OpEdNews - Page 3 of Article: Pelosi, Cheney, and the Fertilized Eggs

   On Thursday, Senator Joe Biden said something that Congressman John Conyers essentially said back in January, in an interview with John Nichols, something that Dennis Kucinich was saying at that time as well. Biden now favors impeachment after an attack on Iran. That’s a step in the right direction. But it’s a bit like shutting the barn door after it’s empty. An attack on Iran could lead to a global war, a nuclear war, martial law. We may no longer have the option of impeachment, and if we do, it will not save all the people we have slaughtered.

   And I’m not asking Biden to indict Bush and Cheney before they commit a crime. I’m asking him to recognize that the attack on Iraq was exactly as criminal as an attack on Iran would be. We can leave preemptive punishment to Michael Mukasey. Impeaching Bush and Cheney should be based on past crimes, but it is needed to avoid future ones.

   What are the chances that, if we do not impeach, Cheney will launch an attack on Iran or create another catastrophe or allow global warming to go unaddressed for another 14 months? If the chance is even 1%, then Cheney himself would argue for impeachment. He has maintained that any 1% danger must be addressed as if it were 100% certain. For that piece of insanity alone he should be banned from public office.

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   So let me close with some thoughts on how we can do it.

   We must lobby intensely the members of the House Judiciary Committee. That includes the Republicans, but the Democrats are most likely to come on first. We should also recruit the most respected people and organizations we can to join the lobbying. A week ago the National Lawyers’ Guild passed resolutions demanding the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. The Center for Constitutional Rights supports impeachment. The Southern California chapter of the ACLU a few days ago came out for impeachment. Where is the Colorado ACLU? Where is the national ACLU? Where is Amnesty International? Where is the National Organization for Women which flipped and opposed impeachment a year ago. United for Peace and Justice after two years of lobbying finally urged its members to lobby for impeachment – last week. UFPJ could do more. Everyone could do more.

We need you to lobby these group.

Now, I get paid to this, and a lot of people work very long hours. I’ve been told it’s elitist to ask people to take a day off work to lobby their Congress members. But surely it would be more elitist to advise a policy of wait and see and then point out what we should have done after we’re all in camps. And if you’ve slept a lot or eaten leisurely meals lately, then with all due respect, Mr. or Ms. Anti-Elitist, don’t talk to me. Sleep is a luxury. Democracy is a necessity. And if we act, we can quite easily save it. Let’s save our pessimism for better times. Let’s save our democracy. No sleep till impeachment.

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