Why is Impeachment so popular?
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If it was a lie, it was not just Bush! Check out this quote from the liberal queen of flip-flop, Nancy Pelosi:\n\n"As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.
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1.  C.  The number of members of the House each state gets depends on its population.  The actual method is the sum of least squares, since the House membership is set at 435.\n\n2.  B.  The Speaker of the House is the most prominent person in the Congress, even though the Vice President is technically President of the Senate.\n\n3.  A.  Department of Defense.\n\n4.  D.  To give his party unfair advantage.  The process is known as gerrymandering, and is done by state legislatures throughout the country.  District lines are drawn to guarantee a member of a certain party will always get elected from that district, and this is best done by giving the other party a district where they will have an overwhelming majority of voters, while giving neighboring districts in your party sizable majorities.  You give up one seat, but may get 4 or 5 in return.\n\n5.  D.  Mayor-council form.  City managers are usually seen in smaller cities.\n\n6.  A.  Vote to impeach.  This means only to accuse, and they can do it for any government official in any branch (legislative, judiciary, executive).  The trial is held in the Senate, and if convicted, the impeached person is removed from office.
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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!!!!!
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When a president is elected, they hold the office for 4 years. Even if a majority of the population decides they don't like him, after all, he can't be removed unless he's impeached by the legislative branch of our government.\nHe has to have committed what they deem to be an impeachable offense.\nThen he still may retain the office if not convicted for the offense.\nSo, no, we the people, cannot get rid of Bush.\nAs far as the vote goes, Bush "won" with only a 2-3% majority, and a lot of people here dispute the accuracy of that. There are a lot of people who believe that the election was "rigged" in various ways to ensure that slight majority.
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just because everyone is doing it, it doesn't make it right.  \n\nPeople do things which are convenient to them.  And when it becomes convenient to many, it becomes popular.  What makes something important is what people view as important. Everything we do is for our OWN benefit.  People pay attention to things they think they would be good for them.  IT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS NECESSARILY RIGHT.\n\nwe must have good disgression to distinguish which are valid or useless popular opinions.  \n\nIf you were a dirty politician, you would be dying to be a popular choice, wouldn't you?\n\nGO AGAINST THE WIND.
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Yes, Clinton was impeached.  Most people do not understand the defininition of impeachment.  Impeachment means to bring charges against a public official while they are in office.  Clinton was, however, found not guilty.
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In order for a President to be impeached he must first be accused of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors".  Secondly, the House of Representatives must pass "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority.  Thirdly, the Senate tries the President with the Chief Justice of the Supreme presiding over the hearings.  2/3 of the present Senators must vote for guilt to remove the President from office.\n\nIn the case of George W. Bush, there have been accusations of treasonous activities; however, the House has not seen fit, whether through political loyalty, fear of embarassment or lack of belief in the charges, to file articles of impeachment. That is why he has not been impeached.
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Step one is electing a Democratic Congress in November.\nTwo words: Subpeona Power.\n\nJohn Nichols, the editor of the Capitol Times, is coming out with a new book called "The Genius of Impeachment." His basic argument is that impeachment is not a crisis - it is the remedy for when elected officials create a crisis. Bush has created a crisis (more than one actually) - it is time for him to go.
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The House has 435 members and each state gets a certain number of representatives based on their population. Each state gets two senators. This was a compromise way back when so that large population states woudn't be under represented when small states also got two senators.\n\nHouse members run every two years; Senators every six. \n\nThe Senate is considered the more deliberative and stately of the two. The House tends to be a rough and tumble place. \n\nBoth houses consider legislation; legislation can originate in either house, but it must also be approved in the other house and differences must be worked out in conference. \n\nIf there is a tie in the Senate, the vice president can break the tie.\n\nThe House can vote to impeach a president; the Senate tries him or her.
