what are your thoughts on impeaching President Bush?

Question

I was told that it takes 2/3 of the votes to impeach a President so I looked it up. I didn't think that 2/3 voted to impeach President Clinton.
low and be hold what I found is that it only takes a simple majority(anything over 50%) to impeach a President.
The conviction(being thrown out of office) takes 2/3 of the vote
President Clinton was impeached but not convicted.
So why don't the more than 50% of Democrats in the House impeach President Bush? I don't get it? if he is or has done what he is being accused of why don't they impeach him

Answer 1

The simple reason is that he did not commit an impeachable offense. Dispite what the left wing loons tell us, he never lied to get us into Iraq, he had nothing to do with the 9-11 attack. And has did everything he can to be a good president. But more than likely the Democrats don't want to risk an impeachment during an election year. This would be a trial and in this factual evidence is required, something that the Democrats don't have.

Answer 2

Its useless, first the President has to commit a impeacheable offense like "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors . Secondly the process would take forever just to initiate, he would be long gone out of office, before it was even started. Thirdly the democrats routinely called for it, right now they are in a position and even acknowledged that they would not do it. After the impeachment then the senate would have to convict him. So not gonna happen.



He hasnt broken any laws, and honestly there is no reason to impeach him, he is gonna be gone in a year, worry about the next president.

Answer 3

Off topic; I dunno why people say that NIXON was impeached. He was never impeached... Nixon wasn't impeached because the man resigned before impeachment, although he most certainly would've had he not. Anyway, there really is no real hard evidence to impeach Pres. Bush. The impeach process is long; house judiciary investigates, needs to write up a bill in case of solid evidence, blah, blah, blah...

Answer 4

Because impeachment is simply a political stunt.



The same was true about Clinton.



It will simply be a waste of taxpayer money and congressional time. Both things I have a problem with.

Answer 5

Too little, too late. By the time it would take for the process to complete itself, he would practically be out of office already. It would be a HUGE waste of time and money. TAXPAYER money. OUR money. With less than a year of that prick being in office left, it is not worth the trouble. What is the point? Just to say you did it? Now if you want to convict the guy and throw him in jail, I am all for it... but that simply is not happening. So again, why waste the time and money? Too little, too late.



In response to the answers above, though, I say this: Bush DID break the laws. Several times. He lied in an official capacity. He misused his office to further his own agenda despite the system. He usurped the Constitutional process on many occasions. He illegally withheld information from Congress. He did more than Nixon did to get impeached. So it could happen if there was enough support in Congress... but there isn't, and it is virtually too late anyway. The citizens of this country should have voted him out when they had the chance, but they were too stupid to do it. Tough luck.

Answer 6

As soon as Bush dropped the borders allowing us to be invaded by our enemy's while we were at war he should have immediately been impeached.

Then he goes and pardons drug trafficers and allows them to go free but sends our border patrol agents to prison for doing their job.

Why ole Bushie even spoke to the President of Mexico and gave him the location of our border patrol agents so the illegals would know what areas to avoid while breaking into America.

And it gets worse, remember when all of the illegals marched without being deported demanding amnesty?

Well Bush had allowed Vincente Fox the President of Mexico to come to America and travel around rallying up all of the illegals to march in protest of immigration reform and to demand amnesty.

If that isn't a traitor to the American people then I don't know what is.

So as a result the Mortgage Companies gives home loans to people without proof of employment or a social security card and why do you think that is?

Because illegals don't have proof of employment or a social security card.

Then when they default on their home loans the housing market crashes and everyone is left wondering what happened as they begin to lose their jobs and Americans interest rates goes up so the Mortgage Companies can recoup their losses from the illegals.

And because the Americans cannot afford the hike in the interest rates they default on their home loan as well and it just snow balls from there ruining our economy and destroying peoples lives while we still give illegals everything for free at tax payers expense.

Our President should have been impeached a long time ago and I honestly feel none of this would ever have happened.

Answer 7

Im no big fan of the W. all the impeachment talk was designed to do was to get people to donate money......when will anyone ever learn they are one big club

Answer 8

With less than a year to go, it would be a waste of time.



GWB hasn't committed any crimes.



If GWB is convicted, Dick Cheney becomes president. (And if he likes it, he can run for two more terms!)

Answer 9

Because it's a waste of time & taxpayers $$$- when we could be using BOTH to solve some of this Country's problems. He's gonna be voted out in 10 months- anyway. Besides; do you REALLY want Dick Cheney to replace him??! :0

Answer 10

He hasnt commited a crime that is impeachable...

Answer 11

Maybe if he had committed crimes like these ?? youtube.com/watch?v=ClfpG2-1Bv4 (or) youtube.com/watch?v=F054Slq07wg

Answer 12

They're afraid to. It's hard to tell what Bush and his cronies have threatened will happen to those courageous few who oppose him.



Impeach Bush!!!!

Answer 13

WHY DONT YOU MOVE YOUR ATTENTION ON TO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. AND FOR WHAT, BY THE WAY?

Answer 14

democrats are peaceniks



while republicans want war



it pretty simple

Answer 15

did he break any laws?

Answer 16

I hope it happens!