Bush and Cheney go to jail: The current presidential line of succession...

[pdurod1]

If Bush and Cheney get impeached and transferred to Gitmo or Ft hood... Do we really want this to happen?

here's the order of succession:

1. Vice President (Richard B. Cheney)---Gitmo---
2. Speaker of the House of Representatives (J. Dennis Hastert)
3. President pro tempore of the Senate (Ted Stevens)
4. Secretary of State (Condoleezza Rice)
5. Secretary of the Treasury (John W. Snow)
6. Secretary of Defense (Donald H. Rumsfeld)
7. Attorney General (Alberto Gonzales)
8. Secretary of the Interior (Gale Norton)
9. Secretary of Agriculture (Mike Johanns)
10. Secretary of Commerce (Carlos Gutierrez, ineligible)
11. Secretary of Labor (Elaine Chao, ineligible)
12. Secretary of Health and Human Services (Michael Leavitt)
13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Alphonso Jackson)
14. Secretary of Transportation (Norman Y. Mineta)
15. Secretary of Energy (Samuel W. Bodman)
16. Secretary of Education (Margaret Spellings)
17. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Jim Nicholson)

Note that, as of 2005, the Secretary of Homeland Security has not been put into the line of succession.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

[jaysunb]

1. Yes, we do....

Fat Dennis need only to be shown the buffet line, and he'd never pay attention to anything else. :evilgrin:

[iamjoy]

2. All I Can Say Is...

:puke:

[tritsofme]

3. Line of succession would probably not be relevent

in such a situation.

Bush would resign and appoint a new VP to take over and pardon him and Dick long before the shit really hit the fan.

[aresef]

4. If that were to happen

Rumsfeld would also be going down with the ship, so skip him.

[Mythsaje]

5. IMPEACH

the whole damn cabal.