On Bush: It's Time to Say 'Enough'

[kpete]

Published on Monday, December 26, 2005 by the Ithaca Journal (New York)
On Bush: It's Time to Say 'Enough'
by Marty Luster

As if the lies that took us to Iraq were not enough. As if the knowing use of bad intelligence wasn't enough. As if the ever- shifting justifications for this war were not enough. As if the use of torture by and at the behest of the United States was not enough. As if the disclosure of classified information to retaliate against a critic of the war policy was not enough. As if the shroud of secrecy that binds this administration was not enough. As if the squandering of hundreds of billions of dollars in support of this war at a time when we can't find the money to rebuild one of our great cities, when millions of us go without health care and when the federal government has reneged on its commitment to public education was not enough.

Now, after all that, now we have the disclosure that the president personally ordered and continues to order the interception of telephone and e-mail communications of thousands of U.S. citizens and residents on U.S. soil without search warrants, without court authorization of any sort and without any basis in the constitution or laws of this land.

This presidency has three more years to run. We cannot afford to wait that long for a change in leadership. We can no longer risk our values, our history and our liberty.

We have, finally, had enough.

It's time for Congress to begin proceedings under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution to impeach and remove George W. Bush and his Vice President from office.


http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1226-21.htm

[savemefromdumbya]

1. Need to find some decent Repub Congressman who...

...might support an impeachment?

[madokie]

2. Theres some out there, just don't know their names

Ron Paul from texas for one, sometime I listen to the house on cspan and every once in a while I hear a Republican who acts and sounds like real folks. We just need to get them together.

[savemefromdumbya]

5. How many do we need for an impeachment?

[amitten]

3. Did you say DECENT Republican??? Surely you jest.

No such thing anymore.

[savemefromdumbya]

6. Heh heh!

There might be a glimpse of decency somewhere?

[Burning Water]

4. If they were decent,

would they be Republicans? Bush won't be impeached unless The Democrats retake control of Congress. Whether it's Diebold that keeps us from our rightful place at the levers of power, or whether the American people actually reject out positions, it doesn't matter. Unless we can figure out why we are losing (by which I mean, don't get into office, whatever the reason), and do something about it, then we will continue to lose, and Bush will stay in power.

Where is our Karl Rove?

[savemefromdumbya]

7. maybe a number will fall by the wayside?

with the corruption thing coming up there maybe some empty spaces in their ranks.

[Burning Water]

10. Good things don't just happen;

they have to be made to happen. The Republicans know this. Do the Democrats? They used to.

[AndyTiedye]

9. They Don't Have to be Decent Repubs

They just have to realize that ** is bad for business.

[Deb]

8. Great to hear from Marty Luster

Thanks for posting. I remember getting signatures for his ballot petitions and he's still very respected in the Dem circles here. I hope everyone is listening and will share this with others too.