Impeach Bush
This nation is becoming too similar to a battered spouse that we would see in a cheesy television drama. President Bush keeps smacking us in the face and telling us if we knew what was good for us we would shut up and be thankful.
Living our lives in fear, the majority of this country followed Bush into Iraq because Saddam Hussein had WMD's pointed right at us with his finger on the trigger. This turned out to be a lie and Bush told us to shut up and be happy that we were spreading democracy to an unstable region of the world. In reality it was a pre-emptive war of aggression that is clearly a war crime and should warrant an impeachment.
He told us the Patriot Act would be good for the country and if we were to go one day without it then our buildings would crumble under terrorist attacks and all hell would break loose on our soil. Remember 9/11, it will happen again if we don't live with the Patriot Act they would tell us. So our spineless legislators said okay Mr. Bush, your approval ratings are soaring so we better go along with you.
Now President Bush is trying to defend domestic spying without warrants. Anyone who has been taught how to read can study our bill of rights for a brief moment and see that spying on domestic citizens without warrants is clearly illegal. Again we hear the same song and dance about how this is a necessity and without such spying programs our lives are instantly in danger again.
Like anyone who is being battered and intimidated it is time to tell President Bush that enough is enough and kick him to the curb. The rights Bush continues to trample on were fought for and preserved with American lives throughout the course of our entire history. Lying to the country to drag us into a war and violating the Bill of Rights in such a blatant fashion needs to be enough reason for us to say goodbye to this administration and move on.
Yet we keep him around for some reason. Tonight (12/18) he will come on TV from his oval office, look us in the eyes, and tell us everything is going to be alright. We need to stop listening for the sake of our friends and family serving in the armed forces, ourselves who they could be spying on right now, and the American belief system in general. I've said it before and I am sure I will say it again; enough is enough and it is time to hold Bush accountable for the crimes he continues to commit.
If he were bus boy #2 at Red Lobster instead of the president, this kind of ineptitude would not stand for a second. But because he is the president, we tip toe around the facts and give him the benefit of the doubt that there is something that he knows that we don't. I agree, its time to put someone else in the oval office.
Posted by Anonymous | 12:23 AM
I can't imagine a president racking up more impeachable offenses then this one (even Ronald Reagan), but the sad truth is there is no opposition party in power to really get the impeachment charges rolling. Maybe that may change, but I won't be holding my breath.
Anonymous, you say its time to put someone else in the oval office, I agree. But when it comes to the big picture I don't think we would fair much better with Democrats like Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid or John Kerry replacing him.
(BTW- I doubt any restaurant would hire a jackass like Bush as a bus boy. Having been one myself once at Bob Evans, I don't honestly think he could handle it.)
Posted by CM Edwards | 2:59 PM
I was listening to some radio talk show and a republican senator was quoted as saying something to the effect of this is the first time in history a president has admitted to an offense that could result in impeachment. I just want to know where is the accountability? Why aren't we outraged? My grandparents who have always voted pro-life across the board admit that they abstained from voting in 04 because they thought bush would kill more people by means of war or lack of care for the poor than a pro-choice candidate would by abortion. It just goes to show that his base, the uber-Christian right is beginning to doubt him. Once he falls, which I believe he will, who will be there to take over? I surely hope not old Hill or the like...
Posted by Anonymous | 11:27 PM
I don't know that the Christian right ever really believed in him more so they knew that they could control them, which they still seem to have the ability to do (see the Harriet judge nomination). As long as he does what they say he will have their support.
The main newspapers in our country seem to be picking up on his overstepping of boundaries and a high judge has resigned to protest Bush's lawbreaking. He may just fall afterall.
Posted by Andrew Warner | 12:34 AM