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\"image_generatorasp.jpg\"<\/a>Daily Press
\n Andy Heller<\/p>\n

FLINT – OK, here goes.<\/p>\n

Once again, I have a solution, this time to the nettlesome question of what to do with Bush, or at least future presidents like him.<\/p>\n

Some people want to impeach W. In fact, there is a growing movement to do just that. (Read more at www.votetoimpeach.org.)<\/p>\n

The problem is, it’ll never happen.<\/p>\n

Oh, he might be impeached, which means the House of Representatives, by a simple majority, passing articles of impeachment.<\/p>\n

An impeachable offense, by the way, is widely considered to be, as then-Rep. Gerald R. Ford said in 1970, “whatever a majority of the House considers it to be at a given moment in history.”\u009d Bill Clinton, for instance, was impeached for, in part, lying about dilly-dallying with an intern.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t, however, thrown out of office. That’s because impeachment is a two-step process, the second being a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict a president of charges brought against him.<\/p>\n

Two-thirds is a tough standard to meet, which is why no president has been removed from office, which is the automatic penalty for conviction. (Nixon, by the way, wasn’t impeached. He resigned.)<\/p>\n

But then it should be hard to give a duly-elected president the boot, even Bush, although many still question that “duly-elected”\u009d part when it comes to his first “victory.”\u009d (I’ll let it go. Some day.)<\/p>\n

But have we made it too hard to get rid of someone who clearly is taking the country down bad paths?<\/p>\n

For instance, Bush’s approval rating is down to 28 percent, according to a recent Newsweek poll. That’s a remarkable number for a war-time president, especially given the highly charged, lefty-righty times in which we live.<\/p>\n

Many others also disagree strongly with many of his nonwar policies.<\/p>\n

So why can’t we get rid of him if we want to? It’s our country, right?<\/p>\n

What we need is a tool in the Constitution that allows the American public to do what American companies have always had the right to do — fire employees for incompetence. Or for … whatever. (See aformentioned House standards.)<\/p>\n

This is negotiable, but I’d say that if 75 percent of us agree that a president isn’t up to snuff, out he or she goes.<\/p>\n

Such firing power would give us a level of protection against bad presidents who haven’t necessarily committed crimes in office (debatable in this instance), but who clearly have underperformed.<\/p>\n

So don’t impeach Bush. Fire him!<\/p>\n

No need to be cruel, though. Like most employers, we still should give him a good recommendation.<\/p>\n

You know, in case he wants to hook on elsewhere.<\/p>\n

(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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