WILL BUSH GET PARDONED LIKE NlXON DID?
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You have to consider though that Nixon resigned from the presidency.  His resignation and Ford's pardon where both intended to save the country from a lengthy and bitter impeachment and possible criminal trial that would have further divided the nation at a time when it was already in turmoil.\n\nBush would never have that kind of class.\n\nPlus, you can not have a pardon as a legal precident.  A prescident is set as a manner of enforcing the law consistantly.  Pardoning somebody is not a method of enforcing the law.\n\nBesides, it's highly unlikely that you will see Bush get impeached.  With the Republicans controlling the House and Senate until January 2007, and possibly longer, Bush is safe from the reaches of the law.  His own party will never admit that he is a crackhead.\n\nEven if the Democrats get control of Congress next year, they won't impeach him either.  If they do, and they are successful, then Cheney is president (ugh) and could run as an incumbant in 2008.  The Democrats will not want to hand him that advantage.\n\nThe best thing to do is let the Republicans tear themselves apart.  Remember how they seemed invincible after the '04 election?  Now only a year and a half later, some are predicting that they will lose control of Congress.  Imagine what two and a half more years would do.
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Yes he can.  There are no limits on the Presidential pardon power.\n\nEvery President has pardoned people.  There is a tradition of Presidents issuing a few pardons around Christmas time, and then also before leaving office.  \n\nThe most controversial pardons are probably Gerald Ford's pardon of richard Nixon, which kept Nixon from being tried for any of his crimes which led to Nixon's impeachment.  The pardon probably cost Ford the next election.  The first President Bush also pardoned some of the people involved in the Iran-Contra affair, notably Caspar Weinberger
889711
No, they should not hold impeachment trials against bush, however, they should let him know they will keep that on the table IN CASE he tries to veto everything Congress tries to pass.
1049807
Bush will not be impeached. He will resign in disgrace next spring, like Nixon did in 1974.
864341
Ummmmmm possibly.\n\nI hate Bush. I hate him I hate him I hate him.
1140866
I estimate it to happen after the Nov. elections and YES Cheney will be impeached as well.  They will receive life in prison for their crimes against humanity.
627969
Absolutely...but I doubt it'll happen in this administration. If you haven't noticed, they are incapible of admiting they made a mistake anywhere at any time....but they sure have plenty of excuses and spin to throw around.
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If the Scooter Libby case keeps going like it is, Rove, Libby, Bush, and Cheney are going to be in another pardoning ring-around-the-rosie like Ford did for Nixon.\n\nHere's the latest news on that, 2 CIA officials just testified, funny thing is that MSNBC and CNN don't say peep on their sites.
1064242
probably not.. bush already screwed it all up for the rest of us, for good.
1073757
Right now, absolutely nothing.  Bush himself signed away whistleblower protections in any executive agencies in the US government.  If they talk, they're in deep ship, end of story.  There is by law no more accountability in any government agency.  The 9th circuit has recently upheld the Bush law, so it does stand.
107467
Andrew Johnson and Slick Willie Clinton.  Neither was convicted.  \n\nNixon was never impeached.  He resigned under the threat thereof.
955855
Yes without delay.  The list of his crimes against the world and the US is more than long enough to be impeached and tried in the World Court.  It probably won't happen as it has to be weighed against the instability it will cause here and abroad.  The scandal would be incredibly disruptive.  And, in this country, we would rather cover up and keep the public misinformed as we don't seem to have any respect for the intelligence of the public.  Keep them in the dark has been the mantra, even long before JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King, etc.
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There is  no difference other than Hussein did not lie, cheat and steal to obliterate people. Bush did and continues to do so.  Appropriate penalty has begun:  Dems took House and Senate. Pelosi will be the end of him.  History will show him as the worst president the U.S. has ever experienced.
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Hopefully congress will grow a set of balls and Impeach him for all his lies etc. If not thank God we only have 2 yrs left before he is out Let's hope the next election is not as rigged as the last 2   and that the bush sheep finally wake up  and don't vote for a Bush clone
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The President and Govenors are allowed to issue pardons because part of their job responsibilities includes execution of the laws.  In light of that, they can choose not to impliment and carry out a law that is in place.  This is why such a clause is in the Constitution, and almost every single state Constitution.\n\nI don't think the Founding Fathers expected it to be abused the way past Presidents have.  And I don't think Libby will need to be pardoned, because I don't think he will be convicted of any crime.
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Hopefully very soon. John Bolton is the epitome of everything the criminal bush administration is; dishonest, bullying, manipulative, treasonous, and of course dumb :(\n\nhttp://www.newscorpse.com/Pix/John%20Boltons%20UN.jpg
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I hope not, bush's poor job approval& his stupid actions will make it easy for the Democrats to sweep the 2006 & 2008 elections! Watch how fast republicans try to distance themselves from him.