I know everyone here worked HARD, very hard to get the Democrats back in power. As I dialed number after number for DFA and MoveOn, one of the motivating things for me was this image:
and this one:
and, dare I dream:
And I was LIVID at the prospect of Pelosi's
statement about "impeachment-not going to happen."
But after a weekend of serious thought in between several celebratory bacchanalias, it occured to me that
she was right.
But not like you're thinking.....
If we were to start out the new congress by drafting articles of impeachment against the brigands over in the executive branch, we would immediately paralyze Congress in the throes of another impeachment trial, because, let's face it , there's a LOT of people involved. And what Congress needs to do right now is get America back on track, and
pass a few bills to assist that.
Congress also needs to start immediate oversight, and plans to do so immediately. My advice to those who desire impeachment: sit back and enjoy the fun.
Not everyone is as up to speed on the many crimes of the Bush administration as we are in wonkyland. For many, particularly the Bush partisans if it isn't on the TV it just hasn't happened. Further, our own Senators have proven to us time and again what a bubble they live in. I'm going on the assumption that the obscene profiteering portrayed so ably in Iraq For Sale is hardly a blip on their radar screens, and my own Senator Feinstein , head of Armed Services, has probably not seen the movie.
I don't think it's at all illogical to assume 70% of the public is in he dark about the manifold crimes committed by Bush, Cheney et al. I mean less than half of them bothered to register to vote, and less than half of them bothered to show up. It's not much of a stretch.
So: let the oversight play out, let the revelations come. And come they will , hundreds upon hundreds of criminal offenses committed upon the American public by the corrupt and inept Republican leadership. Let's let it ALL come out. In six months, even the most reticent Bush partisan will be HOWLING for impeachment, taking congress to task for NOT doing it.
At least, that's my call. Let the shit hit the fan, and let the other side realize the gravity of what happened, and let the other side realize the only hope of preserving what's left of their party is to represent to America that , yes, THEY are doing something for them, being so pro rule of law and all. It will be the sweetest of all final revenge.
They're good at it. Let THEM be the ones screaming for his head. because, trust me, to save themselves and their party, they will have to.
OK. Did I miss something? There's NO WAY that this won't happen, as abuse after abuse , from the secret Energy Meetings, The Enron support, the Iraq lies , the depth of ineptitude in Katrina, the deathscape in the middle east, Cronyism and corporate profiteering in Iraq, Big Pharma, Oil Cos, Health Insurance Companies, outsourcing, all pile higher and higher as the public finally sees what we have all along. It won't be a partisan witch hunt. In that final year before the election, see if MCCain the "true American" isn't at the head of the mob with the rope and the torches.
THAT my friends, will be a sight to behold.