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Why Bush hasn't been impeached
Congress, the media and most of the American people have yet to turn decisively against Bush because to do so would be to turn against some part of themselves.
By Gary Kamiya [2007-05-22]

  • Clinton is certainly part of the answer

    An earlier poster had it part right. Clinton's impeachment is part of the reason no one is really talking about impeaching Bush. In ordinary circumstances I would be happy to see Bush impeached---and removed. But following after Clinton, such an action would be precedent setting and one could fear a future where any president facing a HoR of the opposite party would be impeached on any trumped up grounds.

    In the same way, I'm worried that the next president, Republican or Democrat, will adopt Bush's theory of unlimited executive power and use of government to advance a single party's agenda. I'm as worried about that as I am about Bush's current flaunting of the law. If I knew everything would go back to the way it should be if a democrat (small D) is elected in 18 months, I wouldn't worry nearly as much.

    The only way Bush is going anywhere is if Republicans champion the cause.

    -- vondo
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    Monday, May 21, 2007 07:25 PM
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