BLOG VIEW | HEADLINE VIEW

CULTURE

POLITICS

MUSIC

CELEB

Democrats Might Slap The Shit Out Of Bush’s Wrist

MONDAY JULY 23 2007 9:00 AM

Submitted by FearTheReaper. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: Russ Feingold, Harry Reid, Censure, Bush

George W. Bush must be a very scared man today because the Democrats are thinking about officially calling him a bad man. Senator Russ Feingold says he will offer two censure resolutions for Bush’s handling of the Iraq war and his “assault” on the Constitution. I think we can safely assume Bush is curled up in a corner right now, crying and mumbling, “Why?,” over and over.

Censure may be the most useless thing the Senate can do.

Censure is a procedure for publicly reprimanding a public official for inappropriate behavior. When the President is censured, it serves merely as a condemnation and has no direct effect on the validity of presidency, nor are there any other particular legal consequences.

Pretty scary, huh? To date, Andrew Jackson is the only president to have ever been censured. It occurred on March 28, 1834 and to this day it haunts his legacy. The first thing Americans think of when his name is mentioned is, “Oh, he was a bad boy.” Of course, in 1937 control of Congress switched parties and Jackson's censure was reversed. It's a powerful tool, yield it with caution!

One censure resolution would scold Bush for going to war without adequate military preparation and issuing misleading statements. (I’m actually not sure when Bush has issued a statement we can trust) The other censure resolution would chastise Bush for all of the illegal acts he has committed, like disregarding the Geneva Conventions by torturing prisoners of war, using signing statements to override congressional lawmaking authority, eavesdropping on Americans without court warrants, refusing to comply with Congressional subpoenas, ordering ex-employees to not comply with Congressional subpoenas, firing federal prosecutors for political reasons, infusing media with government propaganda, placing "gatekeepers" in all federal agencies who report directly to the White House, arresting peaceful protestors and manipulating the terror alert system to instill fear in Americans.

"This is an opportunity for people to say, let's at least reflect on the record that something terrible has happened here," said Feingold. "This administration has weakened America in a way that is frightful."

Too bad there isn’t anything else in the constitution that deals with what to do when the president breaks the law and misleads the country into going to war. It would be really great if there were.

Feingold wanted to censure Bush back in 2006, but only three of his fellow Democrats were on board with the idea. It is doubtful he will find anyone to agree with him this time, either. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has already said he doesn’t like the idea.

Reid said he would not go along with them and said the Senate needs to focus on finishing spending bills on defense and homeland security.

"We have a lot of work to do," Reid said. "The president already has the mark of the American people — he's the worst president we ever had. I don't think we need a censure resolution in the Senate to prove that."

Give ‘em hell, Harry! Actually, Harry, low approval ratings are not a punishment. They actually give you a mandate to go after the fucker with every weapon you have. People dislike him more than his father, which is really saying something. He should have been censured a long time ago and Congress should now be looking at more severe punishments. Like impeachment.

Would impeachment succeed? Probably not. But that’s not why it’s in the Constitution. It is the duty of Congress to impeach a president when he is acting so far outside the law. But the Democrats are a ball less crew of chickenshits. The Republicans went after Clinton when it was obvious he would not be removed from office. Why? They believed he had broken the law. Did they suffer during the next election? No, they ended up controlling all branches of government – even though the majority of Americans disagreed with their decision.

But here are the Democrats, taking no action against the most unpopular president since Nixon. Losing control of Congress is what the Democrats fear and so, they do nothing. Their lack of action against Bush is purely for political reasons. The man is a reckless, lying, religious nut. Impeachment was created for Bush. Too bad Democrats work from a position of fear and not strength.

40 Comments

PAGE:

1 | 2 | 3

Jace

Reno, NV

February 2004

JUL 23, 2007 09:08 AM

There's a part of me that really wants the Bush administration to go further than it already has, and more explicitly than it has in the past. I want them to put out a bill that says something like "arrest and closed-door, private prosecution of anyone suspected of going against the wishes of this administration without a warrant, judge, or jury." Something like that. I really want them to just come out and do what it is they want to do, just to see if anyone would... y'know... do anything.

They've already pushed the limits of what is legal and what is moral so far, and the best that we can do is a nation is "... Hey, you ought to stop that. But don't do it if you have to raise gas prices!" I'd like to see them really pull some shit in the sunlight where everyone can see, and then move to Europe or some place when the halls of Congress are on fire, and all the senators are threatening censure from a "secure" bunker in Colorado.

zarth

Seattle, WA

December 2004

JUL 23, 2007 09:20 AM

Awesome headline. But the article mades me alcoholic.

Uncognitive

Brooklyn, NY

May 2003

JUL 23, 2007 09:34 AM

It's good to know that if Congress takes the time to make one kind of meaningless gesture against Bush, they're "chickenshits", but if they take the time to make another kind of meaningless gesture against Bush, they're somehow courageous.

I mean, heaven forfend that anyone would want Democrats in Congress to work on actually passing legislation or anything.

Reaver

I'm lost

August 2003

JUL 23, 2007 10:06 AM

Can I censure Congress for wasting my time?

zarth

Seattle, WA

December 2004

JUL 23, 2007 10:08 AM

Reaver said:
Can I censure Congress for wasting my time?

