Bush's perilous provocations ask the question - is he begging for impeachment?

[babylonsister]

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Bush's perilous provocations ask the question - is he begging for impeachment?

by Gustav Wynn


True to his nature, George Bush is so unwilling to listen to others, Congress may soon have to consider impeachment in the interests of national security.

Undaunted by the rejection of the neo-con ideology in the November elections, Bush has continued a full court press on our civil liberties, seeking not only to open any snail mail but also force internet providers to record and report every web site visited by all U.S. citizens.

He continues to advocate tax cuts for the wealthiest, even after new figures released proved his cuts through 2004 yielded only benefits for those earning over $1 million annually, a tiny fraction of the American taxpayers, though a huge percentage of his supporters.

He has cut deals to aid India's nuclear program, undoing decades of non-proliferation work, and he has approved a completely new program to build a new class of expensive nuclear missiles, though we already have more then would be needed to destroy the entire planet hundreds of times over. He would also have us resume underground testing, in violation of long standing international treaties.

His appointments continue to shamelessly recycle cronies, most lately his nomination for General Counsel of the Department of Transportation being a lobbyist and ex-Halliburton executive who intends to begin privatizing our highways. The new Ambassador to the Dominican Republic? A lobbyist who chaired Arizona's Republican Party. The new hire at the Agency for International Development? Former director of daddy Bush's Presidential Library and an Iran/Contra era rehash. The new deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management? A lobbyist and consultant for firms specializing in outsourcing and building access between senior executives at very large corporations with federal agency leaders to "help improve the quality of governmental services".

Most visible however has been the President's inability to grasp the notion that the American people and troops are done in Iraq. Despite the protests of up to 80% of Americans and Iraqis, clear majorities in the House, Senate and military from the top brass to the boots on the ground, Bush feels this "war" needs a new beginning. Never mind the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group and daddy Bush's trusted Secretary of State, nor the UN and world community. He doesn't get it yet, going so far as to label as "pessimists" everybody who agrees the conflict cannot be resolved militarily.

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[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. No, I honestly think . . .

. . . he's too delusional and insulated to understand how far out on a limb he is.

But we'll be glad to oblige.

Do your duty, House Dems . . .

[Atman]

2. No, he's begging for MORE WAR

He's almost out of fresh blood. Need...more...blood...

.

[Donnachaidh]

3. I personally think he does want to be impeached

Think about it --

Impeachment processes begin, he resigns ala Nixon - and Cheney or whoever takes his place pardons him for ALL of it.

He can then walk away from yet another of his messes, can still call himself an ex-president, can still have his *library* - and all the other goodies that go with being an ex-president.

In HIS mind -- problem solved. Once he's out, it's no skin off his nose WHAT happens in the Middle East. And he can also blame the DEMS for forcing him out via the impeachment process.

In his sick, twisted little mind -- it would be a win/win situation.

[billybob537]

4. that's why you have to start with cheney. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

5. EXACTLY!

They BOTH need to go.

[Mechatanketra]

6. Do 'em both at once, on the same charges.

They are, after all, clearly collaborators in all matters of policy, and as far as I've been able to read, nothing in the Constitution says that impeachment is any less capable of being levied against multiple defendants as conventional criminal charges.

[Mrs. Ted Nancy]

7. Where will Bush put his *library*?

The SMU faculty are up in arms about being associated with this president.

He may have to have it at the Waxahachie Truck Driving School, if they will have him.

[billybob537]

8. In the third

booth from the back at Denny's on the Texas turnpike IMHO

[katty]

9. not consciously begging - but he wants to run away-as usual