Don’t Demean Almost Half the Country on Impeachment (Brent Budowsky)

[babylonsister]

http://pundits.thehill.com/2007/07/23/dont-demean-almost-half-the-country-on-impeachment/#more-1357

July 23, 2007
Don’t Demean Almost Half the Country on Impeachment (Brent Budowsky)
@ 4:37 pm

This is my reply to A.B. Stoddard (employee of The Hill):

You write that all the Congress has done is have Iraq votes and investigate, which, BTW, happens to be the Republican talking point.

First, the reason Democrats have not been able to “muster the votes” to change Iraq policy is not because of Democrats, but because of Republicans.

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When you suggest that the proposed reason for impeachment is that Bush did not prepare for Iraq, you are again insulting and again demeaning the nearly 45 percent of Americans who have clearly, repeatedly and very publicly asserted far more grave and serious grounds than that.

You can certainly disagree with them, but give them the respect and intellectual honesty of accurately portraying what they are saying.

To misstate what they are suggesting, and then ridicule and demean the opinion of close to half of America is exactly what brings politics and journalism into widespread disrepute.

This is why Democrats won an overwhelming victory in 2006 including a surprise takeover of the Senate. This is why Democrats have such an overwhelming advantage in campaign fundraising for 2008. This is why Republicans in Congress are now experiencing mortal dread about their fears of what the voters will do in 2008.

Americans want change, and that change is being blockaded by obstructionist, do-nothing Republican senators abusing the filibuster to thwart the will of the majority of the House, the majority of the Senate and the vast majority of the country.

The day of reckoning is coming.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Excellent...these pundits really need to get their opinions recalibrated.

They seem to be part of the 25% that still think Bush Republicanism has been good for this country. I can't believe how myopic their sense of the public frustration is with Washington.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Thank you, Brent, for saying that the inability to "muster the votes" is

because of the Republicans, NOT because of the Democrats!!!!!

I'm not saying that Dems don't deserve some of the criticism they have been getting, but damnit, THEY aren't the ones blocking votes to get out of Iraq. The fucking Republicans are, and I wish more people would point that out!

[babylonsister]

3. The best part is he's berating Stoddard, and they both write for the

Hill. A free press right under our noses! It's healthy.

[babylonsister]

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