No American with a modicum of respect for the Constitution wants the current administration to stay in power for even one more day. Bush and the Neocons are the biggest threat to Our Constitution since Nixon.
Each new Discovery, in each of the Oversight Hearings, reveals a depth of corruption, cover-up, and internal threat to America, unparalleled in our history. After Seven years of no oversight by the Republicans, the “shock and awe” of these revelations compounds hourly.
The Call for Impeachment grows by the day, and correctly so.
The Democratic Party’s position that Impeachment is off the table, more reflects the tenuous hold on the Congress, than their inner agreement. That being said, there is Forty years worth of the Republican Wurlitzer playing out, that has created a public perception of the Democrats as wimps.
However the Democrats have helped in that perception, these past few months they have initiated some Four Hundred oversight committee inquiries, and have begun to “Out” the Republican Party, for what has been hidden in the closet all this time, nothing but Unconstitutional malfeasance.
This is certainly the correct tactic to use within our governmental framework. If you don’t have the votes, overwhelm the opposition with the truth of matters, until support is simply inevitable.
The utter frustration with War, has magnified. It has resulted in an ever increasing call for Impeachment, now even being revealed even in the Mainstream Media.
Many, on the left, have begun to part ways with Democratic Party over this. This is a perilous move. There is no third party in America today, nor will there be in the near future. The only recourse to Republican rule is a strong Democratic Party.
Cindy Sheehan has broken (if she ever was a part of it) with the Democrats, and announced an Independent run at Speaker Pelosi. She has staged a confrontation with one of the few Democrats in the House, to even pay lip service to an impeachment solution, Rep Conyers.
Wrong Target Folks!!
Although I support Civil Disobedience, as an American Right, this action has been mis-aimed. Once again the Left divides over an issue. This does not strengthen us.
As noted in the BooMan Tribune Faq, both support of Democrats, and holding them accountable is the rule here. In this case, I support the Democrat, not the Independent. I am not sure Rep. Conyers’ response was the best, but his history of support for many good things, should allow him the benefit of doubt, even to the “purists”.
Unless this has changed, and the FAQ not updated…
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This site is not affiliated with the Democratic Party. However, the Democratic Party is the only institution in this country that is capable of combatting the Bush administration’s agenda, or of offering a realistic alternative to the GOP’s control of both houses of Congress.
Therefore, this site is committed to building the Democratic Party, raising money for the Democratic Party and its candidates, finding and promoting promising candidates for state and local offices, helping to shape the Democratic Party’s agenda, and holding Democratic office holders to account for their votes and their ethics.
The site is also committed to doing some of the investigative work that is so desperately needed with the GOP in control of the oversight committees.
Note: This story originates at my blog.