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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -41/+245In our particular case I think the best man for the job is the monkey handler down at the zoo.
badda bing!
I'll be here all week - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -24/+135I never understood why clinton, while he was doing a relatively good job during his presidency was almost impeached because he got a BJ but Bush, who is destroying our civil liberties and creating general hatred abroad towards the united states with a 30% approval rating does not get impeached, let alone talk about it.
Oh well, I guess having a relationship with another woman while you are married is MUCH MUCH worse than ruining the basic principals of the country. - gronne, on 10/12/2007, -21/+97Hay-oooo!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -27/+79@wormeyman:
Bush lies sessions of congress all the time, like:
-link of taliban to iraq
-wmds
-global warming is fake
Not to mention misleads congress, like that awful no child left behind.
Plus lying to the the american people all of the time. - wormeyman, on 10/12/2007, -25/+74It's because he lied under oath in a session of congress.
- Jolene, on 10/12/2007, -4/+40Any law officials in the D.C. area reading this want to try it out...? Take a video camera.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+40Dont forget to put it on YOU tube.
- D4RKfantasy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+42This just in, despite what he thinks, the prez isnt above the law.
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39The Jedi, duh
- YourMom1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38Clinton wasn't 'almost' impeached. He was impeached. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton
- kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -17/+46"Clinton wasn't that great of a president."
Right. 8 long years of peace, prosperity, and a balanced budget was gettin mighty hard to take.
Plus back them we had all these "allies" that were totally high-maintenance. And complicated treaties... and when there was a human rights investigation in the world, it wasn't even about us.
Things are *much* better now... - otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30Lets not forget, both the President and the Sec. of Def. have the right to label anyone as an "enemy combatant" which allows for indefinite detention without charge.
"Cop: Freeze, you're under arrest, Sir!"
"President: No, you're a terrorist! Arrest that man!" - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -7/+30The difference between the Cole incident, the WTC bombing, and 9/11 is that Clinton didn't try to whip the country into a paranoid frenzy. ***** happens, you go about your business, you don't sell out your civil liberties because the Bad Men are out there.
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25Soylent Green is people!
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -8/+26In America, President arrests YOU!
- pureliquidhw, on 10/12/2007, -12/+29dugg down for failure to use reply button, yo.
this is to be referred to from hence forth as:
FURBY-- - RatTrap, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23I have the power to arrest the President.
- CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2410 steps ahead of you.
- whirlwind12, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21I don't understand when the president became above the law...
- Ruckgesicht, on 10/12/2007, -11/+25God damn it, spoiler alert! I just started this freaking show.
- otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Arrest the President? Hah, we can't even impeach him!
- badken, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15@"Clinton wasn't 'almost' impeached. He was impeached."
He was acquitted. That means the articles of impeachment are null and void. - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -10/+23Yeah ... the FBI!
...but will they actually do it, or are they just a bunch of pussy whipped, spineless automatons? - jdoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13@just1moredigger
>>"when was the last time we had no deficit??? I would think that NO DEFICIT = balanced budget."
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the last time we did not have a budget deficit was 2001. http://www.cbo.gov/budget/historical.pdf - thekarmastrike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11When it comes to arresting a president, dictator, whatever.. The power lies in whether or not the men with guns will follow the orders.
Theoretically, anyone could say "Arrest the president," and if men of "authority" did it - and then other men of authority did not challenge them - it would be done.
LEGALLY, though? The attorney general might be able to, but I doubt they would be able to convince enough of the law enforcement institution to follow through, and it wouldnt work.
No one is going to arrest any American president any time soon, I dont think. - contradictator, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13It turns out Rosebud was the name of his sled. There, I just saved you 2 long, boobless hours.
- otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16non-military?
The President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. - arkmtech, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Who? Anyone who's capable of walking into the White House & slapping a pair of cold steel cuffs on the guy, lead him out the front, and drop him in the slammer with Jojo, the 7-foot 300lb cross-dresser... That's who.
What exactly "capable" might involve is a whole different ball o' wax... mad props to the person who pulls it off, though. - forgiste, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14Chuck Norris could arrest the president.
- mulling, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15BigKitty: "If Clinton could get away with perjury (regardless of subject matter) along with other violations of the law and of the Constitution, so can any other president.
It isn't the letter of the law that counts; it's the will to enforce it."
