The Unfeeling President Should be Impeached

[buzzsaw_23]

September 10, 2005—The novelist E. L. Doctorow once said of George W. Bush, "He is the president who does not feel. He does not feel for the families of the dead, he does not feel for the 35 million of us who live in poverty."

Bush's disconnect from normal human feeling, his general lack of seriousness and abysmal leadership skills have always been evident. His response to the recent hurricane has only highlighted them. What are the consequences of our failure to hold Bush accountable?

Bush's demeanor has been eerily upbeat as thousands of corpses floated through the streets of New Orleans. He said in one recent speech, "The good news is—and it's hard for some to see it now—that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house—he's lost his entire house—there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch."

The emotional disconnect runs in the family. After viewing hurricane evacuees at the Houston Astrodome, the president?s mother, Barbara Bush, said: "So many of the people in the arena here, you know were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."


http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/091005Binion/091005binion.html

[jwirr]

1. Should be but there is an unfeeling congress that

would die before taking down their own god chosen leader.

[Wind Dancer]

2. These people do not have a soul! n/t

[CountAllVotes]

4. "These people do not know what it is to HAVE NOT"

bunch of selfish greedy SOBs IMO.

The sad part is, it affects every American. :(

We are all being judged by their incompetent and criminal actions. Will We the People ever recover from this great evil that has come upon us?

:kick:

[buzzsaw_23]

5. "The sad part is it affects every American"

This quote in the article was relevant to your point.

As E. L. Doctorow wrote, "The president we get is the country we get. With each president the nation is conformed spiritually. He is the artificer of our malleable national soul. He proposes not only the laws but the kinds of lawlessness that govern our lives and invoke our responses.

[WhiteTara]

13. not a single one between them all n/t

[Magginkat]

3. The pRez ......." played golf and strummed a guitar

The pRez .......

" played golf and strummed a guitar, the Pentagon did little or nothing and the Federal Emergency Management Agency dithered. In 2004, when less intense hurricanes threatened Florida, a swing state governed by his brother in an election year, the president was Georgie-on-the-spot. FEMA acted so decisively that it’s still under investigation for disbursing more than $30 million of "disaster relief" in Miami/Dade County, 100 miles from the nearest gale force winds—including six claims of "ice and snow damage."

Choosing feckless leaders who advertise their mistrust of government and disdain for science, and who habitually reward loyalty over competence, can have appalling consequences when things go wrong."

........Gene Lyons, Little Rock author


I'm sure that bu$h joking about his drinking days in New Orleans made people feel soooooooo much better about their situation.

Can a pResident be impeached for being an idiot?

[Kahuna]

6. Awesome commentary. She speaks for me and many of us. Recommend this

please.

[truth2power]

7. The emotional disconnect is because he's a sociopath...

One of the indicators.

[BQueen]

8. The Doctorow essay needs to be pamphleted far and wide

Once again the Idiot's sociopathic behavior makes it an incredibly poignant and angering read (anyone know if Doctorow has updated it or commented publicly, since he also wrote of New Orleans?)
nominated

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Yes, he's an unfeeling jerk, but..

... what's the charge? Why talk about impeachment when you don't have a 'high crime or misdemeanor'? Instead, why not say "Don't ever vote for a Republican in your life"? It's a more practical call.

[buzzsaw_23]

10. There are numerous charges

to find out more just google Francis Boyle-Impeachment-Bush

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. So, nothing to do with Katrina, then?

Boyle talks about the Patriot Act and invading Iraq. I would think that the conspiracy to manufacture 'intelligence' might be impeachable (lying to Congress - was any of it under oath?). But it isn't actually related to his (lack of) planning for, and reaction to, Katrina. And practically, if the Republican representatives didn't impeach him 2 years ago, they're hardly likely to decide to do it now. Better to tell them that it's now plainly obvious that voting Republican costs lives, so it won't happen again. Ever. Any of them want to save their jobs, they have to resign from the party, and start voting in Congress like a human being.

[buzzsaw_23]

12. Yes also to do with Katrina

The first place to go would be to examine the sworn duties and responsibilities of the President (Commander in Chief). Look into the contract with the American Public that he/she is sworn to uphold.

It's all there.

[otohara]

14. Why Did People Vote For Him???

It's been so fucking obvious since 2000 when we were told about his mocking of Karla Faye Tucker and being #1 in executions, he could care less who dies or how many.

I'm ashamed of this man, and it's sad to know he will never feel shame. He thinks he is blameless, therefore no shame.