MSNBC Poll: SHOULD BUSH BE IMPEACHED

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:14pm

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment?


432,658 responses


88%
Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.


4.4%
No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."


6%
No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.


1.9%
I don't know.

Go Vote!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:21pm

Is this binding?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:31pm

Like too many matzoh balls!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:32pm

Oy gevalt!

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:34pm

And were he to be impeached, who would we have?

Dick Cheney.

Are you *sure* you want to go there?

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:46pm

Are you sure we can't just impeach entire administrations??

[ComaBaby01]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 11:49pm

I'm game for that, Rav.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 12:12am

And were he to be impeached, who would we have? Dick Cheney.

Not true. He'd have to be convicted by the Senate after impeachment by the House, which would probably take the remainder of the administration.

[keen on kean]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:23am

I have just two words on this subject: too late.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:46am

Oh, it's never too late for a good impeachment!

[keen on kean]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:57am

PalJoey - lol - it would certainly fill in the arid wastes until next season on TV. But we are already completely stuck in a huge range of problems (war, gasoline dependency, immigration) that he has created or allowed to worsen for six years. We should have impeached him at the polls in 2004.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:59am

Interesting Salon.com article--and some pretty heated reader letters--on why America will never impeach Bush.
Impeachment?

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 10:35am

What makes me so frustrated about this whole situation is that Clinton was impeached for having oral sex and lying about it. But Bush starts a war, or exacerbates an already existent one, under false pretenses and shows no remorse over the fact that it's become a complete mess, but he doesn't get impeached.

I DO NOT GET IT.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 10:38am

Because prior to November, we had a rubber-stamp congress, and the current one is too busy trying to fix the mess.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 10:41am

I did have that thought. That doesn't really make it any less frustrating.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 10:50am

So Jimmy Carter's recanted comments were not "careless" (shame on you, Jimmy) but part of mainstream America.

I still like the old bumbersticker on Clinton, which many chanted at the 2005 anti-war rally in DC: "When He Lied, No One Died."

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 11:30am

The Salon article makes sense. Impeachment could backfire and feel like a witch hunt to the general public, which might generate sympathy for Bush and the Republicans. Heaven forbid!

At this point, I still prefer Impeachment Chatter, like this unofficial poll, to an actual impeachment.

Polls like this validate and consolidate anti-Bush feeling, which gives the Democrats more power and gives the country a more solid possibility for change. It also empowers the media to spurn Karl Rove's spin and report what's really going on in terms of Republican corruption and disregard for constitutional law, which in turn helps wean the country from suckling at the Republican teat.

[fishdancer23]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 11:38am

Unfortunately, impeachment would leave us with Cheney, who I fear might have a tendency to nuke'em, especially since it would probably put money in his and his pals' pockets.

But I voted yes anyways...it's MSNBC, broadcasting home to a lot of conservatives.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 11:51am

But for the record, if impeachment and conviction should come, I wouldn't at all mind a neutered Cheney.

Updated On: 5/22/07 at 11:51 AM

[lildogs]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 1:18pm

"I wouldn't mind a neutered Cheney."

But enough about Mary...

I think PJ is right: politically the impeachment sentiment works better as sentiment--I also think it sets a bad precedent--thought he precedent was set by the Clinton congress--they impeached for little reason, lowering the standard and creating political backlash.

Bush DESERVES to be impeached and (I believe) tried for treason, but I don't want to start a fight that will never end either.
Updated On: 5/22/07 at 01:18 PM

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 2:16pm

Wait till he's out of office, then try him for treason.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 2:37pm

"I wouldn't at mind a neutered Cheney."

But enough about Mary...




Bwa Ha Ha!

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 5:01pm

My hope is that he stay's in office making things a total mess..more than it is now. Then the Democrats can take the next election and add more House/Senate seats. Then send Bush to Guantanamo for war crimes no trail no lawyer.