W will never be impeached or prosecuted/Time to accept this hard truth.

[cleveramerican]

I just don't see it happening,ever,under any circumstances.
It time for Democrats to get over it and get on with it.
The final stage of grief is acceptance.
I have reached that stage.

Anybody who expects the new president to pick up this baton will be disappointed.
He'll have enough on his plate without wading into this swamp.
And I will support him on this point.
Will you?

[Common Sense Party]

1. I hope you're wearing asbestos. n/t

[cleveramerican]

6. waddya mean?

asbestos?

[lob1]

2. No. Letting murderers go free is not a good policy.

[rateyes]

3. No. I won't. Because upholding the rule of law should be

the first thing on his plate.

[Demeter]

4. Nope!

Susan B. had been dead for years before US women got the vote, but she died crusading. It's just that important.

[Buzz Clik]

5. Yep. You're absolutely correct.

[whatchamacallit]

7. You may be right, but I believe in the long arm of the law

The extent of his crimes is not yet known. Hopefully, those who still believe this is a nation of laws will feel compelled to seek justice.

[dflprincess]

8. No.

Because if anything is going to change, we need to start holding these thugs accountable.

Bushco and its friends has been getting by with treason since Prescott's time and the more they get by with the worse they get - think what they'll try next if they get off again.

We also need a government that's willing to apply the law equally.

[Selatius]

9. Realistically, GWB, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and others will likely walk away free men.

I think the corporate interests are too strong in the current time frame for anything besides that outcome. If progressive and labor forces were much more powerful, the outcome would likely be different.

[elocs]

10. I'll give you a Rec for simply being in touch with reality.

When Obama takes office I don't see him joining in the get Bush drumbeat and devoting most of his time to that effort.

Just because you really, really want something to happen, does not mean it will (otherwise, I would have won the Powerball lottery by now). Just because something really, really should happen does not mean it will either. Reality is a harsh mistress and many here will finally realize it next January when Bush leaves office unimpeached (even though, just as with Clinton, he would never be convicted). He would get away with it in either case.

[Ian David]

11. I hate you right now. n/t

[cleveramerican]

12. seems rather harsh

but I can deal with it.The truth often hurts.

[Ian David]

13. Just for now.

I'll probably stop hating you by this time tomorrow.

Especially if you buy me something nice.

[robertpaulsen]

14. You say you've reached acceptance. Do you know what you're grieving?

Because if you do, then what do you mean when you say "get on with it"? Get on with what? What did we lose that we have to "get over"?

BTW, for the record, I still can't "get over it" that President Gore has not been able to implement his policies for the last eight years because some alcoholic cowboy is squatting in his home. Time heals all wounds, but I think it will take at least 20 years for this country to "get over" the ill effects of the Bush years. And as long as they walk the earth, there will always be time to prosecute them for their crimes, whether the next President plays a role in their demise or not.

[cleveramerican]

15. I am weary of the grief he has wrought.

and I simply want him to go away and never be referred to again.

Goodbye and good riddance sums up my feelings quite nicely.

I wouldn't honor him with any further attention.(prosecutorial or otherwise)

[robertpaulsen]

21. On the Kubler-Ross model, it sounds like you're more at depression than acceptance.

I don't judge you for that, I can understand feeling weary when none of our elected officials who are supposed to represent us stand up for us in the name of justice. I give Vincent Bugliosi credit for standing up for justice and I hope he succeeds in his goal of prosecuting George W. Bush for murder.

I guess that puts me in the bargaining stage. Where Congress seems weak, I hope private citizens like Bugliosi will stay strong if Congress ultimately fails us, as I suspect they will.

[polichick]

16. I've heard on NPR that some other countries may prosecute for war crimes.

[cleveramerican]

17. thats a pipe dream

a good one, but pipe dream none the less

[polichick]

19. I think they'll all move to Dubai - where nobody can touch them.

[quidam56]

18. NOBAMA

If you aren't an angry, bitter, whining American then you are not paying attention. NO OBAMA not Kaine. We have expected "change" and are stuck in the same political spin zone.

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[PFunk]

22. No.

Because in doing so Bush will set an example which other presidents (even possibly Obama himself) can/will follow. It also will establish a principle in which a president can get way with murder not only to americans. But to the world. And that is the reason why Bush must be Impeached and/or prosecuted. And Obama risks damaging his administration right out of the gate if he doesn't help in doing that. Or at least stands in the way of others who want to.