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Good question!!!! He's doing everything wrong for our country, and yet we still can't get enough support to impeach him!!! I think the country is just too lazy to go vote for a new president because they don't like ther current one... just look at the REGULAR elections, no one ever votes for those either, so I doubt anyone would really take a half hour of time where they're doing absolutely nothing to go vote for someone that can help this country more.
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Because Americans will not stand up and band together and speak their minds. Those that do, cannot generate enough support because people have no back bone. Do you think for one second that if you were a Pres. say of a company, and your ratings were 30% or less that you would still be Pres.? NO. There should be no differences. Arm yourself with knowledge and VOTE!! Just a note.. 1 in 3 Republicans do not want BUSH in office at this point of his Presidency. What does that tell you??
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Because people tend to be STUPID!! I read an article today about how there are major rumblings regarding impeaching him...
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It can be enthralling to children ages 3 - 8, or about Bush's mentality level.  And no, even if he has the mind of a retarded child inside the body of a skinny old man, he is still guilty of a sluggish and inept action for 911.  Impeachment is just.
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Impeachment is the equivalent of a grand jury indictment. All it means is that there is enough evidence to bring to court. \n\nIn the federal government, impeachment occurs in the U.S. House of Representatives. It take a simple majority to impeach a federal officer. If an officer is impeached, they then stand trial in the U.S. Senate, where it takes a 2/3 majority to convict. If convicted, then they are removed from office, and can possibly face criminal charges.\n\nIn the history of the United States, there have only been 17 impeachments: 13 federal judges (including one Supreme Court justice), 1 Senator, 1 Cabinet member, and 2 Presidents.\n\nAnd yes, Bill Clinton was impeached. He was then acquitted by the Senate. The other President to be impeached was Andrew Johnson in 1868, and he too was acquitted by the Senate.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2006 – In these highly-charged political times, it is the word that dare not speak its name:  impeachment. Democrats and other opponents of the President, as well as people in the media, are afraid to raise the topic for fear of being called too partisan or extreme.\n\nBut the startling revelation of the President’s warrantless wiretapping campaign may be the straw that broke the camel's back: In the halls of Congress and on the front pages of a growing number of mainstream periodicals, impeachment is being discussed more and more openly. And many leading constitutional scholars agree: there has never been so strong a case for impeachment since Richard Nixon.\n\nIn ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST GEORGE W. BUSH, Michael Ratner, Bill Goodman and other experts at one of our nation's leading institutions of constitutional scholarship, the Center for Constitutional Rights, set out the legal arguments for impeachment in a clear, concise, and objective discussion. In four separate articles of impeachment detailing four separate charges –warrantless surveillance, misleading Congress on the reasons for the Iraq war, violating laws against torture, and subverting the Constitution’s separation of powers – it is, say the CCR attorneys, a case of black letter law, with abundant evidence.\n\nARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST GEORGE W. BUSH details that evidence, the relevant laws and the legal precedents. It also explains what the Constitution says about impeachment – an informative discussion further illuminated by supplemental material that includes a history of impeachment, explanation of its procedures, and the previous articles of impeachment brought against Presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.\n\nWith leading Republicans calling for investigations of the domestic spying campaign, a special prosecutor investigating the suppression of evidence used to launch the Iraq war, and hearings on innumerable instances of torture, ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST GEORGE W. BUSH may be more timely than any of us would like to admit.
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Because Clinton is the only president in anyone's memory who was ever impeached.  Andrew Jackson was, but that was back in the 1860's, so no one is alive to remember it.  \n\nThey go after Clinton because he is the easiest Democrat to go after.  Jimmy Carter was too much of a peaceful diplomat, its hard to go after someone who is peaceful.  But an adulterer with a fetish for the bow wows, now that is easy to go after; so they go after him.
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I am a Democrat, and America is totally aware of how the Republicans come across in the World. Over 70% of America doesn't support them, and Congress gets voted in November of this year. The Republicans are going to be history, gone. George Bush could be indicted if the Congress is the Majority Democrat, and then impeached. I hope the World knows that America has more then one political party and will forgive us for what the Republicans have done in the last 6 years.