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In reply to the discussion: Fmr FBI agent: "The White House let them off the hook." [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)70. No Opposition Party was in Congress at the time.
In 2006, the Democratic Party achieved majorities in BOTH the House and Senate, aided by massive dissatisfaction among Democrats and Independents over the lack of investigations into the Saudi-Bush connection to 9-11. Nancy Pelosi became the Speaker of the House.
One of Pelosi's first announcements as Speaker (if not her very first announcement) was that Investigations and Impeachment "were OFF-the-Table".
Period.
Full Stop.
Can Nancy Pelosi single-handedly take impeachment off the table?
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is proving to be the surprise O. Henry ending to last November's elections. The American voters gave Democrats clear control of Congress, rebuked President George W. Bush, and voiced an unequivocal public craving to trade in customary narrow-minded politics for something more inspiring. Yet motivated by partisan concerns over the 2008 elections, the new speaker is following President Bush around like a sheep while he solidifies an imperial presidency and diminishes the Congress into irrelevancy. Just look at the latest ACLU advertisement targeting Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The only thing Pelosi has retained for the Congress is small-minded earmarks to attract political contributions.
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"According to public opinion polling, the percentage of voters supporting the impeachments of both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are now approximately 45 and 54 percent, respectively. Most Americans instinctively feel the president is an untrustworthy steward of the Constitution's checks and balances because, among other things, he flouts laws, prohibits White House aides from testifying before Congress, consistently defends an attorney general who is an inveterate liar, and detains citizens and noncitizens indefinitely as enemy combatants on his say-so alone. The prevailing barometer of acute public dissatisfaction with the White House surpasses the corresponding disaffection with President Richard M. Nixon when the Senate Watergate hearings began in May 1973. "
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2007/08/the_heart_of_queens.html
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Sometime before 9-11 Mother Jones had a long article about GWB which included his previous business
Baobab
Apr 2016
#130
The media reacted like scared little rabbits over being labeled unpatriotic and or as sympathetic
cstanleytech
Apr 2016
#99
Yup. That was the beginning of our disillusionment with the new, shiney administration.
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2016
#20
This is George W. Bush...................and he and his "team" should be in jail...........
turbinetree
Apr 2016
#7
Thank you ...................Ghost Dog, Thank you very much...............................
turbinetree
Apr 2016
#104
Why hasn't he come back to the United States..........should be the question....................
turbinetree
Apr 2016
#132
The formal name of the Iraq War Resolution is "The Authorization to use Military Force in Iraq",
bvar22
Apr 2016
#122
they can stick their assets where the sun don't shine, I'm so sick of that evil regime
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#13
The Administrations accepted the business loss in Baghdad in 1990 and in 2003 with no problem.
DhhD
Apr 2016
#38
Indeed, we the people of the USA are owed some answers from the Republican Cabal, Inc.
AxionExcel
Apr 2016
#44
Bush and Cheney let a planeload filled with prime suspects fly when no one else was allowed to.
Octafish
Apr 2016
#26
From there, the possibilities would become endless for the money trumps peace crowd.
Octafish
Apr 2016
#42
similar artwork about hc's sos period, bill's speeches and foundation donations would be helpful
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#54
The FBI should have shutdown in protest, yet just like good authoritarian robots they looked the
Rex
Apr 2016
#52
You post would be complete if only it had that photo of Bush kissing the Saudi. -nt
CrispyQ
Apr 2016
#29
Whether Bush knew about this or not is really irrelevant. He wasn't running the country.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#65
If you noticed, George and Cheney were very egoistic while in office. But when it came time
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#111
A B-25 Bomber (no bombs onboard) crashed into thr Empire State Building in the 1945,
bvar22
Apr 2016
#123
Hopefully this will all come to light some day, and Cheney/Bush will be vilified by history.
C Moon
Apr 2016
#92
What government *hasn't* either sponsored terrorism or had its agents committed it outright?
YoungDemCA
Apr 2016
#97