Impeachment: Bring It On!

Posted on April 12, 2007
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It’s a taunt, isn’t it — when the president says to Congressional leaders, summoning them to the White House, after a 4-year war based on lies in which 3,292 U.S. soldiers have died, after Congress has given him everything he wants in a spending bill but included provisions aimed at limiting death and mayhem without end,

At this meeting, the leaders in Congress can report on progress on getting an emergency spending bill to my desk. We can discuss the way forward on a bill that is a clean bill.

It’s a taunt, isn’t it — when the president says that congress can interview Karl Rove and Harriet Miers, but they may not do it publicly, may not record any transcripts, and may not have require testimony under oath?

It’s a taunt, isnt’ it — when a president seeks to politicize all aspects of government, repeatedly appointing industry insiders to regulate their own industries, and preventing federal agencies from doing their legally mandated missions when those missions run counter to his politically charged or corrupt goals?

It’s a taunt, isnt’ it — when a president vows a second veto on federal support for stem-cell research because he says it destroys life, when that life is a cluster of undifferentiated cells, while sending beautiful, fully-formed young adults to die in an illegal and immoral war?

It’s a taunt, isnt’ it — when a president suppresses evidence that the world and human history could well be headed for preventable cataclysm, in favor of short-term bottom line gains for the energy companies that bought him?

It’s a taunt, isnt’ it — when a president signs bills into law while issuing statements that he will not be bound by that law?

It’s a taunt, isnt’ it — when a president stages an event on an aircraft carrier declaring victory, and saying, Bring Em On?

It’s a taunt, isnt’ it — when a president who has to know that the popular drive toward impeachment is gaining momentum, continues to refuse to compromise any single part of his many misguided policies?

It’s a taunt, isn’t it — when George W. Bush and Dick Cheny believe that there is no will in Congress to enter into impeachment proceedings and to flout the will of the Democratic Congress and a vast majority of the people.

Has there ever been such a large popular movement for impeachment without Congressional support? The Democrats, who represent the view of the majority population, won victories in November many would not dare imagine. They know that the effort to impeach could well fail, not because the charges are not just, but because of the president’s remaining entrenched supporters.

It is important to allow the war funding battle to play out and to strive for victory in that fight. If the efforts to reign in the president on Iraq should fail, the next priority must be impeachment.