Thanks for playing!

shapeshifter23

San Francisco, CA

September 2005

JUL 23, 2007 10:22 AM

For What It's Worth [copy/pasted email from Democrats.com}...

"We've reached the impeachment moment for Vice President Dick Cheney. We've pushed the cosponsor list for H. Res. 333 up to 14. Chairman John Conyers says that if we get 3 more he'll begin the impeachment proceedings.

"And many Congress Members must be recognizing that there is no other path available. Cheney and Bush have repeatedly refused to comply with subpoenas, ordered former staffers not to comply, and announced that the Justice Department will not enforce contempt citations from Congress. When a special prosecutor attempted to hold this administration accountable, Cheney's chief of staff obstructed justice, and Cheney persuaded Bush to commute his sentence. There is no course left for Congress but Impeachment.

"On Monday, July 23rd, the fifth anniversary of the meeting that produced the Downing Street Minutes, Cindy Sheehan [whom we all love so well here, FTR], Ray McGovern, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Ann Wright, Debra Sweet, Dave Lindorff, David Swanson, Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin, Kevin Zeese, and Tina Richards will lead a march to Chairman Conyers office and not leave until he agrees to begin impeachment proceedings.

"If you cannot be there, you can take two minutes on Monday and do two things: phone Chairman Conyers at 202-225-5126 and ask him to start the impeachment of Dick Cheney; and phone your own Congress Member at 202-224-3121 and ask them to immediately call Conyers' office to express their support for impeachment. Your Congress Member might be one of the three needed, not just to keep impeachment activists out of jail but to keep this nation from devolving into dictatorship.

"Also email your Representatives:
http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/73 "

Or, if it's all too boring, pointless, or confusing, you may want to turn your attention to this...

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

LostLucy

USA

December 2006

JUL 23, 2007 11:00 AM

The title makes me choke with laughter, but it ain't fucking funny. The power grab in this administration has efectively made everyone hide their heads in the sandstorm, waiting for it to end.

Recall that we found out on this past Saturday that Cheney was president for two hours when Bush had his COLONOSCOPY {insert youtube video}???

How long will it take to find out that while Bush was sleeping. DICKTARD made his presidency inrevokeable and has already invaded IRAN and PAKISTAN?

Cheney is probably repsonsible for 98% of the evil, and he is the devil, make no mistake.

There is no smiley suitable.

Kohai

I'm lost

October 2006

JUL 23, 2007 11:26 AM

Sadly, I doubt Cheney is made any more powerful by being president. He just loses his animated hand-puppet that lets him divert attention from himself.

On the plus side, being Cheney's hand-puppet probably made it the easiest colonoscopy ever.

ChopperJones

Deltona, FL

September 2005

JUL 23, 2007 11:32 AM

What line must be crossed before prison is considerd much less impeachment? Impeachment seems as weak as censure for the things they have done. But it is a start. Iguess

elpuffy

Wagoner, OK

January 2006

JUL 23, 2007 11:42 AM

*sighs*

Why wait so long to begin impeachment proceedings? There's only a year left in the administration and I'm sure they can do more damage than they already have. You want we should invade Iran first and maybe get some ICBMs shot our way? Then maybe we'll change how we choose our leaders.

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 23, 2007 11:59 AM

Zarth said:
Awesome headline. But the article mades me alcoholic.

Seems like I accomplished everything I set out to do.

brooklynhero

Brooklyn, NY

October 2006

JUL 23, 2007 12:10 PM

A day late, a dollar short, and no balls.

I'm going to miss bush fucking my country in the ass. I've grown to love watching it so.

And by the way - $57,000 for 15 ketchup commercials?

finally ad execs have wised up and rather than paying for high priced professionally produced commercials- they'd rather cash in on the reality - 15 min of fame paradigm that has been working for years now. Kudos to them.

Alfiero

I'm lost

July 2006

JUL 23, 2007 12:42 PM

I have way too much to say on this topic so all I'm going to say is go to www.tv-links.co.uk
then go to documentaries
then watch "America: Freedom to Fascism" it may open your eyes to many things, many people don't know (ie. there is no law requiring american citizens to pay "income tax")

Uncognitive

Brooklyn, NY

May 2003

JUL 23, 2007 12:51 PM

Alfiero said:
I have way too much to say on this topic so all I'm going to say is go to www.tv-links.co.uk
then go to documentaries
then watch "America: Freedom to Fascism" it may open your eyes to many things, many people don't know (ie. there is no law requiring american citizens to pay "income tax")

When something is blatantly wrong, it's usually considered a good thing that many people don't believe it to be true.

graphicsman77

Pasadena, MD

June 2007

JUL 23, 2007 01:44 PM

Fascism? You people have simply let your feverish dislike/hatred for the man and all he stands for push you to the brink of insanity. For one thing, if I were the pres. I wouldn't be the least bit scared about ANYTHING the Fiengold was going to do. He's a waste of space who thinks it's okay to silence the dissent of the American people in the name of campaign finance reform. Secondly, if they democrats do try to impeach Bush (or slap the shit out of his wrist as it was put), I hope he knocks the Dems the FUCK OUT! This is about as insane as the "God's gonna punish America because Bill Clinton got head" crowd.

PAGE:

1 | 2 | 3