Let me start by saying clearly that Senator Feingold is absolutely one of the very best we have; that fact fills me with more sadness every day.
Again he graces us with a Diary extolling the virtues of his Censure Motion against the Administration, with several references to what future generations will learn from Censure.
Frankly, I think Senator Feingold and his colleagues should be a damned sight more concerned with this generation...
The good Senator evinces concern that Impeachment will put the country "through a very trying process", which would be a touching concern under other circumstances, but the sentient part of this Country has been going through a "very trying process" for some time now, what with an illegal war of aggression sold with a pack of deliberate lies and the systematic dismantling of our Constitution one piece at a time.
The First Amendment's prohibition against "establishment of religion"...
The Fourth Amendment's prohibition against "unreasonable search and seizure"...
The Fifth's guarantee of "Due Process"...
The entire Sixth...
The Eighth's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment" (waterboarding, anyone?)
Executive Priviledge for everything including shooting lawyers in the face (not that I necessarily oppose shooting lawyers in the face, but there should be rules)...
The list could go on and on, but everybody here knows what this Maladministration has done, and our best Senator wants to "Censure" these criminals so the "history books will show we were vocal in condemning the President’s abuses of power"??
Senator, forgive my indelicacy, but censure against the likes of Cheney and Bush is masturbatory, at best. If they are not definitively stopped THEY and their sycophants will be writing those history books you are so worried about, and those future generations will enjoy a mere shadow of the Constitution we inherited but failed to "protect and defend".
Impeach these criminals or just shut the hell up. There's really no middle ground.