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September 07, 2007
Tipping point reached
I think I have officially crossed the border, and now stand with those who consider impeachment, of the current President of the United States by the House of Representatives, a serious and worthwhile undertaking.
I've seen several blog posts pointing to the Salon.com bombshell pertaining to Bush's knowledge that Saddam had no WMD, for sure. I don't think I've linked to this blog before, so start with Southern Beale.
I want to make it explicitly clear that I don't take this lightly, and that I am not advising impeachment in the sense of "Go Democrats!" or "Bad Republicans!" This is not some trivial game for partisan gain. I am an independent. I have somewhat of a split political personality, and I have reached this conclusion from my right side as well as from my left.
The President apparently lied to Congress and the American public (not to mention our allies — don't forget Poland!) in order to lead the country into a war that has been staggeringly expensive in all kinds of horrific ways. Impeachment proceedings are the available and necessary tool to exercise due diligence in finding out for sure, in the legal sense.
(By the way, I'm not letting Congress off the hook for voting to blindly hand war-making power over to the Executive branch. In fact, the only hesitation I retain in terms of starting impeachment hearings has to do with the fact that I wish there weren't so many still in Congress who cast that vote.)
I will be contacting my U.S. Representative, Zachary Wamp, as soon as possible. I know it's a hopeless effort where he is concerned, as I have no doubt that he is among the hapless neo-crusaders who've been bamboozled into thinking that the United States is embroiled in some kind of religious conflict. He has made that very clear in the press. But that won't stop me from requesting that he sign on to impeachment proceedings.
This is a sad day. I was but a child during the Watergate era, so I don't know that pain, except through the filter of history. The Clinton impeachment was a partisan farce, and I fear that many a Democrat will try to make this one the same kind of thing. Shame on them already.
News | By joe lance | 08:34 AM