I wrote this on a bulletin at school for because there were kids that were annoying me just as some people in Words of Wisdom so I thought I'd share...
Foreword: I'm not a Bush fan and I'm not a republican (just incase the title mislead you).
I am from the Washington D.C. area and I'm frequently there for various activities, but I once recently went during the day and I soon realized why I should only be going to D.C. for the nightlife. As I got on the Metro, 5 minutes into the ride, everyone aboard was receiving a piece of paper with lyrics to an anti-Bush song to the tune of Wizard of Oz. I WAS ON A TRAIN WITH 50+ UNTRAINED SINGERS SINGING ABOUT POLITICS. I repeat, this is why I stick to the nightlife (when the hippies go home). Washington D.C. is without question the place to get your voice heard as a civilian when it comes to politics so you're bound to run into this sort of thing every once in awhile. But at some point you have to draw the line between protesting on moral grounds and protesting on your outrage of an opinion. The Civil Rights movement is a prime example of moral protesting. It was right. It was good. This whole 'Impeach Bush!' movement is rediculous. I'm not Pro-Bush and I'm not republican so I hope you aren't brushing off what I say as being right-winged.
When I got off the Metro, there were thousands of people protesting with signs and megaphones. Most of the protesters were 20-somethings, who were democrats probably angry at the world, trying to find a voice, and just trying to 'make love not war'. I'll keep the 10 year old who was wearing a sandwich board impeachbush.org advert, and whoever the idiot was that put it on this child, out of it. I think I just became annoyed because I got the impression these 20-somethings were ill-informed. And I don't think there's anything that annoys me more than a person who acts like they know what they're talking about. I must ask...what has this kind of protesting ever achieved? If you really want to make a difference, go become somebody: get a doctorate so people will listen to you with validity or run for office. Otherwise... SHUT THE HELL UP, PLEASE!!!
What good would an impeachment do? That's actually a theoretical idea so let's get back to that question in a minute. I say theoretical because it will not happen. Get your opinion out of the way, stop with the propaganda, and let's go back to the basics. The Constitution states that you can only be impeached on the grounds of 'treason, bribery, or other high-crimes and misdemeanors'. Is he guilty of treason? No. Is he guilty of bribery? No. Is he guilty of high-crimes and misdemeanors? No. Do you KNOW what that is? Basically, it's trying to overthrow the country, tampering with election outcomes, aiding enemies, etc. There isn't really a clear legal definition of high-crimes but those are the basic ideas and it's generally left up to Congress to determine what's impeachable or not. Key point: If Congress thought he has done something impeach-worthy, they would have carried through with it. So there you have it. In a nutshell, he's done nothing worthy of an impeachment.
I had to do some research and find out what some of these people's reasoning was for this and there was another element to it...war crimes. 'Impeachment on the grounds of war crimes and the crimes against humanity' I believe is what they are saying. There are tons of war crimes, but what they are getting at are two things: one, the killing of innocent people. Are you kidding me? Grow up and stop saying that cliché nonsense. War isn't pretty. People die and it is a very, very unfortunate price to pay. But it's not a war crime unless it's intentional. Two, torture or inhumane treatment. Alright, you have a point, but a very faint and nonsensical one at that. As I said previously, an impeachable offense has no definite legal defintion so it's up for interpretation by the Congress. So if you think someone would impeach the President for bullying around a few radicals, well, it almost seems unpatriotic.
Finally, let's talk briefly about this theoretical impeachment. Do you understand how long the impeachment process would be? Do you realize that it would be pointless because of that? When Clinton was impeached, the House took a year to gather the evidence. A year! The impeachment process itself is relatively short. So let's say it would probably last 1.5 years. If this went down today, he would have been impeached 5 months before his term is up. Pointless. And if the process was short? Then you'd have Cheney as President who is potentially worse than Bush. Want to impeach him, too? Fine. Now you have Nancy Pelosi as President. She isn't going to solve your problems. She isn't exactly for the war, but she wouldn't get the troops out of Iraq before the end of the present term. No matter who becomes President next, they will get the troops out as soon as they can, you can bet on that. The war is so unfavorable that no nominee would get voted if they didn't.
