OT: Soviet Re-Birth

[Fyron]

Randallw said:
You seem to have something called impeachment for your Presidents when they become unpopular.

Impeachment is not about popularity; it is a last resort for breaking the rule of law. Granted, blatantly violating the rule of law tends to make one rather unpopular, but that's correlation, not causation.

[Randallw]

ah right. I tend to have a "leadership can do no wrong" mindset, so the only way the leader can be wrong is if he is unpopular. It goes without saying that the opposition, being unpopular in the first place, are always wrong. What I mean is you wouldn't impeach your own leader, and any attempt by others is just them taking a chance to sabotage the people they are trying to replace.

[Azselendor]

If you think about it, if the US was to impeach Bush --who is currently rather unpopular-- It would propel cheney (who can only be awesome with a shotgun) to the oval office. cheney is less popular than bush. So let's impeach both?

Nay, that would propel Nancy Pelosi into the whitehouse as the first female president and she's less popular and far less likable than bush, cheney, hilary clinton, and a molded turkey combined.

The impeachment process exists to legally remove a seated government official from power for criminal prosecution as to allow the government to continue operations without dividing said official's attention. It also helps with PR if you say Former-President instead of Current-President at the conviction and sentencing hearings.