Border Agent's Death Would Spark Impeachment Talks, Republican Says

CNS NEWS ^ | February 07, 2007 | Kevin Mooney and Fred Lucas

[Ladycalif]

(CNSNews.com) - Weeks after accusing President Bush of "shameful" behavior over the imprisonment of two Border Patrol agents who shot an unarmed suspected drug smuggler along the U.S.-Mexico border, a federal lawmaker turned up the heat further Wednesday, suggesting the president should be impeached if either of the two men is murdered in prison.

[Ladycalif]

ping

[VU4G10]

"It's shameful this was done by someone who is in the Republican Party," Rohrabacher added, saying Bush "obviously thinks more about his agreements with Mexico than the lives of American people and backing up his defenders."

[cripplecreek]

Well it certainly wouldn't be good.

[El Conservador]

Let me get some popcorn...

This should be good.

[MaestroLC]

I'm not with the Bush impeachment argument. But it would be shameful, and he would deserve a lot of scorn directed towards him.

[DTogo]

August 24th, 1814.

[april15Bendovr]

I have been a huge President Bush fan. This incident is making me really upset at him. I am furious that he would leave these border agents hanging while they are being railroaded by a political agenda. Where is the pardon?

The border patrol has the highest rates of low moral out of most of our Government law enforcement agencies.

[freekitty]

Who the hell is running this country? Third world dictators and monsters?

[Chena]

bookmark

[pissant]

Good grief. the president did not prosecute these men. Somebody oughta take a dose of STFU for a bit.

[org.whodat]

saying Bush "obviously thinks more about his agreements with Mexico than the lives of American people"

Well everybody here has know that for a long time.

[originalbuckeye]

Mexico?

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Pretty much.

[isthisnickcool]

I have not been able to take the War on Terror very serious when the president refuses to shut the borders down. The president should pardon these guys and then give them some more ammo. He should say publically that if you are a foreigner that's injured or killed transporting illegal drugs in to the US you are out of luck. Border agents should have licenses to kill when it comes to illegals or anyone else trafficking drugs..

The border issue is why Bushes numbers are in the toilet. He's been as wimpy with Vincente Fox as he has been with the Democrats. He always lets people push him around and for that I have lost all respect for him. All the presidents "new tone" and turning the other cheek has gotten him is his face slapped and the Democrats in power.

Where are the Ronald Reagans? We need someone like Ronald Reagan. A real man. Not wimps.

[org.whodat]

Good grief. the president did not prosecute these men. Somebody oughta take a dose of STFU for a bit.

No but he damn sure can order them turned lose and fire that half-a__ federal prosecutor.

[TXBubba]

have been a huge President Bush fan. This incident is making me really upset at him.

Between this and Perry pretending to be an OB/GYN I can say I echo your feelings.

[KyHammer]

W had a really good first term. This second term seems like one nightmare after the other. It is like they've lost touch with reality.

[battletank]

A self proclaimed "compassionate conservative" who is most compassionate to Mexican illegal criminals. I've believed for some time that his refusal to follow his oath of office in regard to protecting and defending this nation by leaving our borders completely wide open is deserving of an impeachment boot in his arse. ALOT of American citizens have already died at the hands of these criminals. I am left with no recourse but to believe that he just doesn't give a damn.

[KevinDavis]

Like Reagan did something about the border....

[Russ]

Don't say "everybody here". I don't for a minute think that statement is true.

[StormEye]

"I am furious that he would leave these border agents hanging while they are being railroaded by a political agenda. Where is the pardon?"

He's left the the entire country hanging for Mexico pick over with his no borders policy and NAFTA trade deals.

[pissant]

Yes he can, if the evidence that is presented to him, which he stated he will examine carefully, warrants it.

[KevinDavis]

Signs of a seminar poster of a so called conservative.. I use to support Bush until this issue came around comment..

