Reply #40: Here's my contribution: We need to make sure that Bush

[JDPriestly]

cannot strut and swagger around the world after he leaves the White House. Can you imagine the snickering confusion and downright damage that a Bush retired from the presidency without so much as a verbal reprimand from Congress could inflict on future generations?

Bush must be fully retired. Giving him a generous pension, Secret Servicemen at his beck and call and the modern equivalent of a venerated title would be downright stupid. Bush has not earned it.

Bush's father was unpopular, but he did not bring shame on our country. Even Clinton with his embarrassing conduct in the White House did not bring shame on our country. In fact, Europeans thought we were odd for being embarrassed. After all, rumor has it that French President Mitterrand may have appointed his mistress to his cabinet? Now that's multitasking for real. Probably saved a lot of taxpayer money in the long run.

GWB is a known liar, torturer and thief. He should not be allowed to cavort through the rest of his life at taxpayer expense. Alexander Hamilton suggested in the Federalist Papers, No. 65, that impeachment could mean loss of the benefits of office. I don't know just to what extent that would be the case, but at the very least, impeachment would put the world on notice that Bush does not bear the stamp of approval of the American people now that his crimes have been outed more fully by the Intelligence Committee, Scott McClellan, the Waxman inquiries, the investigation into the Justice Department and the list goes on and on.