Instead of trying to make people 'nervous' how about we act like the REAL grown-ups for a change? [View All]

[truebrit71]

All of this talk of impeachment strikes me as little more than short-sighted, revenge-inspired payback.

You do realize, of course, that if we move immediately towards impeachment, and act out all of the supposed left-wing fantasies of revenge and retribution that every single gop campaign ad alleged, we will hand the GOP their campaign strategy for 2008 on a silver plate. All the gop would have to say in 2008 is "We told you so."

And you know what? They'd be right.

We need to show this country that they didn't just elect a bunch of vicious, vindictive, petty-minded partisans solely interested in revenge. We need to show this country that they voted for a party that is willing to roll up its' sleeves, and start fixing the problems that have been created by their predecessors. We need to show this country that they elected a party that is willing to work towards an end to the disastrous ME policy that has this, and many future generations, mired in endless debt and significantly less secure than when their predecessors took office. We need to show this country that they elected a party that is willing not only to shine a bright light on all of the dark little secrets and smoky back-room deals that defiled the once great halls of democracy, but to use that light to show the way forward. A way forward that insures the safety of social security, the security of health benefits, the security of this country's vast borders and the security of personal privacy and the right to speak ones mind.

Don't for a second think that I wouldn't relish the idea of impeaching the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for high crimes and misdemeanors. Lord knows that he has done far more to deserve impeachment than President Clinton ever did. But if that becomes the first and only order of business, then it appears as though the braying fools on the right were correct, and this election was simply about revenge and nothing more.

Revenge is a dish best served cold, so the saying goes, and that is no more appropriate than now. Right now the spotlight is shining on this newly Democratic Congress, and the iron is still very hot. We need to strike hard and strike fast. We need to strike with all of our might and start putting things back together. We need to use that heat to start reactivating the concept of checks and balances with robust and far-reaching investigations. Top-to-bottom investigations that ask all of the questions that have remained unasked these past six years. Investigations that root out the answers and bring to light the hidden depths to which this administration has gone in order to benefit the 'have mores' on the backs of the 'never gonna have any's'. Investigations that finally bring to the fore exactly what got us into the unholy mess that is euphemistically called "the war on terror".

These and other similar investigations will finally expose the nefarious and damn-near treasonous actions (and/or inactions) of the current administration and their ready, willing and able, thankfully soon-to-be unemployed, accomplices in the republican rubber-stamp congress. As each little nugget of truth comes to light, as each step down into the muck becomes glaringly obvious to even the most fervent denier, the groundswell of calls for impeachment will grow until it becomes a deafening roar. And when the calls become so loud as to be impossible to ignore, then, and ONLY then should we move to impeach. When the electorate asks for it, when the electorate pleads for it, when the electorate demands it we should then move to do the electorates' bidding, and impeach, after all, they elected the Democrats into the majority to take care of the people's business.

Until that happens, how about we knock off the circular firing squad act for a while...because, unless you haven't been paying attention, the republicans are showing us how skilled they are at that skill as well...

Cheers!