Let Bush run is miserable term. We have less than two years left. You can't impeach a President because you don't agree with his decisions as Commander in Chief. As James Madison said, impeachment is for criminal behavior, not incompetence.
I am from the Washington D.C. area and I'm frequently there for various activities, but I once recently went during the day and I soon realized why I should only be going to D.C. for the nightlife. As I got on the Metro, 5 minutes into the ride, everyone aboard was receiving a piece of paper with lyrics to an anti-Bush song to the tune of Wizard of Oz. I WAS ON A TRAIN WITH 50+ UNTRAINED SINGERS SINGING ABOUT POLITICS. I repeat, this is why I stick to the nightlife (when the hippies go home). Washington D.C. is without question the place to get your voice heard as a civilian when it comes to politics so you're bound to run into this sort of thing every once in awhile. But at some point you have to draw the line between protesting on moral grounds and protesting on your outrage of an opinion. The Civil Rights movement is a prime example of moral protesting. It was right. It was good. This whole 'Impeach Bush!' movement is rediculous. I'm not Pro-Bush and I'm not republican so I hope you aren't brushing off what I say as being right-winged.
When I got off the Metro, there were thousands of people protesting with signs and megaphones. Most of the protesters were 20-somethings, who were democrats probably angry at the world, trying to find a voice, and just trying to 'make love not war'. I'll keep the 10 year old who was wearing a sandwich board impeachbush.org advert, and whoever the idiot was that put it on this child, out of it. I think I just became annoyed because I got the impression these 20-somethings were ill-informed. And I don't think there's anything that annoys me more than a person who acts like they know what they're talking about. I must ask...what has this kind of protesting ever achieved? If you really want to make a difference, go become somebody: get a doctorate so people will listen to you with validity or run for office. Otherwise... SHUT THE HELL UP, PLEASE!!!
What good would an impeachment do? That's actually a theoretical idea so let's get back to that question in a minute. I say theoretical because it will not happen. Get your opinion out of the way, stop with the propaganda, and let's go back to the basics. The Constitution states that you can only be impeached on the grounds of 'treason, bribery, or other high-crimes and misdemeanors'. Is he guilty of treason? No. Is he guilty of bribery? No. Is he guilty of high-crimes and misdemeanors? No. Do you KNOW what that is? Basically, it's trying to overthrow the country, tampering with election outcomes, aiding enemies, etc. There isn't really a clear legal definition of high-crimes but those are the basic ideas and it's generally left up to Congress to determine what's impeachable or not. Key point: If Congress thought he has done something impeach-worthy, they would have carried through with it. So there you have it. In a nutshell, he's done nothing worthy of an impeachment.
I had to do some research and find out what some of these people's reasoning was for this and there was another element to it...war crimes. 'Impeachment on the grounds of war crimes and the crimes against humanity' I believe is what they are saying. There are tons of war crimes, but what they are getting at are two things: one, the killing of innocent people. Are you kidding me? Grow up and stop saying that cliché nonsense. War isn't pretty. People die and it is a very, very unfortunate price to pay. But it's not a war crime unless it's intentional. Two, torture or inhumane treatment. Alright, you have a point, but a very faint and nonsensical one at that. As I said previously, an impeachable offense has no definite legal defintion so it's up for interpretation by the Congress. So if you think someone would impeach the President for bullying around a few radicals, well, it almost seems unpatriotic.
Finally, let's talk briefly about this theoretical impeachment. Do you understand how long the impeachment process would be? Do you realize that it would be pointless because of that? When Clinton was impeached, the House took a year to gather the evidence. A year! The impeachment process itself is relatively short. So let's say it would probably last 1.5 years. If this went down today, he would have been impeached 5 months before his term is up. Pointless. And if the process was short? Then you'd have Cheney as President who is potentially worse than Bush. Want to impeach him, too? Fine. Now you have Nancy Pelosi as President. She isn't going to solve your problems. She isn't exactly for the war, but she wouldn't get the troops out of Iraq before the end of the present term. No matter who becomes President next, they will get the troops out as soon as they can, you can bet on that. The war is so unfavorable that no nominee would get voted if they didn't.
Let Bush run is miserable term. We have less than two years left. You can't impeach a President because you don't agree with his decisions as Commander in Chief. As James Madison said, impeachment is for criminal behavior, not incompetence.
