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Impeachment Must
Happen
By Carol Davidek-Waller
11/29/07 "ICH"
-- -- Clearly the nation has turned against Vice President
Cheney and President George W. Bush. Their approval ratings are
the lowest of any elected leaders in American history. We are
weary of war and bled white from profligate spending and
larceny. Our civil rights have been severely restricted and
crimes have been committed. A once peaceful world stands on the
brink of turmoil.
As the 2008 elections draw near, it's tempting to look upon
regime change as an end to our long night. We would like to
believe that a change of face in the Oval Office would repair
the damage done by the current administration. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
Without investigation and impeachment, electing a new president
will only serve to codify the unprecedented and illegitimate
power stolen from the Congress and the American people. The
powers of a dictator will be passed on like an Olympic torch
where they will reside with the next president.
The nation has been wounded in its beating heart. The president
is no longer obligated to uphold and defend the Constitution or
obey and execute the laws of the land. We no longer have the
full protection of the Bill of Rights. Our elected leaders are
no longer bound to tell the truth. These wounds will continue to
fester until they are cleansed by a strong dose of sunlight.
Failure to impeach is a threat to our national security. In the
same way that we cannot expect our nation to be secure if we
don’t understand what threatens us beyond our borders, we cannot
expect the nation to be secure if we don’t understand and check
what threatens us from within. The excesses of our own
government can become a far greater threat than terrorism.
Articles of Impeachment against Dick Cheney were filed several
months ago and the majority of Americans favor impeachment.
Congress has refused to act. They even turned a blind eye when
Rep. Dennis Kucinich read out the well-document charges against
Cheney on the floor of the House and demanded action.
The charges against Cheney are chilling. They outline in stark
relief the peril our nation faces when even one man exercises
unrestrained power; even a man whose office is purely
ceremonial. How could so much damage be done in such a short
time? Why has no one stopped him?
Elections give us an opportunity to choose our representatives
and leaders. They do not and were never meant to address the
gross abuses of power, war crimes, felonies and fraud that
Cheney and Bush have engaged in. Impeachment not elections gets
top billing in the Constitution.
Elections will not address the tragedy of the hundreds of
thousands who have died in an unnecessary war nor honor their
sacrifice. Elections will not prevent your government from
spying on you without cause or restore your right to privacy.
They will not prevent you from being incarcerated or having your
assets seized because one man, the president, says so. Elections
will not prevent you from being tortured or flown to another
country to be tortured. Elections will not keep your own
military from being used against you. They will not restore the
rule of law or the integrity of the Judiciary. They will not
restore the balance of powers. Elections will not prevent this
nation or any other from making war at will or stealing another
nation’s resources. They will not restore the delicate balance
of the global community, shattered by broken treaties and
unchecked lust for domination and power.
Elections will not prevent a president Clinton from declaring
you an enemy combatant and shipping you off to Guantanamo. They
won’t prevent a president Obama from sweeping up Americans and
holding them indefinitely on his word alone. They won’t prevent
a president Guiliani from illegally and immorally murdering
millions of Iranians for no legitimate reason. They won’t
prevent a president Romney from seizing your home and assets
because he alleges you are impeding operations in Iraq. It won’t
prevent a president Thompson from exempting himself, his entire
administration and his political supporters from the rule of
law. It won’t prevent any president from leaving the nation
unprotected by ignoring or rewriting the intelligence to suit
his or her political agenda. Elections won’t guarantee that
anyone you elect to lead or represent you has to tell you, the
congress or the judiciary the truth.
Under the Constitution, we have the right to know if our elected
leaders are doing their jobs or abusing the power of their
office.
When serious allegations are made, it is our right to have
public investigations that are immune to state secrets and
executive privilege.
We have a responsibility as citizens to act on that information.
There is no more important work for congress to do. You cannot
build anything on a weak foundation. Unscrupulous men and women
have damaged the very foundation of our nation: the Constitution
is the very bedrock upon which the order and legality of our
nation rests. These same people have suspended the rule of law
by which we govern ourselves. They assert that the government is
theirs to do with as they wish. We cannot let that stand.
The genius of the Constitution is that it contains the remedy
for its own healing, it’s own restoration. That remedy is
impeachment. Not elections. Impeachment.
Carol Davidek-Waller is a news junkie and an avid blogger.
http://resetnow.blogspot.com -
http://cdw-ithink.blogspot.com
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