There is a movement out there from folks who are increasingly disgusted with the way President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have been running the country. So they have been petitioning the Democratic-controlled Congress to impeach one or both of them.
Bush and Cheney's crimes against the republic are well known: the commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence, the continued support of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales despite the politically-charged firings of some U.S. attorneys, ignoring the Geneva Convention when it comes to interrogating terrorism suspects, the Vice President claiming he's his own branch of government, and so on. And we haven't even mentioned the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What makes you think impeachment is going to solve anything? If Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton--the only impeached Presidents in American history--could serve out their terms with comparatively minor infractions, Bush and Cheney could throw this right back at Congress (like they've done so many times before) and continue on their merry way.
Besides, we are 16 months away from Election Day. To be brutally honest, the Democrats need Bush and Cheney more than Bush and Cheney needs them. If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (who is next on the succession list) replaced one of them, they wouldn't have much to complain about, would they?
So be careful what you wish for.
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