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RussBLib

(8,983 posts)
14. not just yes, but hell yes
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 12:00 PM
Mar 2013

Lying us into a war; torture; warrantless wiretapping. All three justify impeachment.

Any one of those three items would have had a Republican Congress falling all over themselves to impeach if the President had been a Democrat at the time.

Democrats are just too even-tempered for their own good.

Yes. On September 12, 2001. IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #1
+1000 kairos12 Mar 2013 #75
Cheney should have been tried as a war criminal. Dubya too, but I'd have been content just to hlthe2b Mar 2013 #2
Yes n/t dwilso40641 Mar 2013 #3
Yes, but the Republicans had already salted the earth, making that near impossible. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #4
Chasing the mystical independents is little more than a rationalization for acting in bad faith. TheKentuckian Mar 2013 #25
Which may well have been the point of the whole sorry episode. TheMadMonk Mar 2013 #38
Looking back, I wonder if that was not the real reason they did it. RC Mar 2013 #79
Is Good preferable to Evil? randome Mar 2013 #5
Yes. forestpath Mar 2013 #6
Yes nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #7
Yes. sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #8
He should never have been appointed in the first place. baldguy Mar 2013 #9
+ 1000! nt Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #21
It would never have succeeded - even in the House karynnj Mar 2013 #10
wow, that is sad, your description of America RobertEarl Mar 2013 #13
I spoke of a specific period in time in our Congress karynnj Mar 2013 #19
Right, No disagreement RobertEarl Mar 2013 #47
Well said loyalsister Mar 2013 #41
Really? RobertEarl Mar 2013 #52
Yawn. What's next, is air good? NightWatcher Mar 2013 #11
what kind of question is this? now? well it doesnt matter nancy said impeachment is off the table leftyohiolib Mar 2013 #12
not just yes, but hell yes RussBLib Mar 2013 #14
Yes and no. s-cubed Mar 2013 #15
Can you give us a link? nt raccoon Mar 2013 #72
Yes, but then so should Obama 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #16
please grow up larkrake Mar 2013 #18
Should a, Would a, Could a, but until 2006, it wasn't possible because Republicans controlled the Agnosticsherbet Mar 2013 #17
We took the House and Senate in the Nov 2006 election and they took office in 2007 karynnj Mar 2013 #22
In June of 2008, Kucinich and Wexler took impeachment to the floor of the House with 35 articles Agnosticsherbet Mar 2013 #71
He and Cheney Aerows Mar 2013 #20
Immediately, if not sooner. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #23
Tried as a war criminal, impeached and charged with treason by allowing Cleita Mar 2013 #24
How did he "allow" the Court to do anything? He was only a candidate at the time. brooklynite Mar 2013 #33
Did you not follow what was going on at that time or were you in a cave Cleita Mar 2013 #40
Explain to me what the CRIME is, and what evidence you have to prove it... brooklynite Mar 2013 #45
What? I'm a prosecutor now? Cleita Mar 2013 #46
Not a Bush Backer...I believe in the Law whether it's on my side or not. brooklynite Mar 2013 #48
There are laws out there but no one has the cojones to charge him and Cheney with Cleita Mar 2013 #54
What-is-the-Law??? brooklynite Mar 2013 #55
There are several replies on this very thread that will address your poutrage. Cleita Mar 2013 #56
Oh hell yeah! muntrv Mar 2013 #26
Yes. DinahMoeHum Mar 2013 #27
YES putitinD Mar 2013 #28
Yes, on many grounds Warpy Mar 2013 #29
No the Supreme Court should have been impeached. Kalidurga Mar 2013 #30
For what "High Crime"? brooklynite Mar 2013 #31
for mass murder HiPointDem Mar 2013 #43
So you believe Roosevelt and Truman should have been convicted as well? brooklynite Mar 2013 #44
It is essentially a US crime under international law. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #68
YES, OF COURSE MoonRiver Mar 2013 #32
You ok with preemptive war? XRubicon Mar 2013 #34
Bush isn't as stupid as people think he is grantcart Mar 2013 #35
Yes n/t NealK Mar 2013 #36
YES YES YES heather blossom Mar 2013 #37
Yes! haikugal Mar 2013 #39
yes HiPointDem Mar 2013 #42
yes. Terra Alta Mar 2013 #49
Yes. johnp3907 Mar 2013 #50
He should be in JAIL! liberal N proud Mar 2013 #51
Yes Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2013 #53
Definitely, without respect for its chance of succeeding magellan Mar 2013 #57
Just like the Republicans showed "we still have principles" by impeaching Bill Clinton, right? brooklynite Mar 2013 #59
Are you seriously comparing lying about a BJ to lying this country into war? magellan Mar 2013 #63
No; I'm being realistic, rather than emotional. brooklynite Mar 2013 #64
We disagree. n/t magellan Mar 2013 #65
Yes. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #58
is the sky blue? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #60
He should have been jailed, and he still should be. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #61
Yes. nt Gemini Cat Mar 2013 #62
Impeached, tried for crimes against humanity and hanged. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #66
Absolutely and Cheney, Rice and Powell should be behind bars doc03 Mar 2013 #67
They should have impeached both Bush and Cheney MiniMe Mar 2013 #69
How do you impeach a guy who was never elected? nt. OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #70
Yes WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #73
Fuck yeah!!! straight to prison at that! nt and-justice-for-all Mar 2013 #74
Yes! KansDem Mar 2013 #76
And promptly. leveymg Mar 2013 #77
Yes. And Dick Cheney as well. raging moderate Mar 2013 #78
Should Dubya have been impeached? Flashmann Mar 2013 #80
Congress knew the Iraq arguments were BS but voted yes anyways Recursion Mar 2013 #81
"Should" is irrelevant Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #82
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