MSNBC Poll: SHOULD BUSH BE IMPEACHED

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!

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Like too many matzoh balls!

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

Dick Cheney.

Are you *sure* you want to go there?

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I'm game for that, Rav.

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

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.

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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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