If we impeached Clinton over lies about sex - why isn't Bush being impeached for the lies he has told?
347227
It is because the Republicans are the Majority in the Senate, so they are good at manipulation, especially with elections coming up.\nBut the Democrats have also shown their weaknesses.\nFor Politicians like Bush to lie is easy. Arrogance is a part of their nature too.\nThe momentum is building up.\nLet us wait and see...majority of Americans are fed up with him and would certainly press for him to be impeached.\nBravo!
82805
Impeach him. He said that he would bring dignity to the White House and there has been more corruption than ever in the White House. His top aids and even the vice president have been implicated in the crime of leaking the identity of a CIA agent. Bush said that he would fire whoever was involved until he found out it was Rove, Cheney, and Libby. At the White House Abramoff, Lay,  Skilling and other corrupt lobbyists and crooks have had free reign. Halliburton and Cheney have made billions off an illegal war that Bush lied to get us into. Bush did nothing to prevent 911, though he had been warned that AlQuaeda was going to attack us. After he couldn't get Osama he diverted his attention to Saddam who had nothing to do with 911. Meanwhile hundreds of people are being held and tortured in American prisons for up to five years without a trial. He says they're terrorists but they haven't been convicted. He lied about wmd so how can we beleive anything he says. This administration has conducted illegal and unconstitutional wiretaps. When there was a natural disaster, the agencies responsible had been so decimated and mismanaged that they were unable to respond.
62717
Good question indeed. If it was up to me, Clinton wouldn't have been impeached.
802739
President George W. Bush and his Administration has not\ncommitted any impeachable offenses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1173876
Two lies:\n1. I did not have sexual relations with that woman.\n2. There are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq\n\nBoth lies may be considered pernicious in one sense, but which one killed people?  So, I'll say the Bush' mis-statements to start the Iraq war were infinitely more harmful to America's interests as well as the mother's of fallen soldiers than Clinton having his cigar smoken by an intern.
845641
I think it is a combination of many factors.  I've heard more than one person express that since experiencing Bush's Presidency they realize how good we had it under Clinton.  Also, it's sort of a wake up call when you compare what Clinton was impeached for and what Bush should be impeached for.  I don't want to see impeachment, it is a waste of time for all involved, but I do think he richly deserves it nonetheless.  People do tend to look back with fondness at some Presidents and Americans can very forgiving, depending on the circumstance and the subject.  Bill Clinton has done some great things since his Presidency ended and he stays in the public limelight.  Seeing him standing next to Bush 41 while they work together affects those ratings too.  I think we long for those in power right now to do the same.  I don't think GW should be looking for forgiveness in the future though.  I believe whether it's 10 years or 50 years after his Presidency, he will still have one of the lowest approval ratings ever recorded.
328372
Because only Congress can impeach the president. And since congress just happens to be controlled by Bush's republican buddies, there aint a snowballs chance in hell of his getting impeached any time soon. Hes probably going to get away with all the lies and killing... Its depressing really.\n\n\npeace
1185697
It's funny you mention this because a while back I thought of the same concept... They both are criminals in a way, but what Bush did cannot be forgotten nor forgiven... What Clinton did,  millions of people do all the time. Adultery is everywhere...  It's not right, but people make mistakes! Screwing the world is discusting and I hope that somewhere in the future Bush will be punished and will suffer for what he did!
364088
I assume you are trying to smear Bush and lift Clinton by trying to draw a comparison to Clinton's Perjury (which is a FELONY, by the way) and the War in Iraq.\n\nYour implied argument is invalid, however. When did Bush lie? \n\nWMD's? The intelligence may have been inaccurate, but there was agreement that Saddam very likely had WMD's between USA, Britain, Germany and The UN/IAEA. Is it that hard to believe that a government that trained its scientists on tactics to hide illegal weapons programs from UN Inspectors would move his WMD's to a sympathetic neighbor in the face of a well telegraphed move against it?\n\nKatrina? Watch the videos again. Add to it the videos of Gov. Blanco informing Bush that the levies were holding AFTER THEY HAD ALREADY FAILED. Then you will have the whole story and realize Bush didn't lie.\n\nRemember, lying is a deliberate action of deception. You know, like telling a senate committee that you didn't have sexual relations with that woman when you know damn well you did.THAT WAS A LIE, a lie under oath. Ask Sharon Stone, or@l sex is still sex.
131458
The same reason he hasn't been impeached for other transgressions that were clearly questionable. Nixon was impeached for far less than Bush .I hope they do something soon before he runs our country totally in the ground.
193742
The Consitution calls for a specific circumstance to have happened before impeachment - High Crimes and Misdemeanors must have been committed. That is why the Starr investigation went on for years and years, costing 40 million dollars: an actual crime had to be found before the pre-arranged impeachment show could begin.\n\nMost people are calling for President Bush to be impeached because 'He lied about the war!' Thanks again to the Clinton/Starr Travelling Road Show, the concept of what a lie actually is has been dreadfully skewed. Further, according to the Sundance documentary "Corporation" in a case where employees of Fox sued alleging illegal firing under the Whistleblower Statute because they refused orders to include what they felt to be erroneous information in a news telecast, a Federal Court issued a ruling in favor of Fox stating that there was no protection against this firing because "lying on television is not a crime." If what President Bush had said was indeed a lie instead of a different yet equally strongly felt opinion, because of the separation of powers he was not under any sort of restrictive oath either from Congress or any Court at the time. The Clinton "no sex" lie/opinion was illegal because he repeated while under oath as it the defendant in a related lawsuit.\n\nIf 50% of our population couldn't be bothered to get off their couches and cast their votes one way or the other in 2004, I think trying to create another fabricated impeachment crisis will only make our political process even more of a joke and make even more foreign populations look at our democratic model even more cynically.
