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kjk437 wrote:
If only this would go somewhere, and wasn't introduced a few months before Bush leaves...
I actually think it's better this way. The problem doesn't lie solely with him, but with his administration as a whole. I hope this goes through fast enough that he'll be out a few weeks before he'd be gone anyway. If we're lucky, congress will use this to send a strong message to the next administration that we're done putting up with this bullshit, and want some competent leadership.
You may, or may not, recall that Mr. Kucinich introduced a similar impeachment measure last year, only Vice-President Cheney was the target of the resolution. Republicans took a brief moment ("Oh, Lord, for the bounty Thou placest before us, let us be truly grateful. Amen.") then yelled, "Game on! Let's debate!"
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (and Democrat -- ought to be in lockstep on that whole impeachment issue, you think?) passed the impeachment measure over to the House Judiciary Committee (22 Democrats, 16 Republicans) whereupon that (Democratic-majority) Committee promptly kicked the measure under the table and left it to die, alone and unloved.
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... but -- and don't think a whole bunch of senior Democratic Party officials haven't spotted this alligator in the swamp -- the Republicans are in the unique, enviable, and oh-so-enjoyable position of being able to say:
"Yes. President Bush is completely guilty of Articles 23, 24 and 25. Utterly and without defence.
However, since his violations of these Articles are due to his carrying out of the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act -- a law written by the Congress of the United States, debated by the Congress of the United States, voted on by the Congress of the United States and approved to be sent to the President for ratification by the Congress of the United States -- well, under American law and under Common law, those folks who gave the President the power and the approval to violate Articles 23, 24 and 25 are just as guilty as the President -- if not more so -- and deserve at least the same punishment.
Here's a list of the names of the co-conspirators to those afore-mentioned violations of Article 23, 24 and 25 who are still currently serving in Congress.
Sauce for the goose being sauce for the gander, and all that."
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My personal thoughts? Bush should be impeached. Bush should be hanged for Treason, and so should every congressperson who voted for the "Patriot Act." Bill Clinton should be hanged for Treason, and so should every president since FDR. No congress would allow that, because they are part of the same power-hungry gravy boat.
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I definitely think that bush should be impeached, and not just cause I'm a socialist from VT (GO UNCLE BERNIE). He's really f***ed this country up, f***ed it hard, and I want to see some justice.
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Galvatron96 wrote:
I definitely think that bush should be impeached, and not just cause I'm a socialist from VT (GO UNCLE BERNIE). He's really f***ed this country up, f***ed it hard, and I want to see some justice.
I agree. His socialist policies have made a mess of things. Too much socialism is a good reason for hanging politicians.
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Yeah.. Unless there's something new, there's no more need for this thread... If something else relevant has come up make a new thread w/ links to articles.
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