I still think that Obama can go after Bush. As much as the American people hate Bush these days and the liberal illuminati have smeared his name he is still a president, soon to be ex-president and and Obama will end up leaving that alone. It's like some type of club, the presidents club. They can't go after each other can they? I don't think so.

If barack obama thinks he wants a 2nd term he had better go after bush with all he can. I voted for him because he told america he would change the way america is run. I am not the only one who belived him when he was speaking to us. So if nothing comes from him about this nastiness bush has put no us. Then i for one will do all i can to make his time in office hell. I am not going to stand idle and watch as this man (bush) tries to get away with all that he and his buddies have done to us and the world. It has nothing to do with me and everything to do with my kids and their kids. I would hope that america would feel the same way. I am sick to my heart to think about the burden our childern will have in the years to come. To know the men who have caused this pain have gone free without question. Please america wake up!!! Call your congressmen and reps. Do not let this happen..

If Bush is allowed to get away with this blanket pardon, then we are in fact a country of men, not of laws; a country where if you are the man in power, you set the table and invite who you want to dine with you. This is in fact what this country is, so this will be the final nail in the coffin of the notion that no one is above the law. If you are rich and powerful, you may in fact get away with murder, plunder, etc. If you aren't, then you get the hammer. That ultimately is why the Dems won't do anything, because now they have the power and they want to wield it free of any threats of retribution or justice from the law.

hmmm...is this the same kermit roosevelt speaking who was actively involved (and on the ground IN iran during the same) in overthrowing iran's legitimate prime minister/great intellectual/patriotic/prince of the real dynasty (as opposed to the upstart pahlevis) mr. mossadegh - in the 1950's?

Truth and reconciliation are all well and good, but without some forceful repudiation of the crimes for which Bush/Cheney are responsible, then the premise that we are a nation of laws is revealed to be myth. If Bush & Co. can utterly ignore domestic law, treaties, and the Constitution, flout the most basic principles which the peoples of all civilized nations hold dear, and leave office unrebuked, then our Constitution is a collection of worthless ink splotches on parchment—the Chief Executive’s own personal Rorschach test to be interpreted as he sees fit. It’s not enough for the next president to change course and follow the Law. A pernicious precedent has been set. If we allow it to stand than our laws become subject to the whim of the president to follow, modify or ignore. And who’s to say that some future occupant of the White House will not decide that term limits are optional? or perhaps even elections? This isn’t really about Bush—it’s about nothing less than the preservation of our Democracy. Those of us who believe it’s worth defending must demand that the poison of lawlessness be purged with the emetic of Justice. As Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote: “Men have discovered no technique for long preserving free government except that the executive be under the law.” It’s time to place the executive back under that restraint—and reconciliation alone will not succeed in accomplishing this feat.

Truth and reconciliation are all well and good, but without some forceful repudiation of the crimes for which Bush/Cheney are responsible, then the premise that we are a nation of laws is revealed to be myth. If Bush & Co. can utterly ignore domestic law, treaties, and the Constitution, flout the most basic principles which the peoples of all civilized nations hold dear, and leave office unrebuked, then our Constitution is a collection of worthless ink splotches on parchment—the Chief Executive’s own personal Rorschach test to be interpreted as he sees fit. It’s not enough for the next president to change course and follow the Law. A pernicious precedent has been set. If we allow it to stand than our laws become subject to the whim of the president to follow, modify or ignore. And who’s to say that some future occupant of the White House will not decide that term limits are optional? or perhaps even elections? This isn’t really about Bush—it’s about nothing less than the preservation of our Democracy. Those of us who believe it’s worth defending must demand that the poison of lawlessness be purged with the emetic of Justice. As Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote: “Men have discovered no technique for long preserving free government except that the executive be under the law.” It’s time to place the executive back under that restraint—and reconciliation alone will not succeed in accomplishing this feat.