We’ve heard it all…but Bush threatened by impeachment???

The fact that American midterm elections are receiving foreign coverage in the first place should already be an eye catcher. The typical routine event of the electing and reelecting Congressmen, occurring every four years is not something that should be of great interest to countries tens of thousands of miles away; yet election coverage has managed to make its way to the news headlines of countries like Germany, Great Britain, and… Al Jazeera. Unsurprisingly, the nature of the news coverage has been far from positive.
Since 2003, Bush has been emerging among European countries and the Middle East, as notoriously wicked and corrupt, even characterized as a threat to world peace. evil President and crooked. His growing unpopularity around the globe could be attributed to his war in Iraq, and foreign affairs policy overall. Thus many have come to view the approaching elections, and the Republicans likely defeat, as indicative of Bush’s failure as President and his losing of faith in the American people. The election is seen as significant because the Democrats would be less likely to grant the President the freedoms the Republicans have and would alter his foreign affairs policy, and even end the war on Iraq.

Sandy Shanks in her reporting for Al Jazeera suggested that Bush’s chances of impeachment will be a strong possibility if the Democrats gain control of the House and Senate
“If the Democratic party seizes congress or senate, or both, the sycophantic congress will disappear. This might even open the door for impeachment - which would never happen under this Republican legislature”

Thus, Shanks concludes, Bush’s great desperation and dire need to maintain control of the house and Senate stems from fear of losing his job
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“There is much discussion in the US about whether the Bush White House has broken our laws and is trying to make our revered constitution an anachronism.
Impeachment is a very real threat if the Democrats gain control of congress, and there is little doubt that Bush is a bit worried about that. All of which brings us to Iran, and the head-shaking is noted”.

These last few sentences can barely even be characterized as manipulation of the truth; they are an outright lie. The unabashed claim of Bush on the verge of impeachment screams propaganda. Even though there has been no evidence to support this, and it barely fits under the category of speculation, Shaunessy explains that propaganda has an element of self deception, telling people what they want to hear, truth can be painful and annoying, and thus self deception proves as a useful and necessary strategy. Is this the radical Islamic way of coping with Bush’s Presidency? His being on the road to impeachment is perhaps a more effective way of coping with reality, then him lasting for another four years. The writer, in essence is just telling people what they want to hear; whether it is true is irrelevant.
What more effective method of legitimizing the President as a criminal and illustrating just how hateful and how wrong what he is, than creating falsified claims of him risking being tried for “high crimes and misdemeanors” by his own country men. There is also a fantasy role in propaganda where people necessarily believe them because they are willing partners in the self-deceit process, fully conscious and aware. Propaganda is hyperbole, and many researchers even believe that when given the opportunity people do not want to know the truth; when they can distinguish between new sand propaganda they seem to prefer the latter. This article to the average follower of Al Jazeera as his/ her primary news source is just a confirmation of what they are feeling already, and further encourages validity to the claim of George W. Bush characterized a as a defiant criminal.