Bush should be suspended or put on probation

[ProSense]

like anyone who continually messes up on the job.

Bush lied about the war, lied to Congress, lied to the public and is now being questioned for illegally spying on Americans. Shouldn't Bush's legitimacy as president be resolved before he appointments more people who think like him to positions, permanent or otherwise? What if his entire presidency proves to be a lie?

I wish!

[jody]

1. Or put in a corner with a dunce cap! n/t

[0007]

2. About war crimes? 2200 dead Americans. 17,000 with missing

limbs, eyes, brains and screwed for the rest of they're lives. Over 100,000 dead Iraqis!

[EST]

3. The answer is "YES!"

He should be arrested right now...last month! There is "probable cause," which is usually no more than suspicion or some 'informant,' on somebody's payroll, drops a dime. This time the bush junta not only broke the law, over and over, but vows to continue to do so. Should be arrested, charged, mug shots, finger ptints, the whole DeLay thingy, their passports seized, their trial dates set.

These are just common crooks, or uncommon ones, whatever. They are criminals and should not be allowed to have any gov't influence or power until the legal issues are settled.

[ProSense]

4. It is time to consider impeachment of Bush (supporting smack down)

Published - Sunday, January 15, 2006
COMMUNITY COLUMN: It is time to consider impeachment of Bush
By DICK RUPPEL | La Crosse


snip...

Bush based his re-election on the fact that he was a “war-time president,” yet he’s perfectly comfortable borrowing the money to fight in Iraq. No sacrifice is too great if you happen to be a U.S. soldier, but we can’t expect the rich to give up those tax cuts. Meanwhile, our budget deficits over the past three years have been well over $1 trillion, much of which we owe to foreign investors.

Bush has had great electoral success, and he manages to keep some of his base supporters happy with vague speeches about a “culture of opportunity,” “protecting American freedom” and “fighting terror,” but try making a list of his real accomplishments. In the face of the Katrina disaster and on the issues that affect Americans every day — health care, energy costs, education and wages — the Bush administration has been an utter failure.

Incompetence isn’t grounds for impeachment, but secretly and illegally wiretapping U.S. citizens is. In 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act made it a crime to wiretap U.S. citizens without a court order. In 2004, Bush claimed publicly that his administration always had judicial sanction for its surveillance activities. Now we learn he was lying.

I believe Bush lied to Congress and the American people in his 2003 State of the Union address when he claimed Saddam Hussein had sought uranium from Niger. I believe Vice President Cheney and his staff broke the law when they revealed Valerie Plame’s CIA ties, compromising U.S. security to achieve political gains. While attacking civil liberties at home, Bush and Cheney defend torture, and they’ve created an American gulag where prisoners are never charged, never receive legal representation, never face a judge.

These are impeachable crimes, but can we expect a Republican Congress to impeach a Republican president and vice president?

more...

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/01/15/opinion/commcol15.txt

[leesa]

5. He should be in jail for war crimes and treason.

[kaplan3602]

6. Sadly...

...short of impeachment, there is no sort of "suspension" or "probation" that we could put the president on.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi kaplan3602!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[kaplan3602]

12. Thanks...

... For the welcome

[jillan]

7. The I word was heard from Specter's lips this morning.

When discussing the NSA story.

If it is on Specter's mind...

[diamondsndust]

9. No, you are wrong... he needs to be

arrested, tried & convicted for treason and his many other high crimes and misdemeanors. Anything less will not suffice

[ProSense]

10. OK! n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

11. How do you "suspend" someone who's on perpetual vacation? nt

[TheBaldyMan]

13. IMPEACH him

Bush then Cheney in that order.

Removal from office is the only remedy.

[opihimoimoi]

14. Banish HIM, Banish him to TUVA....Far Far AWAYYYYYYYY

Let him try to BS over there....

[Wordie]

15. Are you suggesting just a temporary impeachment? LOL

But, seriously, I agree completely. A law-breaking president should not be allowed to nominate judges that will affect the country for decades.