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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: nz_q who wrote (24292)	12/31/2003 6:39:30 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 93284

GW Bush Lies About WMD an Impeachable Offense? Only if Congress wants it to be. There is no absolute defintion of what is an impeachable offense. It's important to recall that when Richard Nixon resigned, he was about to be impeached by the House of Representatives for misusing the CIA and FBI. While a superficial case can be made of the similarity of using the intelligence agencies improperly, Nixon abused his power for personal political advantages. In particular gathering intelligence on his political opponents. Substantially different than what Bush may have done. If you found a White House memo that said something along the lines of: a war time president has always been re-elected, let's start a war....that would be comparable to Nixon. I don't expect you'll find that and the comparison breaks down. jttmab

To: nz_q who wrote (24292)	12/31/2003 8:26:57 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

There were no lies so the question makes no sense...

To: nz_q who wrote (24292)	1/2/2004 7:04:22 AM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

"Re: Bushies definitely said Iraq was an imminent threat. Bush himself said exactly the opposite in his State of the Union address: 'Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option.' whitehouse.gov Bush took great pains to explain his view that the nature of such threats is such that we should not, as a matter of policy, wait until they become "imminent". You can, and apparently do, disagree with the logic and wisdom of that position. But don't keep lying and saying he said something (the threat was "imminent") when, in his most watched speech of the year, he said precisely the opposite. " -Original Mad Dog Message 19587963