1117858
yeah go toot that horn somewhere else. Do you not know all the lies that Bush told to send our young men to war? What I say is why don't they stay out of peoples bedrooms and take care of the boardroom. Who gives a shit if Clinton got a little on the side and lied. do you know a man who has cheated who admitted it from the start? Not! Maybe if Bush would get a little on the side his mind wouldn't be so full of shit he might be able to speak in complete intelligible sentences. I would much rather have a lie about sex than a lie about lives.
1153597
Bush should be impeached for the following reasons:\n\n1.) Lying about the reason for the war prior to invading Iraq:  \nBush and his team deliberately misled Congress and the American public about the rationale for invading Iraq. Bush convinced a majority of Americans that Iraq was involved with Al-Qaeda and responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Yet the evidence shows that Iraq was not involved. Bush said in his State of the Union Address that "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa" to build nuclear weapons. But he had already been told by the CIA that the evidence was forged. Former Ambassador Joe Wilson challenged Bush about the falsity of these State of the Union claims and, in retaliation, senior white house officials outted his CIA wife Valerie Plame.  Bush claimed to have hard evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. But the UN investigators could not verify any of these claims and searches of Iraq revealed no such weapons.  Furthermore, the recent "discovery" of more than a decade old chemical weapons, despite the rhetoric, does not signify that weapons of mass destruction have been found.  Dick Cheney claimed that Iraq possessed deadly weapons of mass destruction that were a grave threat to the security of our nation.  The weapons that were found recently were unuseable and no longer effective due to the age of the material.  Chemical experts have stated that they were no more dangerous than a typical household cleaning substance.  Bush knows that he cannot use this insignificant find to justify his war, other wise he would be doing so...\n\n2.)The illegal wiretapping of American Citizens: \n"George Bush authorized the NSA to conduct illegal wiretaps on American citizens. Bush claimed that these were justified on the basis of national security. But there is a legal mechanism for conducting emergency wiretaps followed by court approval within 72 hours. Bush ignored that mechanism and exceeded his executive authority. Bush claims he has authority to wiretap anyone he wishes but legal scholars, including some Republican lawmakers, disagree."\n\n3.)  Torture of Prisoners:  \n"Bush and his team have set up a system of prisons around the world where prisoners can be tortured. They have transported prisoners from the United States, Europe and elsewhere to other countries for the purpose of having them tortured. They have fought hard to build a legal case for torture but the fact remains that torture is highly illegal. It is also considered an ineffective means of getting reliable information from a prisoner. Bush is guilty of violating of the Federal Torture Act, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention."  Alberto Gonzales, our Attorney General, is famous for referring to the Geneva Convention as being "quaint and obsolete."  Just recently, the bodies of 2 American soldiers were found, who had been brutally tortured before eventually being killed.  Policies supporting torture are a direct threat to the safety of our troops in the field and need to be stopped!!  Come on all you troop supporting "Patriots!"\n\n4.)  Violation of International Law:\n"According to our Constitution, International Treaties are part of the "supreme Law of the Land". They are not something that can be ignored when they are inconvenient. Bush's violations of the UN Charter and the Nuremberg Charter are, therefore, impeachable offenses."\n\nOf course, despite all of this, you will not see a movement towards impeachment in Congress due to the simple fact that the majority party is none other than the Republicans.  They will not impeach Bush because it will reflect poorly on themselves and their party.  Yes, it is disgusting that rather than caring for the security and dignity of our nation and its people, they are worried for their own careers and reputation...but, sadly, its
562688
Wow, are you late to the game. What have you done in your past? Oh? You're not perfect? I seem to remember ex-President Clinton committing a crime WHILE IN OFFICE. Yes, perjury is a crime, no matter what the topic of the investigation. Oh, and not to mention all the rapes and sexual assaults he committed that got swept under the rug.\n\n\nYour hate for Bush blinds your judgment, fool.
20231
Let's see...  Bush stole an election, lied about the reasons for war, appointed incompetent cronies to his cabinet, fired people who tried to tell the truth, and started spying on Americans in clear violation of the law.\n\nClinton lied about having an affair.\n\nGee, tough call...
905415
Sadly, I do not think Bushie will ever face the music he so richly deserves. And to think a few years back they wanted to impeach Clinton for lying about a sexual encounter. Whereas Dumya lied , has gotten us in a war that it seems no end to without hardly any dissent from the media, or the populace.
359015
Apparently so.  They are slapping us in the face with it everyday.  GWB needs to be impeached.  For pete's sake, what does that say about us as a society if we could impeach Clinton for his sexual behaviors, but not impeach Bush for his murders.  PAAAAAlease.....  Impeach Bush