Why wasn't George W. Bush impeached?

He HAS been suspected of 'high crimes and misdemeanors'...lists have been made and presented to Congress, and they don't care. Letting accountability just slide by because 'it's not worth it'...justice isn't worth it...oh joy... The last part's a pretty good point though, Evan. Everyone's afraid of Cheney.

"Everyone's afraid of Cheney." He took his father's advice. Both of them chose their VPs as an insurance policy so nobody would ever want them out of office for fear of what would happen.

Congress never declared War. It was never approved. Certain measures of the war were, but Congress never officially voted for a Declaration of War. It was done by the executive branch.

"It is a good point that they went after Clinton for less" They went after Clinton because there was indisputable PROOF that he committed perjury including his own admission of guilt. Liberals want to impeach Bush largely because they don't like the war in Iraq. The fact is that congress voted on it and approved it. If that's worthy of impeachment then maybe Clinton should have been impeached a second time for violating congress and sending our soldiers to war when they voted against it.

xP, If you think that Bill Clinton was impeached for the Monica scandal Then You are sadly Mistaken. You should climb out of your pit of spite and read "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" by Ann Coulter. Go ahead with your vitriol about Ann...Bla bla bla Bla...But read the book.

"...Clinton should have been impeached a second time for violating congress and sending our soldiers to war when they voted against it." He also went against the UN. AND was accompanied by Halliburton on a No Bid Contract. Ironicalistic, ain't it?

Karen, At least when Clinton was in office America was NOT in the shape it's in now! If the truth were to be known, I'd almost bet that "Many a man has done the same thing while president". Clinton got framed. I'd start a rally just to get Bill Clinton back in as president!

RhythmWalker1, If Clinton had done his job then we wouldn't be in the situation we're in right now. If he had gone after Bin Laden and Al Quaeda then The WTC might still be standing. And If he had not forced banks to give home loans to anyone with a fingerprint and an unemployment check then The Markets wouldn't be where they are now. I still don't let the 'pubs completely off the hook. They shouldn't have let it happen. But they knew they would be vilified as racists in the press if they tried to stop it.

dunebuggy, i totally agree. i'm not blaming bush or saying democrats are better. i just thought it was a good topic for conversation. lol. and it seems to have worked because people have made some really good points on here. but really, i don't see the difference between democrats and republicans. it's the same piece of crap, just a different name. i've never been hopeful during any presidential elections (although i've not been around long enough to see too many) because in the end you're picking the lesser of two evils. the people that run for office have been involved in the political "game" in some way. so i think that taints them. they follow the rules to stay in the game but it's the same rules regardless of your party. i'm not sure that the republican and democratic parties really represent the american people anymore. sometimes i wonder what it would be like to put a person in office that has absolutely no ties to the political system. lindsay lohan for president! and before any drama queens get their panties in a bunch, that was a joke.

Discussing accountability's never wasting people's time, dearie. I'd like to say that I'm sorry it irritates you so much though.

I do not believe that George Bush is responsible for all of our problems. He has been very erratic and irresponsible. His administration has taken our rights away with the patriot acts, the fisa rulings, the department of homeland security. They have gone against the warnings of our forefathers to avoid entangling alliances, and never strike a country preemptively. These actions are unwarranted and unjustified. Bush and Cheney have committed a crime in that there was substantial support for the fact that hijackers were planning to attack within the U.S. but nothing was done to prevent it. It's all documented and unclassified. They are responsible for this quagmire of an imperialist invasion in Iraq. The first Bush, and Clinton following him, set these actions in motion. Neither of the 3 are solely 100% responsible, they all made their contributions. The truth is we are owned by banks, like it or not. The Federal Reserve Bank bought us in 1913 by persuading Woodrow Wilson to sign in the Federal Reserve Act. This granted the authority to print and control the U.S. dollar to a private, multinational banking corporation. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson warned against these central banks and the corruption they breed. The reason I bring this up is because the Fed Bankers are the people who control the value of are money, the inflation rates, the interest rates, and the financial booms and busts. They do it all in private, no public oversight, no congressional approval. They decide how the market will fluctuate each day, then they feed us the plan. Jefferson shut down the first Central Bank, Andrew Jackson dismantled the second. If we want to be free again, we need a free market. We need to stop this central bank and restore the power of issuing our currency to the congress and make it transparent for the people. Our forefathers would concur with these sentiments. Republican and Democrat are merely terms to describe two versions of the same thing. Obama and McCain both voted against the Constitution with the Patriot Act, The Department of Homeland Security, and an aggressive preemptive stance against Iran and Pakistan. Bush and Cheney put these things into motion, but the liberals and conservatives supported them. I do blame Bush for a marginal percentage of our current problem, but if the people controlled the money, he wouldn't have been able to bankrupt us by borrowing and inflation. The Federal Reserve Bank is the biggest enemy of our entire system.

On the taxes issue, I think the more taxes there are, the worse it is on our economy. People should be able to keep the money they earn, and we should limit what government has and can spend. It isn't American for the Federal Reserve to funnel Americans' hard earned money through the IRS and pocket a percentage before you even see your paycheck. The democrats present the idea of socialism, having the goverment tax the rich to provide for the poor, that system is too high maintenance and not realistic in a long term society. The republican alternative to this is not much better though. If government was regulated and had to keep an actual budget like it used to (No taxation without representation, anyone remember that?) then we wouldn't need to pay so many taxes. Most of the schools, roads, hospitals, etc come from local and state tax money. If we kept the federal government in check monetarily, an income tax wouldn't be necessary, meaning everyone would have more money, even at minimum wage that would be an extra $240-$300 a month. That doesnt seem like much to someone on the fortunate side, but believe me not having to pay that income tax would be very helpful for a low-income worker. It should be across the board though, not for any one bracket. More people would have more money to spend, the average worker would have an extra $200-$1000 a month to spend in the market, or paying debts. That makes more since than digging a bigger hole through a bailout, just cut some federal spending, get rid of the income tax. Congressman Ron Paul of Texas presented a realistic, mathematically workable formula to succesfully accomplish this without cutting any necessary programs.

I completely disagree, our problems are created by the central bank. The Federal Reserve Bank has been pulling the strings since Woodrow Wilson sold us to them in 1913 with the passing of the Federal Reserve Act. Franklin and Jefferson warned us of this very thing. Congress has been lazy, most of them don't read what they sign, or they just don't care. However, the current administration has taken our right to privacy, the right to private property, it has incorporated torture into our interrogation methods, trampled on our right to peaceful assembly and protest, and killed thousands of our soliders and arguably millions of innocent people internationally based on misinformation and lies. This administration has been the single most volatile in our history. Of course, if Congress controlled the issuance of currency, as the constitution dictates, the president couldn't just get every $ he wants from the Fed without the approval of the people. Like I said though, those days were gone with the passing of the Federal Reserve Act. Now the executive branch can have money printed at will, without oversight, without checks and balances. Every time they pull more $, our dollar falls. Our entire government has failed us, we need to read the Constitution and remember what it meant to be free.

The coward made them to an empty chamber knowing that not a single one of them were legitimate. Face it, Prs. Bush didn't break any laws, his only crime was being hated by the press... and those who can't think beyond their hate.

AMEN. Thank you ParaTed2K for saying it short and sweet. The truth is there is only hatred and spite behind the BushBash Bowel Movement. Not evidence.