A must read article in WP summarizes * presidency/crimes - read the comments too

[williesgirl]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061101856.html

By Eugene Robinson

...

This, I am convinced, is how future generations will remember George W. Bush: as the president who abandoned our traditional concepts of justice and human rights, choosing instead a program of state-sponsored kidnapping, arbitrary detention and abusive interrogation techniques such as "waterboarding

We will remember him for the Iraq war, of course. But I hope and believe we will give at least as much weight to his erosion of our nation's fundamental values and basic character

We will remember this whole misguided administration for deciding to wage the fight against terrorism in a manner that not only mocks our nation's values but also draws new recruits to the anti-American cause. We will remember this White House for unwittingly helping the terrorist cause perpetuate itself.


Well worth the time to read, plus the comments will knock your socks off.

[ShortnFiery]

1. But "Impeachments are off of the table."

:grr: Thanks for being utterly WORTHLESS Congress!!! :grr:

[robbyrob79]

6. The problem with impeachment

Is that if you try to impeach and fail, the results will be more disasterous than doing nothing at all for congress.

[Usrename]

7. Is it better to be partners in crime with this administration?

I do not pretend to understand your position. If impeachment fails, then at least the criminals in Congress will be exposed.

A similar argument to the one you are making is that it was a mistake to oppose Lieberman in the primaries because he won a seat in the Senate anyway. Well, all I can say about it is that it was a very ambitious move in the right direction. At least he has been exposed, as he was not before Lamont ran a successful campaign against him. But the chances of unseating him were slim all along, and now it should be clear why.

The same can be said about impeachment of these criminals. When do we get a good look at who they all are? Impeachment would be a good start, regardless of the outcome. The process is the valuable part of the exercise. The whole Bush Doctrine must be thoroughly discredited somehow. This would be an excellent start.

[Solly Mack]

2. If Bush Inc walk free - what the world will remember

That America refused to hold its own war criminals accountable.

[Javaman]

3. What is amazing about this is the old argument...

"that america couldn't handle another impeachment".

correction, we can handle it, it would be the house and congress that couldn't handle it. we the people would just fine.

Pigs.

I harkin back to the words my dad told me once, "regardless of party, all politicians are the same". no truer words were spoken.

[SusanaMontana41]

4. Thanks for the link

And I agree about the comments about this and other WaPo articles. They truly are required reading.

[Straight Shooter]

5. unwittingly helping the terrorist cause?

It was deliberate.