Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush

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Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« on: July 16, 2007, 06:53:13 PM »
A funny bit from MAD magazine.  Add your own.

*It won't bring Anna Nicole back to life, so why bother?
*Because "President Cheney" is one of the signs of the apocalypse
*Chuck Norris is a loyal Bush supporter, and we all know what happens when Chuck Norris gets angry
*The only basis for impeachment is found in the Constitution, which was invalidated in 2002
*Impeachment proceedings could preempt the reality shows America loves so much
*If he's impeached, the terrorists win - or haven't you been paying attention for the last six years?
*He did not allow Sanjaya to win American Idol under his watch
*If Bush is removed, Air America hosts will lost their #1 topic, and the whole network will become irrelevant
*The last time we impeached a President, his poll numbers actually went up and his wife was elected to the Senate.  Is this something we really want to see happen with this crowd?
*Hey, lay off the guy!  Unless you're poor, black, elderly, gay, female, middle class, or a veteran, what's he ever done to you?

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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2007, 08:19:01 PM »
I love Mad magazine! A very underrated publication IMO. The second and last ones are great.

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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2007, 01:32:31 AM »
...I hadn't realized that BillyBoy was actually impeached!!! oooooooooo










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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2007, 07:40:57 PM »
...I hadn't realized that BillyBoy was actually impeached!!! oooooooooo












A lot of people don't, because he never did anything to deserve impeachment...

Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2007, 04:10:12 AM »
Although I dislike the current President I think the Democrats are smart enough not to impeach him.  It really looks like he should be impeached more and more each week.  But I think the Democrats fear the backlash and realize it's not worth the effort with the 08 election around the corner. 

Clinton shares the dubious honor of being only 1 of 2 US Presidents who were actually impeached (Nixon resigned after the articles were passed but before the trial) and Andrew Johnson, 17th President who took over when Lincoln was assassinated.  I didn't care for Clinton at all and the impeachment should have never happened IMHO. 

They all do something wrong, it's just a matter of who gets caught.  Of course these days we should all wonder how many and whose pockets our politicians are in!
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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2007, 05:46:50 AM »
...Uuummm.....I Googled this. 

BillyBoy was tried by the US Senate (or Congress...I always get them confused...the one with 100 Members) under Judge Rehnquist, on 2 Articles of impeachment, but was acquitted of both, on 12 February, 1999.
 
So he wasn't actually impeached! oooooooooo
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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2007, 02:17:48 PM »
Actually Clinton was impeached, according to Wikipedia and other web sources.  Impeachment doesn't mean that he was convicted and removed from office.

As much as I beleive Bush qualifies for impeachment, the fiasco would just be a distraction, and it would turn into a huge media circus.  America is better off just waiting out his remaining year and a half, and hopefully learning from this experience.  Plus, who on earth would want President Cheney?

As far as Clinton goes, I too was not a big fan.  He reminded me of a smooth-talking and totally insincere car salesman.  He was everything to everybody, but mostly in it for himself.  But after two terms of Bush and looking at the current crop of candidates, I would eagerly welcome Bill back if it were possible.
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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2007, 04:54:40 PM »
Impeached = Articles of impeachment were passed and the trial was held.  Per previous he was found innocent/acquitted.  So yes he was impeached.

I'd prob take Bill over most of the candidates running now as well.  At least he'd be just banging interns instead of being blatantly corrupt.

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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2007, 07:51:42 PM »
It isn't that Bill would rather be banging interns... he was an ideal president in that he was smarter than the average bear and also worked harder than most people ever knew. From wikipedia, since I'm not sure people can access it in China:

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the forty-second President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. Before his presidency, Clinton served nearly twelve years as the 50th and 52nd Governor of Arkansas. He was the third-youngest person to serve as president, behind Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, and is considered the first baby boomer president. Clinton is considered to have served during the American transition from the political order of the Cold War.[2] Clinton was a New Democrat politician and was mainly responsible for the Third Way philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president.[3]

Clinton presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balanced budget and a federal surplus.[4][5] His first term saw the passage of economic legislation such as the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. In 1994, because of several legislative failures, including an unsuccessful attempt at health care reform, Republicans won control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years.[6] In his second term he was impeached by the U.S. House for perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power[7], but was subsequently acquitted by the United States Senate and remained in office to complete his term.[8] Other events of Clinton's second term include the Kosovo War.

Clinton left office with polls revealing that most questioned his morals and ethics; however, he also retained a 65% approval rating, the highest end-of-presidency rating among all the Presidents that came into office after World War II.[9] Since leaving office, Clinton has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. He created the William J. Clinton Foundation to promote and address international causes, such as treatment and prevention of HIV/ AIDS and global warming. In 2004, he released a personal autobiography, My Life. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is the Junior United States Senator from the state of New York, where they both currently reside.

And clarification on Third Way:
The Third Way, or Radical Middle, is a centrist political philosophy of governance that embraces a mix of market and interventionist philosophies. The Third Way rejects both socialism and laissez-faire approaches to economic governance, but chiefly stresses technological development, education, and competitive mechanisms to pursue economic progress and governmental objectives.[1] Third way philosophies have been described as a synthesis of capitalism and social justice by its proponents.[2]

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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2007, 09:22:59 PM »
Looking at it all, 8 years or so later from the other side of the planet, it seems more and more obvious that Starr was just out to get him.  I know lots of us felt that at the time, its just becoming more and more obvious.

Also, is it true to say that, in terms of extra-marital activities (ahem) Kennedy made Clinton look like an 8 yo, wet behind the ears, virgin?  That's the way it seemed to me.  It's just that the press was perhaps not quite so probing in the good ol' days.

Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2007, 11:53:46 PM »
I just don't understand that it was such a big issue that an American politician had an affair. From what I can tell, that is tantamount to being all surprised at discovering the owner of the local used car dealership is prone to lying or that water is wet.
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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2007, 08:27:09 AM »
I just don't understand that it was such a big issue that an American politician had an affair. From what I can tell, that is tantamount to being all surprised at discovering the owner of the local used car dealership is prone to lying or that water is wet.

Here, here! Given the many daliances both in USANIA, not to mention places w/longer national and/or ethinic histories there are much bigger things for the public to worry about than frivolities used to console the king, er, ruler or whatever! bjbjbjbjbj

Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2007, 01:45:10 AM »
Nobody's mentioned that at the time he was helping lead the crusade against Clinton for having had an affair, Newt Gingrich was having an affair.  Someone should mention that.

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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2007, 02:35:00 AM »
G'day Steins...nice to have you back!! agagagagag agagagagag

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Nobody's mentioned that at the time he was helping lead the crusade against Clinton for having had an affair, Newt Gingrich was having an affair.  Someone should mention that.
I don't think it was Nobody. He hasn't posted for a while. ahahahahah
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Re: Reasons not to Impeach and Convict President Bush
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2007, 08:50:00 PM »
Steiner! agagagagag

Slagging Dubya is just too easy.  Here's a challenge: say something good about him, a decision he made or action he took that made America and/or the world a better place.

I've thought of one...
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