What will this mean? Does it mean we'll get another "President Dick"? Hardly. Vice President Cheney, who has indicated he may ignore subpoenas, will be triple indicted for every "W" crime revealed and could easily be convicted through "open source" evidence discovered by a googling High School "C" student. Richard "Stand Down" Cheney may quickly resign for "health reasons" in hope of a rapid "skapegoat" conviction and a Presidential pardon for confirmed felonies before the flood of evidence reaches the top office. This would force Bush into a situation akin to his recent campaigning where some candidates were "no-shows" for fear of adverse association with this President and his now 31% approval rating.
How eager are national Republicans facing re-election to have this President, whose approval rating has scuttled to a depth to which neither Nixon nor Clinton ever suffered, to be the national face of their party in the two year run-up to the election of 2008 which commenced November 8th?
Of course Pelosi, Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean and even Conyers have downplayed impeachment - as they should. It isn't up to them. It isn't up to the House. It isn't up to the new Democratic Senate majority. An impeachment conviction requires a two thirds vote in the Senate. It will be up to the Republican Senate minority.
More to the fact, it is up to you. You are the one you have been waiting for. Your vote on November 7th was critical. Your commitment to holding this Administration comprehensively accountable is absolutely essential.
Senate Republicans, if handed a recommendation to impeach by the House will be faced with a very tough choice as the world watches them confront a most stubborn, arrogant and unrepentent Connecticut Cowboy President and his mephistophelian inner circle:
a). Fight impeachment and continue to be revealed as rubber-stamping, lickspittle enablers of Treasonous War Criminals who were intent on a heavy-handed crackdown and takeover of all things American. Vote "No" and get washed out in the second Blue Wave of 2008.
b). Play the "I had no idea all of this was going on" card to desperately distance themselves from Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Abramoff, Ney, DeLay, Foley, et al, vote "Yes" and possibly hang onto their cushy position of power through the next election cycle.
Would you go down with this Titanic?
Impeachment isn't a good or bad idea. Impeachment is a moral imperative. It is the proper remedy prescribed by our founding fathers for circumstances precisely such as these. Impeachment is essential for the hope of future health of our nation.
We the People must impeach those who regard America, its military, its electorate and a soverign foreign nation simply resources to exploit in order to fatten their bank accounts and expand their personal power.
Leaders all over the nation are calling out for justice. Follow, or get the hell out of our way.
~ Mikael Rudolph, American Citizen damn proud of that fact once again.
Minneapolis Organizer: World Can't Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime ~~~ Co-Founder: ImpeachforPeace.org ~~~ Theatrical Entertainer and Ballroom Dance Instructor by trade
Excellent article! (Except for the word 'proscribed' in the next to last paragraph, which reverses the meaning you intended. Should be 'prescribed').
I hope it gets a lot of reading.
by
Irvthom (6 articles, 2 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 79 comments)
on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 2:01:22 PM
