Why Bush Should Be Impeached

In the right margin of this blog is a button that says "Impeach Bush". It's not there for decoration -- I honestly believe it should happen. The Republicans would say that to try and impeach Bush now would only be a political move. Many Democrats would say not to do it because it would make Cheney president (and that is a horrible thought). I believe they are both wrong.

Bush should be impeached no matter who would become president. He should be impeached because he has trashed the Constitution, and taken powers upon himself that the Founding Fathers never meant for a president to have.

To those conservative Republicans who think it would be a political move, let me ask you just a few simple questions:

Would you like to have a liberal Democratic president who could eavesdrop on any American citizen without a warrant?

Would you like to have a liberal Democratic president who could declare anyone an "enemy combatant" and jail them indefinitely without a trial, an attorney, or access to any court?

Would you like to have a liberal Democratic president who could tell you lies and start an illegal and pre-emptive war?

Would you like to have a liberal Democratic president who could attach signing statements to laws passed by Congress that say he/she doesn't have to obey that new law?

Would you like to have a liberal Democratic president that could fire competent federal prosecutors because they would not unjustly punish his/her political opponents?

Would you like to have a liberal Democratic president that would obey the Constitution only when it agreed with his/her personal goals?

You may have thought it was good to give Bush these and other powers, but you forgot that the same powers will now rest in all future presidents.

President Bush has claimed unconstitutional powers for himself. That is why he must be impeached. If he is allowed to get away with this, then all presidents in the future will be able to claim and exercise those same powers. It would not matter whether they were liberals or conservatives. It would not matter whether they were Republicans or Democrats. They all could (and probably would) use those same extra-constitutional powers. After all, when was the last time you saw any leader willingly give up any power?

Bush should be impeached because no president of any party or political persuasion should have these powers.The Congress should impeach him to make it clear to all that there are limits to a president's powers.