Reply #22: Rep McDermott: One Nation, Two Presidents [View All]

[understandinglife]

A year ago, Americans went to the polls and voted for a President, but we got two instead.

We have George W. Bush, the President of domestic policy, appointing a self-described fashion god who left the Gulf Coast underwater. And we have Dick Cheney, the President of foreign policy – an area that includes secret CIA prisons around the world.

Today, the President of foreign policy is trying to round up votes in the Senate to exempt the CIA from an amendment that would ban the torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners. It’s a sure sign that America has lost its way when we even have to talk about banning torture and the inhumane treatment of prisoners.

America has never had two Presidents until now, and America has never had a question about its moral integrity, until now. The President of Foreign Policy would have us believe that we must become the enemy to defeat the enemy. Like so much from this Administration, this is not true.

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Much more at the link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-jim-mcdermott/one-nation-two-president_b_10323.html

Congressman McDermott concludes with -- "For a long time people have wondered just how President George W. Bush could get it so wrong, so often. Now we know. He has help. America has a second President we never elected."

Everyone -- America is truly broken.

We can repair it, but we are going to have to set some precedents in the process.

If "We the People ..." can get these criminals before our very own Tribunal, then we can begin inspecting our Constitution as to at least two categories of much needed reform -- citizen-based vote verification & expansion of citizen recourse legal action as to hold accountable members of any of the three branches who violate the law.


Peace.