Why don't people understand the meaning of impeachment?
340381
A lot of people are just not really well educated when it comes to politics. Many people get their entire knowledge of politics from TV and "the grapevine" and never take the time to really learn things.  Many people figure the American History and Government classes they took in high school are all they will ever need--- if they can even remember them.  I think it is a little bit sad.
723435
It's ridiculous.  What ever happened to the Consitution?  Hopefully the Democrats can win back the House so that some impeachment hearings can begin against this whole corrupt administration.  Not only has this adminstration messed with the lower and middle class Americans, Bush and his cronies has destroyed the reputation that this nation has abroad; any goodwill created by the previous administrations has pretty much been wiped out by this administration.
731549
I believe it is because of personal hate and spite that the democrats want President Bush impeached!!! There is no proof of any crimes committed or rules broken by Bush!!!And the Pelosi theory is not that far fetched!!!!!
891975
Impeachment and conviction in the senate are a matter of actual criminal activity, and not just because someone has a difference of opinion in how things should have been handled.  Get a grip!\n\nSue
571236
impeachment is a trial course that the accused official is facing...if the court justice had enough evidence..and if the accused is proved to be guilty..he or she will be apprehended and be fired out of his job..
593903
Like you said, they still don't know anything about government. Bill Clinton was never impeached, it takes both sides of congress to impeach a President, and it has to be by more than 75%. The Senate never impeached Bill Clinton, so this is another Republican lie. Just look at the ones on here now talking about Bill Clinton's private parts. It is sickening. Why doesn't George Bush, and the rest of the government talk about it? It's because he wasn't impeached numb-nuts!!!
864209
In order to be impeached, the President must have been convicted of "high crimes and misdemeanors".\nIn Clintons case, it was perjury.\nI love how libs throw out six digit numbers for the death toll.
402682
Do you actually have any basis for what your say or just go along with the masses and try to sound intelligent?  Impeached for what?  Do you even know what the word means or why it is done?  Please, try looking into what you are talking about instead of just going along with what your friends at Berkley think is cool.
472957
because we believe we can't. \nasking "on what grounds" is admitting that we're completely satisfied with the way he (and his administration) are running our government. \n60% of a sampled public disapprove of how Bush "is handling his job as President," with 47% STRONGLY disapproving. \nok... so we all sense something is terribly wrong. now where is our power to do anything? do we have the right to question? to investigate? to subpoena the individuals who should be held accountable? uh... yes. that's the point of a democracy. and yes, we live in a republic... but the beauty of our constitution is that it allows us to question our government and demonstrate our unrest peacefully. \nmaybe impeachment isn't the answer, but at least it reflects the extent to which we, the people, are dissatisfied with the people who govern us. \n\np.s. MAY 1st. don't buy anything. national boycott day. make some noise anyway possible.
1137708
Well I agree that the ballot box is the answer...however well written letters to Senators, Congressmen, and other political figures asking for impeachment on the grounds of blatant lyiing to the public would be good.  Problem is that people have bought into the whitewash job his adminsitration has done on the Iraq war and don't believe he lied.  That's why there are so few of us that realize Bush is nuts and his governance of us is seriously flawed and write to say so, but are told we're unpatriotic and that we'er unsupportive.  I have to be unsupportive when I don't agree with what is going on so does that make me unpartirotic?  What ever happened to the freedom to respectfully question authority/government?
517176
This is about a step in the removal of a public official; for challenging a witness in a legal proceeding, see witness impeachment. \n Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868.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.\n\nImpeachment occurs rarely enough for many in a country to misunderstand its nature. A typical misconception is to confuse it with involuntary removal from office; in fact it is only the legal statement of charges, parallelling 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.\n\nOne tradition of impeachment has its origins in the law of England and Wales, where the procedure last took place in 1806. Impeachment exists under constitutional law in many nations around the world, including the United States, Brazil, Russia, the Philippines and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nEtymologically, the word "impeachment" derives from Latin roots expressing the idea of becoming caught or entrapped, and has analogues in the modern French verb empêcher (to prevent) and the modern English impede. Medieval popular etymology also associated it (wrongly) with derivations from the Latin impetere (to attack). (In its more frequent and more technical usage, impeachment of a person in the role of a witness is the act challenging the honesty or credibility of that person.)\n\nTRY THIS LINK http://www.impeachbush.org/site/PageServer
381582
he hasn't done anything illegal, so he can't be impeached.  why is everyone asking this dumbass question?
337587
Why would you want to raise a cabinet member up to that status? Cabinet members tend to have more loyalties to their departments than they do to the President. I don't know that there are any legal grounds for impeachment though.
933319
The guys who didn't get re-elected. The term is also used for a president who cannot get re-elected. The point is, nobody's listening to them.
608247
Hells yeah. Dubya is widely considered to be the absolute worst president ever. The only reason that he has not been impeached is because he and his right-wing-nut-jobs control the senate. However, with democrats expected to sweep the elections this fall, there is plenty of hope in getting Dubya and his minions out of office and brought to justice. His list of impeachable crimes just keeps getting longer!
1014919
I care.  Unfortunately, the collective minds/brains of our country don't care ENOUGH to do anything about it, such as call for impeachment or similar actions.  Such is life.
526619
I think it's all relative to perception.  Just the suggestion of impeaching President Bush has been suggested even before he got in office so that is nothing new.  Most people know you cannot impeach without just cause but, anger unchecked doesn't care about process.  They are going for the mob mentality.  This is the idea that just the suggestion of impeachment by enough influential people can bring it about.