Should we impeach Bush for lying about the CIA leak?
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Again, from the documentary 'Corporation' a federal court ruled in a wrongful termination law suit that lying on television when not under any sort of oath or affirmation is NOT against the law.\n\nFox News allegedly had ordered some reporters to report misleading information about medical procedures for increasing the output of dairy cows, specifically to state the procedure was safe when that was not yet proven. When the reporters refused, they were fired. They filed lawsuit under the whistle blower federal law which protects employees who refuse to follow orders which are against the law. The Federal Judge ruled in favor of Fox, stating that lying on television is NOT against the law, and thus there is no protection for an employee who refuses to obey legal but unethical orders.\n\nAny statements that President Bush may have made, whether they were misleading as his critics would have us believe or a reasonable difference of opinion as his defenders would have us believe, were not under any specific oath or affirmation and thus are not a violation of any law. The Constitution states that the President can only be impeached for 'high crimes or misdemeanors.'\n\nPresident Clinton was impeached because of statements that were made while under oath in an ongoing trial, not for his statement in the press conference. While it is obvious that the actions he took during the affair were specifically done so in his own mind he could pretend he was not having 'sexual relations,' the majority of Americans would have to admit the actions were certainly close enough!
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Better yet.. I think we should impeach em'!
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Let's see...why should Bush be impeached? He lied in office...just like Clinton just about different things. He also swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and had his rubber stamp Republican congress pass laws that basically ignore the law of the land. Spin it anyway you want...Bush should be impeached for his conduct as president...which has been anything but "Presidential".
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Bush has been a liar all his life. As a spoiled rich kid, he's never had to be accountable for any of his actions. His daddy kept him out of harm's way while it appeared he was in military service. With the help of his brother Jeb, and his daddy's friends on the Supreme Court, he stole one election (maybe 2).\nHe's a former drug user and chronic alcohol abuser (his daddy saved him more than once from getting a DUI). \nGeorge Bush lies when the truth fits best. He's arrogant, smug, stupid, and incredibly self-centered.\nThere are only TWO reasons Bush initiated an illegal, unconstitutional ar with Iraq: 1) he wanted to 'get even' for Hussein's humiliating his daddy during Desert Storm, and 2) Dick Cheney wants all the oil swimming underneath Iraq' sand.\n\nBush lies about troop withdrawal. He will NEVER withdraw any troops until Dick Cheney has an iron-clad deal in place to get all of Iraq's oil for his rich friends at Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil.\n\nWhen Bush faces TV cameras, his "deer-in-the-headlights' look gives him away every time. He KNOWS he's lying, and it's as if he's waiting for some card-carrying NRA member to shoot him right between the eyes. \n\nBush and Cheney should be impeached, or tried for high treason. If convicted, the should face a firing squad. Surely, Satan has reserved a special iol-saturated corner of Hell for Bush, Cheney and most members of the current U.S. Congress, the most corrupt, incompetent body to ever occupy the Capitol Building. \n\nCheck out BUSHWACKER! - a new blog at www.blogger.com\nhttp://al-aback.blogspot.com
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Hey suzyQ. You can say what you want about Clinton, but he cared what was going on at home. Granted, he lied, but about a woman. But lets go over Bush's lies, shall we?. First, it was weapons of mass destruction. Oh sorry, I was wrong. Well, lets get the madman Saddam out, and all will be well. That done, lets fight terror. He changes his mind like people change their socks. And troops are dying every day for it. Presidents have faced impeachment for less.
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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
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I do not think that he should be impeached. But if he were, it would be for violating the Constitutional rights of US citizens by wiretapping their phones without a warrant from a judge. Wiretapping without a warrant is a federal crime, punishable by up to 5 years in prison.\n\nI would not impeach him, however. He needs to concentrate on running the country. But come Inaugeration Day, 2009, I'd have a couple of D.C. police at the Capitol to take him into custody. He did, after all, violate the law.
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At this point, I would rather see investigative hearings than impeachment hearings.  An impeachment would be a waste of time, and I think Pelosi and others realize this, even though Bush did break multiple laws.  \n\nAnd by megalomaniacal administrations, are you referring to Congress during the Clinton administration?  Wanting to remove a president because he had sex and lied about it?
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Yes...the impeachment process is a safeguard.  The president must explain the reasoning for our war in Iraq.  \n\nHe has never explained it.  \n\nFirst it was the WMD's then the war on Terror, then fill in the blank.  \n\nHe works for us, and if he doesn't do his job...he should be fired.
