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On a very personal level, I have a genuine thirst to see Bush impeached. New Orlean's fate was only mentioned in passing during the midterms. That was appropriate, but it had damned well better be a centerpiece of the ’08 debates. And, if it plays a part in the condemnation and eventual impeachment of that ‘gitar-pickin’ teller of goat-tales and other lies, I’ll be sending dozens of roses to the graves of many a New Orleanian.
Now is not the time for impeachment. For a second, try and forget a couple of things. Most importantly, forget that impeachment of that scumball would be a resounding affirmation, a potent re-assertion of the values and beliefs put forth in our Constitution. That’s HARD to set aside. I think many of us feel driven to remind ourselves and our global neighbors, we are NOT a people that support torture. We are NOT a people that rush willy-nilly into a war of choice. We are NOT a people with a wish to be the biggest bully on the school yard. Impeaching Bush might make a step towards re-affirming those truths, but this is not the time for it (yet).
Also, forget about the potential for success or failure in impeachment. That should not be the single most important deciding factor in whether or not to pursue impeachment. There may come a time when pursuing impeachment, even if it has a snowball’s chance in hell, may be an inescapable moral imperative. Now just isn’t the time.
Why not, dammit? I REALLY want to see smirk-boy trying to stare down the smirk of a german shepherd in Abu Ghraib. Or, hell, being required to complete his tour of duty in the National Guard. So, why not now?
Other things take higher priority. Some examples:
1) Get our troops out of Iraq. 2) Make sure the troops remaining have freaking body armor. 3) If possible, establish a wider coalition to help maintain some semblance of peace in the region. 4) Insist on following the recommendations of the 9/11 committee. 5) Breathe life back into habeas corpus? 6) Put the smack down and question the constitutionality of shrubbies signing statements. 7) Just for fun, ask why one of the FBI’s top 10 wanted, a Cuban terrorist, was photographed behind Shrub back in 2000 (if memory serves correctly) 8) Investigate:
a) No bid contracts b) Torture c) Silencing of scientific results relating to global warming, gm foods, “safe” levels of mercury in water, and WHY THE FUCK THE GOVERNMENT WON’T LET PRIVATE CATTLE FARMERS TEST THEIR OWN CATTLE FOR MAD COW DISEASE. d) Price gouging by oil corporations e) Protectionism of big pharmacological corps….hey, why can’t I get my meds from Canada? f) Why the bones of 9/11 victims are still being found 5 years later g) Why corpses are still being found in New Orleans 1 year later h) Why the supposed vice president of the United States believes he is above the power of subpoena?
When the sheer magnitude of atrocities committed over the past 6 years hits me, I almost think impeachment is too easy. These bastards need to have their sniffers shoved into the big piles of shit they’ve left behind. Impeachment, when it comes, ought to be like putting a dog out of its misery.
very bitter, very frustrated, -fl
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