Impeachment Bandwagon
The Impeachment Bandwagon is starting to roll, with some conservatives now joining the vast numbers of liberal and moderate politicians, journalists, pundits, lawyers, and scholars saying- in no uncertain terms- that Bush has stepped over the line.
The conservative business magazine Barron's published an editorial criticizing Bush: "If we don't discuss the program and lack of authority of it," wrote Thomas Donlan, "we are meeting the enemy--in the mirror."
The Nation magazine offers this on what the voters have been thinking:
“Public opinion is also growing more comfortable with the idea of impeaching this president. A Zogby International poll conducted this summer found that 42 percent of Americans felt that impeaching Bush would be justified if it was shown that he had manipulated intelligence in going to war in Iraq. (John Zogby admitted that "it was much higher than I expected.") By November, the number of those who favored impeaching Bush stood at 53 percent--if it was in fact proven that Bush had lied about the basis for invading Iraq. (And these polls were taken before the revelations of Bush's domestic spying.)”
We’ll see soon what the next round of public opinion polls reveal.
The Nation's editor sums things up: "It needs to be repeated that no constitutional clause gives the President 'because I said so' authority."
The radical right, for their part, is offering up comments like this that would make even dictators like Saddam blush: “ If you don’t have anything to hide, what’s the problem [with government-authorized domestic spying and torture]?”
Many Americans seem not to know their history well enough to recall the issues that led to the American Revolution against the tyranny of King George.
In the 2000's we are givng the un-checked authority back to a new King George. How quickly it has been forgotten what so many Americans have supposedly given their lives for in 230 years of war and occupation.
Politicians love the word “ Freedom” and wave around in front of of a citizenry that staggers around in an hypnotic stupor. Freedom to do what exactly? Go shopping at Wal-mart?
The conservative business magazine Barron's published an editorial criticizing Bush: "If we don't discuss the program and lack of authority of it," wrote Thomas Donlan, "we are meeting the enemy--in the mirror."
The Nation magazine offers this on what the voters have been thinking:
“Public opinion is also growing more comfortable with the idea of impeaching this president. A Zogby International poll conducted this summer found that 42 percent of Americans felt that impeaching Bush would be justified if it was shown that he had manipulated intelligence in going to war in Iraq. (John Zogby admitted that "it was much higher than I expected.") By November, the number of those who favored impeaching Bush stood at 53 percent--if it was in fact proven that Bush had lied about the basis for invading Iraq. (And these polls were taken before the revelations of Bush's domestic spying.)”
We’ll see soon what the next round of public opinion polls reveal.
The Nation's editor sums things up: "It needs to be repeated that no constitutional clause gives the President 'because I said so' authority."
The radical right, for their part, is offering up comments like this that would make even dictators like Saddam blush: “ If you don’t have anything to hide, what’s the problem [with government-authorized domestic spying and torture]?”
Many Americans seem not to know their history well enough to recall the issues that led to the American Revolution against the tyranny of King George.
In the 2000's we are givng the un-checked authority back to a new King George. How quickly it has been forgotten what so many Americans have supposedly given their lives for in 230 years of war and occupation.
Politicians love the word “ Freedom” and wave around in front of of a citizenry that staggers around in an hypnotic stupor. Freedom to do what exactly? Go shopping at Wal-mart?
posted by Steve Trumbull | 12/27/2005
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