Some time ago I sent the following to John Conyers. I never got an answer, of course, and nothing has changed. In America, we're losing our democracy bit by bit, while most of sit befuddled in front of the TV listening to the Big Brother lies regurgitated by the corporate media.
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Dear John Conyers:
You say that "I have agreed with Speaker-to-be Pelosi that impeachment is off the table."
Which is both absurd and cowardly.
If this administration's criminal acts are let stand, it endangers our democracy to a frightening decree.
Before and after the election, Democrats have been bleating, 'no impeachment, no impeachment, no impeachment.'
Before the election, they worried that the 30 to 35 percent of voters who actually like Bush would be upset. More importantly, they worried that the raving rightwing pit bulls from hell like Rush Limbaugh who are are given free reign in the corporate media would tear them to pieces.
But they are doing the same thing after the election that proved the voters don't support this inept and murderous regime.
Why, for god's sake, why?
Some Democrats say that it's not the time for partisan bickering. Instead they want to work on the Democrats agenda: repeal the tax cuts for the rich, raise the minimum wage, enact universal health care, work on global warming, etc.
Yeah, right. The Democrats are owned by the same corporations and rich oligarchy that own the Republicans, So don't expect anything beyond a tepid minimum raise hike.
Others say that impeaching Bush would mean that we would get the even worse Cheney. Un huh. If you see the mayor commit mass murder in front of City Hall, you don't decide to let it pass because you don't like his successor.
At any rate, Cheney is already president in all but name. If he succeeded Bush because of impeachment, he would be too hamstrung to do any more significant damage.
We can't let Bush go scot free.
There is no chance of changing our imperialist policies without impeachment. Bush and Cheney will blunder along in Iraq and perhaps even start a new war with Iran, the Democrats will wring their hands, and hundreds of thousands of more will die.
Impeach the bastard.
Posted by Deck at January 3, 2007 04:16 PM