Letters to the Editor
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It's not about Bush or Cheney
Impeachment isn't about Bush or Cheney. It's about their successors. If there is no serious effort to impeach them, future presidents will have to be even worse before they can face impeachment. Even an unsuccessful effort, however, will set an historical precedent, leaving open the possibility that only contemporary politics protected Bush and future presidents can't assume immunity. I've never bought the argument that removing Bush would put Cheney in the presidency because Cheney and every subsequent president would know their predecessor got involuntarily removed. I don't buy they removing Cheney anoints his successor as the next president because again, that successor will know his predecessor didn't get away with his crimes. Besides, Congress has to approve an appointed VP, and I doubt they'll approve an obvious GOP presidential candidate. If they did, that candidate would get incumbency, but also be saddled with Bush's problems.