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I would like you to post references to the evidence you have that would warrant impeachment. I'm not a Bush supporter, but I'm also not a Bush basher. I will judge him on the fact, not speculations. Some people say he lied, others say he had incorrect information. Some people say his domestic spying program is illegal, others say it was all done within the law. I'm waiting for the facts to come out before I make up my mind.
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we will smoke him out~! lol.... so funny......\nVote this Loser of a President out this November~!\nArticles of Impeachment\n\nof\n\nPresident George W. Bush\n\nand\n\nVice President Richard B. Cheney,\nSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice,\nSecretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and\nAttorney General Alberto Gonzales\n\nThe President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. - - ARTICLE II, SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\n\nPresident George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have committed violations and subversions of the Constitution of the United States of America in an attempt to carry out with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes and deprivations of the civil rights of the people of the United States and other nations, by assuming powers of an imperial executive unaccountable to law and usurping powers of the Congress, the Judiciary and those reserved to the people of the United States, by the following acts:\n\n1) Seizing power to wage wars of aggression in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, the U.N. Charter and the  rule of law; carrying out a massive assault on and occupation of Iraq, a country that was not threatening the United States, resulting in the death and maiming of over one hundred thousand Iraqis, and thousands of U.S. G.I.s.\n\n2) Lying to the people of the U.S., to Congress, and to the U.N., providing false and deceptive rationales for war.\n\n3) Authorizing, ordering and condoning direct attacks on civilians, civilian facilities and locations where civilian casualties were unavoidable. \n\n4) Instituting a secret and illegal wiretapping and spying operation against the people of the United States through the National Security Agency.\n\n5) Threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq by belligerently changing its government by force and assaulting Iraq in a war of aggression.\n\n6) Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals and violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.\n\n7) Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel; manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information; concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, or efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks.\n\n8) Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars and threats of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and others and usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.
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For misleading us into war, yes.\nFor lying to Congress about the Medicare bill, maybe.\nFor breaking the law regulating spying on Americans, certainly.
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On the charges of high crimes and misdemeanors, crimes of treason and murder, crimes against humanity, environmental crimes, war crimes, etc… Every thing except getting a B-Job from an intern, come on…uhhh!!!... You will find no stains on Gorge Bushes staff, he did learn something from Clinton, like how to clean up your tracks… Anyhow according to the Republican right; (right as in the truth) who get there information solely from Fox News the only true and uncensored source of information in the world, know that they get both sides of the story, Bushes side and Cheney’s side. They know that there is absolutely no proof or evidence what so ever that Bush and Cheney lied and took us into an illegal war. And screw the 71 percent of traitorous liberals in America and 95 percent of the rest of the world, there just made our guy stole the (or woops) I mean won the elections. Hey show me one shred of proof or one dead body on Fox news. And how do we know Sadom had  weapons of mass destruction? Com on --!!! Again people, WAKE UP! We have the receipts to prove it!\n\n  So go ahead and vote to impeach, see if you can get away with it. And if you think the Fuehrer was bad, wait and see what the Emperor Cheney does, after he pardons Gorge  W. He will make him the vice president. And then what are you going to do, impeach Cheney? Ha Ha Ha HA HA LOL and all that crap, you stupid peace loving liberals are screwed.
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First the president would have to committ a crime, as he can only be tried by the senate (the house draws the articles).  There's no precedent for a coup without fault.  As many people would like to think, Bush has broken no laws.  Lying isn't against the law, unless it's under oath, and he never was.  Deal with it.  If he breaks the law, then we'll talk
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yes & also O.B.L.   if bush can ever find him... haha lol\nHelp spread the word..... (IMPEACH)
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Bush has been lying to us ever since he took the office in 2000. If you think that what you just told us is infuriating, watch this video.\n\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848\n\nIf I read you right, you will be shaking with rage by the end of it. Keep spreading the word, keep asking questions, keep pointing out flaws. Only then can we get the son of a bitch impeached.\n\n\nPeace
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Yes, there will always be people who can't admit that the hero they have followed blindly for the last five years is the devious, dishonest creature that he really is.  They are the ones who still think 9/11 was caused by Saddam Hussein and who still think there are WMD in Iraq.  They think it's our job to give democracy to a country whose people hate and murder our citizens.  They somehow think that we are fighting terrorism in Iraq, when in fact, the war has mobilized extremists in the Middle East against us.\n\nThey will never accept the truth, because it contradicts everything they have believed about Bush since the day the Supreme Court elected him.  Bush should be impeached and removed from office.