[HKMk23]

But WAIT, there's MORE:

"[DHS Inspector General] Richard Skinner admitted yesterday under oath that his top deputies gave members of Congress false information painting Border Patrol agents [Ramos and Compean] as rogue cops who were not in fear for their lives and who were 'out to shoot Mexicans.'"
-- Rep. John Culberson, R-TX

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54142

This story's about to blow like Vesuvius, and when it does, there'll be HELL TO PAY at the DHS.

[KevinDavis]

So you speak for me????

[TXBubba]

That's BS. There are a lot of us upset with Bush over this. This particular incident just magnifies the continued weakness in his policy.

[FightThePower!]

This whole boarder agent is a perfect example of why Bush is such an unpopular President. If he were at all politically savvy, he would pardon these guys. Even his own party is against him on this. I think Mexico must have something on Bush.

[battletank]

If you honestly believe that many conservatives are nothing but seminar posters, you are dreaming. Bush has shattered the republican party and it's showing up more and more everyday. 2006 elections should have shown proof of this for you. If things do not change, 2008 is going to be even worse.

[Thumper1960]

Paranoia will destroy ya.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>Good grief. the president did not prosecute these men. Somebody oughta take a dose of STFU for a bit.<<<

Maybe you should take a dose of STFU for a bit. Have you heard the lies that Bush's 'spokesman' Tony Snow told Sean Hannity last week regarding the trial transcripts? And don't forget that it is the Bush administration that has been lying to congress about the character of the agents, and that it is the Bush administration that has been treating our Border Patrol Agents and the Minutemen as the enemy.

[KevinDavis]

Well I guess the whine and moaners are the seminars posters.. Well if you want a pure candidate dream on pal...

[org.whodat]

Don't say "everybody here". I don't for a minute think that statement is true.

Knowing something and agreeing with it are two different things.

[KevinDavis]

Just telling the truth.... It is you North American Union types are the ones that has Paranoia....

[battletank]

Tony Snow also "spun" Laura Ingraham with his pronouncement that she should "read the transcript" of this trial. Nice Tony! There IS no transcript! Sheesh. They can't even keep up with all the lies.

[pissant]

Get a grip. Every prosecutor in the justice department, every BP agent and supervisor, and every DHS official is not under the direct tutelage and influence of the President. He'd be pretty damn busy overlording the 10s of thousands of cases and prosecutions and acquitals and investigations, now wouldn't he?

So he does the right thing by agreeing to review the case when approached by Duncan Hunter and others, and you think he's the devil for not raising his hand and dismissing it on the spot.

[battletank]

I'm afraid you're in for a very rude awakening.

[TXBubba]

North American Union types

You gotta see this....

[tabsternager]

"Who the hell is running this country?"

The corporations that hire illegals and therefore want open borders -- and the politicians who are beholden to them.

[italianquaker]

Have they filed there appeals and lost already?

[bobby.223]

it was a different time then obviously, the threat was not as great then. I believe if RR was in office now, this border problem would be over in in a short amount of time.

[Zeon Cowboy]

Ding ding ding! We have a winner...

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>Get a grip. Every prosecutor in the justice department, every BP agent and supervisor, and every DHS official is not under the direct tutelage and influence of the President. He'd be pretty damn busy overlording the 10s of thousands of cases and prosecutions and acquitals and investigations, now wouldn't he? <<<

Did you even bother to read my post? Get a clue.

[basil]

Yeah--I saw it. The mind boggles!

[geo40xyz]

worldnetdaily, I treat them just like "AP" stories.... AP is left of hell and worldnetdaily is right of hell.

Remember, believe nothing you read and little of what you see.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"it was a different time then obviously, the threat was not as great then."

HUH? Do you have any sense of history at all? People have been arguing the "immigration threat" for time immemorial in this country.

[KevinDavis]

Wow those Evil Corporations.. I love it how so called conservatives speak out against capitalism..

[battletank]

I agree. Some of us have been arguing this issue for decades. The difference is that now it has reached critical mass. It is destroying our entire culture. And it's not "just" in the border states anymore. It is now touching everyone, everywhere.

[rmlew]

August 24th, 1814.
Burning down the White House?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Stop self medicating.

[VU4G10]

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