Top Reasons for Impeaching Bush

Top Reasons for Impeaching Bush

What are the top reasons for impeaching Bush?

Iraq

* Invading Iraq without any threat to the U.S.
* Lying about Iraqi WMD's to Congress and the American people
* Causing the deaths of over 2,000 U.S. troops and the maiming of over 10,000 more
* Failing to provide adequate equipment and armor to U.S. troops
* Allowing illegal torture and murder of prisoners
* Causing the deaths of 100,000 Iraqi civilians
* Spending $300 billion in just two years for an occupation that could last for decades
* Letting Halliburton steal billions through no-bid contracts
* Using vast quantities of depleted uranium weapons that will poison Iraq now and for generations to come

September 11

* Ignoring countless warnings of an attack in the U.S.
* Reading "My Pet Goat" during the attack
* Letting Osama Bin Laden escape from Afghanistan
* Holding no bureaucrat accountable for ignoring warnings
* Delaying and obstructing the 911 Commission investigation
* Turning Afghanistan into the world's largest opium producer

Terrorism

* Allowing international terrorism incidents to quadruple and trying to cover up the facts
* Failing to secure our borders and ports to prevent terrorism
* Creating a new generation of terrorists through the invasion of Iraq and the killing of 100,000 civilians
* Letting terrorists buy high-powered weapons inside the U.S.
* Letting North Korea build nuclear bombs and missiles that can cross the Pacific Ocean
* Refusing to shut down Pakistan's nuclear weapons exports

Foreign relations

* Turning the world against the United States
* Preparing for another war with Iran
* Signing treaties that cost America jobs and undermine American laws

Economy

* Letting gasoline prices double at devastating cost to the economy while oil companies make record profits
* Letting corrupt companies like Enron steal billions from consumers and employees
* Cutting taxes for the rich and turning a $5 trillion budget surplus into a $5 trillion budget deficit
* Adding trillions to the national debt, which our children and grandchildren will have to pay off with interest
* Letting millions of American jobs go overseas

Freedom

* Letting bureaucrats wiretap Americans without a court order
* Locking up suspects for years without charges or trials
* Arresting nonviolent protesters at Bush events
* Packing the courts with right-wing judges to outlaw abortion
* Ordering federal courts to interfere in the Terri Schiavo tragedy
* Taking away our right to sue corporations through class actions
* Taking away our right to declare bankruptcy under Chapter 7 and forcing middle-class Americans into debt slavery

Democracy

* Stealing the Presidential elections of 2000 and 2004
* Refusing to investigate the disenfranchisement of tens of thousands of voters in Florida and Ohio
* Promoting black-box electronic voting machines without paper trails
* Embracing dictators in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russia, and China
* Overthrowing democratically-elected leaders in Haiti and Venezuela

Environment

* Allowing global warming, which will cause massive environmental damage
* Allowing more toxic mercury in the air and water
* Allowing oil drilling in wilderness areas

Scandals

* Illegally "outing" CIA agent Valerie Plame, an important anti-terrorism official
* Letting a gay male prostitute (Jeff Gannon) roam free in the White House
* Paying journalists to give favorable coverage to the administration
* Relying on an earpiece for answers during debates and press conferences
* Going AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard in 1972 and covering it up ever since
* Defending the most corrupt Member of Congress (Tom DeLay)