politricks and other distractions

Wimpeachment

There. Now we can say there's a Dubya in "impeachment."

I'm starting to get hopeful. I mean, when Garrison Keillor starts writing about impeaching Bush, you know you're onto something. It's kind of like Walter Cronkite turning against the war. Harper's cover story this month (buy it!) goes further and enumerates, with lots of footnotes, all the legal reasons Bush should be impeached. To quote them quoting Norman Ornstein, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, "I think if we're going to be intellectually honest here, this really is the kind of thing that Alexander Hamilton was referring to when impeachment was discussed." The magazine goes on to quote Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general under Reagan, who said of Bush that he "presents a clear and present danger to the rule of law."

Wimpeachment works on so many levels. Impeach the wimp. Hell, impeach all the wimps in Congress too who've let him get away with his criminal behavior for years.

Let's talk about strength, shall we? Strength is not being the loud, obnoxious parent in the stands at the soccer game, screaming at the kids and picking fights with other parents. Strength is being the dedicated mother or father who volunteers a few afternoons a week to coach the team. Strength isn't "the most compassionate bombing the world has ever seen" (Rumsfeld during Shock and Awe), strength would have been building up Afghanistan, creating jobs, ending the poppy trade instead of boosting it, educating everyone including women, building infrastructure, etc., etc. Strength is in it for the long haul, not for PR events and short-term projects that might look good but don't last.

Folks, we ain't got no coach. We've got a guy bent on war and destruction because it pays his and all his friends' bills. Can you say "Iran's next?"

I actually stopped on Fox News last week (Beltway Boys) and found them discussing the possibility that the Dems could win both houses of Congress in the fall. They said, with Bush's sinking poll numbers, that he has about 3 weeks left to "turn it around" and win over Fox viewers, then all would be lost. Praise Fox's Lord. Also, beware of Big Events happening in the next three weeks. I don't put anything past these guys to solve their poll problems.

They've proven that absolute power corrupts absolutely - and more blatantly than I've ever been aware in my young life. I know the Dems were corrupt too when they ran the Hill for 40 years, but at least they managed to accomplish good things during said corruption like civil rights, environmental protection, and a modicum of women's rights.

Just imagine - because all change has to start with being able to imagine something - that Bush was left at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for two whole years with the Dems in charge of the House and the Senate. They could finally impeach him. How lovely would that be?

Sing along, won't ya?:

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself: "What a wonderful world!"

posted by dcnative @ 12:32 PM