Clinton's impeachment was a joke. Impeachment of the Executive is reserved for "High Crimes and Misdemeanors," which at the writing of the Constitution implied crimes like High Treason and other severely illegal acts. Things like election rigging or deliberately misleading congress to start a war are the types of offenses that would qualify as High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
The Clinton impeachment was naked, undignified partisanship and demagoguery aimed at pleasing the extreme right wing of the republican party. In the end he received the appropriate punishment, a $90,000 fine and 5-year suspension of his license to practice law in Arkansas. History and the general public already regard the affair as a joke. - kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -13/+21"putting a spin on somthing"
That's a funny way to say "starting a war on false pretenses, resulting in the deaths of tens if not hundreds of thousands"... - ulyssesyt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8good god, let me save you all a lot of time (and prolific typing, apparently):
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/sitting_president.htm
THIS is why no president will ever get arrested WHILE IN OFFICE. it's the common understanding. ask your congressman. ask a lawyer. ask the DOJ. ask your mom. - interval, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I don't believe anyone has the authority to simply arrest the President. If a crime was committed on his part, articles of impeachment would first be raised in congress and a criminal indictment would follow after his removal from office. As in the case of Nixon (who resigned immediately before impeachment) an indictment followed after his resignation (although he was later pardoned).
- jhurliman, on 10/12/2007, -11/+18@masamunecyrus
I think it would be federal agents, not "the police" - bmson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Well US of A did arrest Saddam Hussein.
So I would guess that England, Scotland, Australia, Poland, Russia, Germany, Iceland, Malta, Holland, China, Japan, South Korea, Serbia, Montenegro, Israel, Palestine, Kongo, South Africa, Denmark, Canada, Argentina, Spain, Norway, Burkina Faso, France, Ireland and the list go on. Could arrest Bush.
But US would attack the country that would arrest him, so no thanks. - taotehue, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I believe, they call that a military coup d'état
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat - mindlessxd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8citizen's arrest!
- BevansDesign, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Ok, then let's do it already.
- jimi1337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Hmm... Here's one who will never get impeached or arrested...
Jack Bauer for President! - taotehue, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8He is the commander and chief of the military, but he is a civilian.
He is the head of the executive branch of the government. The military reports to him, but he doesn't wear a uniform. - interval, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8So, if he was arrested, couldn't he just immediately pardon himsef? /joke
- badken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Last I checked, perjury is a major offense in the eyes of the law, especially for a sitting U.S. President, and that is why Clinton was impeached."
Once again, he was acquitted. He was *accused* of perjury (articles of impeachment), but the Senate failed to convict him. In other words, "not guilty". - mabhatter, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Also, most of Clinton's issues stemmed from BEFORE he was president.. the Paula Jones issue happened before he was president, but the 'purgury' was during his office.. The same with Whitewater.. it was one of those "my accountant said it was OK" things... pay the back tax with interest and fines and be done...but partisan politics wanted "more"... again.. it happened BEFORE he was president.
The problems we have with Bush are things he is doing wrong while president... AS PRESIDENT!!! not petty tax issues, but life-and-death stuff... where the right claimed Clinton was "endangering" our armyies by scaling back spending and sending troops to break up civil wars.. Bush has STARTED WARS that didn't need to be... We've been at war for 6 years now!! with no end in sight. Maybe we need Jimmy Carter to come back and help get our armies home and our allies back! At least the rest of the world respects HIM!!! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12@JJsays
Every single time I see your name when I read the comments, I cringe because I know you're going to say something that is completely ***** stupid. - GliTCH82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The feds. Now, who has the power to punk the president?
"Ooooweeee ya almost got me there Dick. Eh heh heh heh heh heh. Pullin that ol' shotgun on me like you did that lawyer, that was a doosie! Ehh-heh-heh heh heh heh" - mrgeekguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Gomer Pyle could do it!
Citizens Arrest!!! Citizens Arrest!!! - chroko, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Exactly - nobody is above the law and anyone should technically be able to make a citizen's arrest. Although paranoid, heavily-armed and very dangerous secret service agents would likely disagree with any such course of action - making it far safer to wade through the legal system and getting a warrant served by the relevant authorities.
And a big part of that would be providing adequate security - you can't just drag the prez down to the drunk tank (not that he hasn't been there before). It'd have to be house arrest with him confined to his ranch in Texas - complicated logistics, I bet. - MrObjectional, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Jack Bauer, that's who.
- thefurryone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6So what happens if they both call each other terrorists? Does the legal system get locked up in an infinite loop?
The President said the Secretary of Defense is a terrorist, so we should arrest him and not believe anything he says; but the Secretary of Defense said the President is a terrorist, so we should arrest HIM and not believe anything he says; but the President said... etc. etc. - Ramtech, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Chuck Norris...
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