Impeaching in the US is very strange

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Impeaching in the US is very strange

Raoul — 7/26/2007 3:44:49 PM (archived)

How come it's a lot easier to impeach a president for lying about private sexual matters than for starting, unprovoked, and against international law, a deadly and never ending war?

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Is it time to impeach Bush? - James Brown - 7/26/2007 12:42:53 AM
- When it will be time - FrankC - 7/27/2007 4:56:19 AM
- Yes. Please impeach him. - Carl Rove - 7/26/2007 8:22:42 PM
- Probably not- but its certainly time to Impeach FrankC (n/t) - Yeti - 7/26/2007 7:00:50 PM
  - PS: Move this back to CE, where it obviously belongs (n/t) - Yeti - 7/26/2007 7:03:06 PM
- Moved to flame - FrankC - 7/26/2007 4:24:24 PM
  - I have started a thread on Community to discuss this - Robert Shepherd - 7/26/2007 6:16:27 PM
  - re: Moved to flame FOUL! - Lindy - 7/26/2007 5:05:42 PM
    - Paddy O'heaters - FrankC - 7/26/2007 5:23:44 PM
- Impeaching in the US is very strange - Raoul - 7/26/2007 3:44:49 PM
  - Clinton lied under oath (a felony) and was disbarred for it. - TAFKASE - 7/26/2007 8:33:43 PM
    - Oh come on - azstrummer - 7/26/2007 9:17:13 PM
      - You would lie under oath? - TAFKASE - 7/27/2007 4:43:00 PM
        
        re: You would lie under oath? - azstrummer - 7/27/2007 9:11:11 PM
        
        re: You would lie under oath? - James Brown - 7/28/2007 2:55:46 PM
    - How about Bush lying about the WMDs? - Raoul - 7/26/2007 8:52:42 PM
      - In that case, there's a whole lot of people who would disbarred. - Lee - 7/27/2007 1:52:10 AM
        
        The big difference is that Bush used the lie to start the war - Raoul - 7/27/2007 7:39:21 AM
        
        It tells me something different. - Lee - 7/27/2007 8:29:13 PM
        
        re: It tells me something different. - REB - 7/27/2007 9:19:06 PM
        
        Forgetting that after gulf war 1, UN weapons inspectors got rid of his WMDs (n/t) - Raoul - 7/29/2007 8:09:54 AM
        
        He did not lie - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 8:15:41 PM
  - I agree with you Raoul - Lindy - 7/26/2007 4:15:42 PM
- Never gonna happen. - ER - 7/26/2007 1:21:47 PM
  - re: Never gonna happen. - James Brown - 7/26/2007 4:01:51 PM
  - Yes, but? - Lindy - 7/26/2007 3:36:05 PM
    - Link here - Lindy - 7/26/2007 3:42:21 PM
  - Arghhh! - azstrummer - 7/26/2007 3:30:51 PM
    - I thought the phrase was "-high- crimes and misdemeanors"? - alcaray - 7/26/2007 6:50:42 PM
      - My point was not to argue syntax - azstrummer - 7/26/2007 9:11:22 PM
        
        For want of a comma... - Robert - 7/26/2007 9:33:38 PM
        
        re: For want of a comma... - azstrummer - 7/27/2007 3:58:34 PM
        
        Tinkering with the system - Robert - 7/27/2007 9:07:26 PM
        
        re: Tinkering with the system - azstrummer - 7/27/2007 9:14:05 PM
      - re: I thought the phrase was "-high- crimes and misdemeanors"? - gbaikie - 7/26/2007 8:05:05 PM
        
        You asserted two statements about "high". - alcaray - 7/26/2007 8:28:18 PM
        
        re: You asserted two statements about "high". - gbaikie - 7/27/2007 8:12:26 AM
    - re: Arghhh! - ER - 7/26/2007 5:33:34 PM
- Way past time... - Donald - 7/26/2007 5:07:01 AM
- He's ordered U.S. Attorneys to not prosecute - Eri - 7/26/2007 3:11:13 AM
- Past the time - Buck Galaxy - 7/26/2007 12:55:51 AM
  - Impeach them both! - Eri - 7/26/2007 3:12:27 AM
- Nah. It will just turn him into a martyr. (n/t) - ER - 7/26/2007 12:54:15 AM
  - re: Nah. It will just turn him into a martyr. - Ying and Yang. - Marcia - 7/26/2007 2:29:13 AM
    - re: Nah. It will just turn him into a martyr. - Ying and Yang. - Marcia - 7/26/2007 2:31:23 AM
      - Impeach for what? - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 8:13:12 PM

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