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Old July 8th, 2007, 04:42 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada,alt.true-crime,alt.tv.tech.hdtv,alt.video.divx,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
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Default 39% of Americans believe Bush should be impeached.

James Davis wrote:

Right now about 30% of Americans are very happy with President Bush,
who was elected by a 51% majority.


incorrect, Gore won the election by the "majority" of the american
public, only in how the electoral college is setup did, bush sneak in.

While I personally believe he's a
moron, there is no rule that says it's undemocratic for a president to
only please 30% of the population.


duh! but it's unprecedented to have such a poor performing president in
american history.

There could be some time in the
future where angering 70% of the population is the right thing to do.
If you had to please the majority of people, then we wouldn't even
elect presidents. We would just vote on issues and the majority vote
would decide what to do.

It would be unfair to the 30% of Americans who like Bush to impeach
him unless he has done something illegal. He won the vote, so he is
the president. Besides, he doesn't have any power to do anything that
70% of Congress disagrees with. If his actions are so bad, they can
be democratically overridden by others.

You can't just do away with the rules of democracy because they are
giving you the results you want.