If Gov. Rod Blagojevich deserves impeachment, so did Pres. Bush

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/19131

If Gov. Rod Blagojevich deserves impeachment, so did Pres. Bush

by MaryMacElveen | December 10, 2008

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With folks like Karl Rove and Karen Hughes engaged in white-washing the Bush legacy to form it in a positive light, it will be folks like them who will do everything possible to attach this corruption scandal to our incoming president, Barack Obama.

In hearing some pundits compare Rod Blagojevich to Richard Nixon yesterday, dare I say Bush is the likely one that they should be comparing to Nixon? Both escalated a war that did not have the backing of the American people and lied directly to all of us. Let us remember that Scott McClellan (former Bush press secretary) stated that Bush was the one that outed Valerie Plame a CIA operative because her husband Joe Wilson countered Bush’s assertion that there was an Iraq/Niger connection. In using that connection citing that Iraq was purchasing ‘yellow cake’ from Niger in his ‘State of the Union Address’, Bush directly lied to congress which is an impeachable offense. Yet, they allowed him to get away with it.

I do suspect that the GOP will use this corruption scandal against President-elect Barack Obama, but let us remember one thing, it was under their president’s watch where America suffered an economic meltdown not seen in many of our lifetimes.

As Senator Shelby and others speak out against the bailout of the Big-Three automakers, citing that tax payer dollars should not be used, our tax dollars went to support foreign automakers who have only prospered in his state.

This corruption scandal that now surrounds Blagojevich is small in comparison to the financial meltdown that happened under Bush’s watch. When 1.5 million Americans have lost their jobs, that is the true scandal. When millions of Americans have been foreclosed upon that as well is the true scandal. While Blagojevich allegedly tried to sell a senate seat, Bush sold America’s integrity to the highest bidders and many did profit such as Halliburton, Kellogg, Brown and Root and Bechtel. These corporations profited at the expense of our soldiers and innocent Iraqis. Let us never forget that.

If some are calling for Blagojevich’s impeachment, it was both Bush and Cheney who truly deserved it. If some feel that Blagojevich should go to prison if convicted, it is none-other than Bush and Cheney who deserve to be tried at The Hague and convicted for war crimes against humanity.

[aquart]

1. Well...yeah.

On edit: "DID"?????

[w4rma]

2. Bush can be impeached long after he's out of office. It would be symbolic and to set precedent. (nt)