Eisboch wrote:

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Your responses are not based on true facts.. you are even worse.
Funny, with over 200 seperate investigations into the Bush
Administration in the last two years (when they should have been
investigating William Jefferson, and taking care of business) there
was no impeachment of Bush... hummmmm, wonder if any other president
was impeached recently?

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There's an interesting dilemma facing Obama when he takes office.
Here's his problem:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the
office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States."

If Bush and/or Cheney are guilty (as many have alleged including some in
this NG) of actions that are in violation of the Constitution, then
Obama, by virtue of his oath, is obligated to seek indictments against
Bush, Cheney or both. To not do so means Obama himself is in violation
of the oath he is about to take.

This is not my legal opinion. I am not qualified. It's the legal
opinion of several qualified legal scholars.

He's been pressured for an answer as to his intentions in this regard
and has been evasive in his answers. He speaks of "looking forward" not
backward or passes the buck off to his future attorney general in an
obtuse, cloudy statement. Right.

Anyone care to make a wager as to whether he will actually try to go
after Bush/Cheney?

If he doesn't, isn't he guilty himself?

It opens the door to each incoming President investigating and charging
the previous President for high crimes and misdemeanors while in office.
There is already a Constitutional process for handling that situation.
It is not the job of the incoming President to sit in judgment of his
predecessor, for he has already been given the rudder of the nation by
the people and is expected to steer the nation on its new course.

If the Congress determines that high crimes and misdemeanors have been
committed by the sitting president then the House has the duty to
impeach the president and the Senate will determine if the president
shall be removed from office.

Once Obama takes the oath of office he and his administration need to
concentrate on taking the nation forward and not be a individual or
collective vindictive prick.