Reply #21: No one can predict the future [View All]

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

Otherwise everyone would have shorted the stock market!

The Repugs didn't let fears of not being able to impeach Clinton from stopping them; in fact, they thought it was a "slam dunk." The people told them otherwise.

More importantly, to not impeach Bush for the crimes he's committed tells future presidents they are not bound by the law, ever. If what Bush has done isn't impeachable, then nothing is. Secondly, impeachment isn't a political choice, it's a constitutional mandate. It doesn't say the president "should" be impeached. It's "shall." Thirdly, even if there is no conviction, a legal record of testimony will have been established. As it stands now the Bushies have succeeded in preventing any other version of history than theirs to be recorded. Without testimony and evidence contrary to this, they will be able to make Bush the greatest president ever -- because there's no legal record to say otherwise.

That's why we need to impeach.