Should America impeach President Bush?
Immpeachement should only be the beginning
Rachel Matecki
Issue date: 3/30/07 Section: Opinion
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If you support this country and its troops, you would also most likely support the formulation of a plan to bring our men and women home from Iraq. And though the election for president is over a year away, some believe it is not soon enough.
A poll located on the Web site Commondreams.org reported that 52 percent of American adults believe President George W. Bush should be impeached. Twenty-three percent are Republicans.
And why not? If we can impeach Clinton for lying to the public about a personal matter, we can certainly kick Bush to the curb for retreating to a hunting trip every time something goes wrong. Claims dealing with Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, America's falling short in aiding Hurricane Katrina victims and news of domestic spying without warrants are just a few from a very a long list of reasons he should be impeached. But we all know these things. I am not here to state the obvious.
Bush, along with his administration, has deceived us all. Not only is his impeachment necessary, but the removal of his entire administration wouldn't be a bad idea either. According to The American Conservative magazine, even officials in the British government find the administration's take on Iraq to be removed from reality. British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said, "The lid on the pressure cooker has come off. There is no doubt that the current situation is very serious and it is the most serious we have faced. It plainly is the fact today that there are larger numbers of people, and they are people on the ground, Iraqis, not foreign fighters, who are engaged in this insurgency."
Bush owes our nation, among many others, an apology. He has ruined our reputation as well as our credibility, which wasn't very respectable in the first place. When dealing with Iraq, the president pursued a very narrow ideology. He has bullied foreign policy to the point where it has alienated enough people to make other nations too suspicious of his true motives. He has cast us out of favor with two-thirds of the planet, most recently Iran. The Bush Administration continues in a downward spiral toward a conflict with these nations. We are no safer than we were previous to Sept. 11, and what's worse is that we are most likely less safe due to the constant prodding of other nations, their opinions about democracy and laws concerning weapons of mass destruction.
A poll located on the Web site Commondreams.org reported that 52 percent of American adults believe President George W. Bush should be impeached. Twenty-three percent are Republicans.
And why not? If we can impeach Clinton for lying to the public about a personal matter, we can certainly kick Bush to the curb for retreating to a hunting trip every time something goes wrong. Claims dealing with Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, America's falling short in aiding Hurricane Katrina victims and news of domestic spying without warrants are just a few from a very a long list of reasons he should be impeached. But we all know these things. I am not here to state the obvious.
Bush, along with his administration, has deceived us all. Not only is his impeachment necessary, but the removal of his entire administration wouldn't be a bad idea either. According to The American Conservative magazine, even officials in the British government find the administration's take on Iraq to be removed from reality. British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said, "The lid on the pressure cooker has come off. There is no doubt that the current situation is very serious and it is the most serious we have faced. It plainly is the fact today that there are larger numbers of people, and they are people on the ground, Iraqis, not foreign fighters, who are engaged in this insurgency."
Bush owes our nation, among many others, an apology. He has ruined our reputation as well as our credibility, which wasn't very respectable in the first place. When dealing with Iraq, the president pursued a very narrow ideology. He has bullied foreign policy to the point where it has alienated enough people to make other nations too suspicious of his true motives. He has cast us out of favor with two-thirds of the planet, most recently Iran. The Bush Administration continues in a downward spiral toward a conflict with these nations. We are no safer than we were previous to Sept. 11, and what's worse is that we are most likely less safe due to the constant prodding of other nations, their opinions about democracy and laws concerning weapons of mass destruction.
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Vickie Allison
Vickie Allison
posted 3/31/07 @ 6:23 AM CST
We must seek out leaders that value truthfulness and integrity if we are to restore our democracy and country to its greatness. Our democracy is undermined when our leaders try to misled and manipulate us with deceitful ways. (Continued…)
Jacob
posted 4/01/07 @ 10:48 PM CST
April 28 will be a day of nationwide protests for impeachment. Please come join us!
www.a28.org
Joe Jacobs
posted 4/02/07 @ 11:02 AM CST
My compliments to Rachel on her essay. It was presented in a reasoned and logical fashion, something truly missing in today's political discourse.
My personal belief is that George Bush has done permanent damage to the foreign policy of the US. (Continued…)
Sharon Dickensn
posted 4/07/07 @ 2:49 PM CST
I think that President Bush and Cheny need to be impeached to show the World that We The People of The United States will not tolerate untruthful and unintegrity of our Leaders. (Continued…)
Heidi B
posted 4/07/07 @ 3:01 PM CST
Impeaching Bush would be doing the entire world a huge favor! Bush is a terrible President, but an excellent liar and sneak! We need a leader who will make people proud to be Americans! Bush is NOT that person!
Sharon Dickensn
posted 4/07/07 @ 3:01 PM CST
We The People of the United States need to impeach Bush and Cheny. We the People need to show the world that we will not tolerate leaders that are destroying the Democracy of the USA !! The Bill of rights was Written By The People and For the People. (Continued…)
Armand G Fontaine
posted 4/07/07 @ 3:12 PM CST
The only problem with impeachment of "shrub" is that we will then be at the mercy of Cheney. That would be a fate worse than death to this country. The likelihood of both being impeached is non-existent. (Continued…)
Wendi Golightly
posted 4/07/07 @ 4:39 PM CST
We need to impeach both Bush and Cheney.Then they need to be held accountable for what they have done. A year is way too long to wait. How many U.S. troops will die, and how many innocent Iraqis will die before they are stopped?
Mary
posted 4/07/07 @ 5:34 PM CST
You can bet your boots Bush and Cheney both needs to be impeached. Clinton didn't do near the terrible things that Bush has done. Someone made a horrible mistake when they voted those two into office. (Continued…)
Allen Burnham
posted 4/07/07 @ 6:06 PM CST
What do you mean pushing to impeach Mr. Bush? You must be kidding. The only reason that people are against Me. Bush is because he is a Christian the left does not like it. (Continued…)
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