress already ceded their powers. They still show up to work, because there is good money in hosting lobbyists.

George Bush should feel fortunate that he is finishing out his term during the reign of a do-nothing Democratic Congress. Those who voted in this Congress under the guise of change should be sorely disappointed. Congress' 9% approval rating supports that thought.

And those who are planning on voting in a Democratic President under the guise of change will be similarly disappointed.

The last time we had positive change in this country was when the Republicans, battered an beaten, looked at their platform, and said, "Oh yeah! That's what we're supposed to be doing!", ran on it, won by a landslide, balanced the budget, ran a surplus, and won the Presidency back.

Then all (heck) broke loose.

Let's impeach Congress. They voted for the war and had all the same intelligence to base it on as Pres. Bush did. So they either lied to us or they, too, were convinced by the evidence of WMD put forth by Saddam Hussein in an effort to appear more of a threat than he really was.

I agree King Bush and his side kick Chenney both need to be tried for crimes committed against every United States citizen and the U.S. Constitution...but oh wait King Bush already has said he donesn't care what the Citizens or the Constitution says. King Bush has ignored Congress, signed away the first and fourth admendments, and screwed our economy so bad its a wonder We the People have not hung him and Chenney at the gallows already. Down with King Bush!!!!

@Gus: Hummm--Wasn't it a Clinton cabinet member who stuffed documents down his pants? Life has been pretty good for me and mine the past 7 1/2 years, sorry about all the rest of you Bush haters, I just can't think what it is you are so worked up about. We've driven the radicals back into Pakistan and they are attacking India again, their usual target. We advanced our influence in the middle east and established critical military staging areas, europe has elected right leaning governments, and the economy is still growing, the housing bubble is working itself out, as all housing bubbles do, it was predictably California, Florida, Nevada where it was happening anyway, a cycle we will see again. I think you just can't stand success, don't worry, Obama will give you something real to squawk about.

@Anonymous: Bush and Cheney are going home to their ranches. Why would they want to established a dictatorship and unlimited power for the next "democrat" president?

The best part about this letter is that it's chock full of facts.

@GeeBee - I've heard that rhymne a thousand times, and every time it makes me cringe. That we as citizens allowed our leader to get away with committing the crimes that Clinton committed, without being impeached, was spitting in the face of all of those who gave their lives to found this great country. Democrats chose party over country, and it's going to be a hundred years before I forgive them for that.

That being said, according to your 'philosophy', since no one died during the Watergate affair, so we should not brought impeachment hearings against Nixon, forcing him to resign. At least I respect the Republicans who chose country over party at the time, forcing Nixon to step down.

And as Cats points out above, the Democrats in the House and Senate hate Bush enough that if they really had an impeachable offense against him, it would have been brought to a vote by January of last year.