Midge Miller: For democracy, we must consider impeachment

[Senator]

http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/176635">Midge Miller in the Captial Times:

The United States democracy is in a struggle for its life. A growing number of writers, generals and other opinion leaders are speaking up to inform and encourage an inattentive public to understand and to make a stand to protect our nation from enemies within and without.

Many of us have resisted the idea of impeaching Cheney and Bush. But we now realize that by allowing this administration to continue in power, we become a party to:

* Killing Americans and other people in wars of aggression.
* Imprisoning and torturing people.
* Endangering our economy and the environment.
* Neglecting health, education and other needs at home and abroad.
* Eroding our own liberties.

Having observed instances of election fraud by officials in 2000 and 2004, we know that only our vigilance will protect our elections. Having witnessed the mainline media shirk their watchdog role, we are compelled to search for truth from a variety of sources.

...

Eternal vigilance is still the price of freedom.

A mother whose son was killed in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, later wrote: "Let us not, as a nation, add to the inhumanity of our times."

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[Wickerman]

1. Impeachment?

:rofl:

There aren't enough stones in this current group of pols to give a vote of no confidence, let alone eliminate Gonzo.

I'll still K&R because in a serious democracy the author would be correct.

[pat_k]

2. Kick 'n Rec for conquering impeachophobia!

Another impeachophobe becomes an impeacher! Impeachophobia -- the immobilizing affliction that is destroying our constitutional democracy -- can be conquered. And recovery is a one-way process. Once an impeachophobe recovers, they don't go back.

We are seeing more and more people "out here" recover, but the impeachophobes in Congress are crying out for help!

Impeachophobia
Posted by pat_k in General Discussion: Politics
Thu Apr 05th 2007, 03:59 PM

Like squatters, Bush and Cheney are laying claim to unconstitutional power through openly hostile possession. Members of Congress, who we empowered and charged with the duty of evicting (impeaching) such trespassers, are refusing to act. . .

There is a Cure! -- Turning Impeachophobes into Impeachers

Whatever position or office -- member of the press, Member of Congress, staffer, activist, citizen -- impeachophobes are all just people and people can be reached. We know impeachophobia can be cured because it is being cured. We are seeing and rank and file Democrats "out here" conquer impeachophobia and become "impeachers" everyday. Simply being exposed to impeachment advocates has been enough for some. Others require more intensive "intervention."

Curing impeachophobia doesn't require a "specialist." Anybody can do it by simply challenging impeachophobic rationalizations whenever they can.

Although we haven't seen any of the impeachophobes in the 110th Congress turn into impeachers, we should not be too discouraged. They can be reached, but the group dynamics that led the DC Democrats to take impeachment "off the table" also enable them to effectively defend against reality and reason that challenges that decision.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/pat_k/23">More. . .