Open Letter to the National Democratic Leadership-2008 elections are the distraction-not impeachment

[kpete]

Open Letter to the National Democratic Leadership
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2007-07-17
By Dan Monte, California Democratic Central Committee

The 2008 elections are the distraction, not impeachment.

Impeachment is not a distraction for our military that sees our once invincible force being destroyed. Impeachment is not a distraction for the families of the 380,000 soldiers and private mercenaries that are occupying Iraq. Impeachment is not a distraction for the families of the 6,000 who have died in Iraq, American and coalition forces and mercenaries. Nobody asks anymore of the many who have died in Afghanistan. Impeachment is not a distraction for the families of the nearly 1,000,000 dead in the Middle East because of this administration. Impeachment is not a distraction for the 100s of millions of people that
this administration is threatening with aggressive war.

Impeachment is not a distraction for the millions whose votes were not counted or who were kept from voting in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Impeachment is not a distraction for those whose great grandchildren will be indebted by the money stolen by this administration.

They can jail us without trial and torture us without prohibition. They can convict and execute us on secret evidence at sham trials. I will never forget this Congress that after we have given them the power to stand up and defend us against the tyranny of this administration is too distracted to do so.

Why should I think of 2008 when you will then tell me to think of 2010? You will never be forgotten for your failure of 2007.

Dan Monte, California Democratic Central Committee
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/24768

[debbierlus]

1. Stopping criminals who may bring us into another war

is a distraction????

Amazing.

[Tom Joad]

7. what concerns me about those who do not want impeachment is that for me

it seems that not holding bush/cheney accountable will mean that it will make it easier for another president (of either party) to lead us into a war based on lies. that LBJ was not held to account for those crimes certainly led to nixon's crimes and reagan's crimes and on down thru u.s. history.

if a u.s. president were impeached, removed from office for crimes against the people of Iraq, billions of people throughout the world would begin to respect the US again.
It would be a blow to terrorism, especially the terrorism that comes from US policy, but also those who hate the US-- their numbers would shrink.

[Demeter]

2. k&r

[rudy23]

3. Does anyone remember an election season starting this early?

I think it's part of the GOP's plan to take focus off the current administration.

[Pooka Fey]

4. Awesome post. K&R

[John Q. Citizen]

5. Yes. The D after their name will stand for Deceit, Dictatorship and Despotism. All

because they enabled tyranny by being too distracted to do their duty and to honor their oath of office to defend the constitution.

Impeachment isn't a strategy, it isn't a punishment, it isn't an option,

Impeachment is imperative to defend the Republic from it's domestic enemies. And make no mistake. we are under attack.

[pberq]

6. kudos to Dan Monte, and thanks kpete for posting this!

[robinlynne]

8. Dan Monte, whoever you are, thank-you. and kpete!

[Mnemosyne]

9. ! n/t

:kick: and R!

[Breeze54]

10. Thank You kpete and Dan Monte, DCCC!!

:kick: & Recommended!!

Well said!!

[scarletwoman]

11. Damn straight! k & r!