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Impeachment Is Not Enough |
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(follow-up to “The Kucinich Impeachment Resolution Marches On“)
When I reported on the fact that one of Dennis Kucinich’s articles of impeachment had been referred to the House Judiciary Committee, I had no idea that it would generate such a strong response. Judging by the votes and the comments on Reddit and Digg, there is a monumental amount of pent-up anger and frustration out there about the many misdeeds of the Bush administration.
Perhaps the most interesting comment came from Digg user jenniferstruth:
Bush is not the only one guilty of these war crimes. However, as the sitting president he is responsible since he started his signing statements and executive orders declaring himself unitary executive. Saddam was a monster as is Bush. Sadaam was also set up by our government to be the fall guy, much like Bush is being set up by the ruling elite to be the fall guy for the war, the financial collapse and the environment.
It’s almost as if certain powers-that-be planned this war in advance and then duped both Saddam and Bush into starting it. That’s a level of truth most Americans don’t want to hear, but it’s a truth that needs to be told. Thanks, jenniferstruth, and we hope to hear more from you.
But what I really like about the comment is that it holds Bush responsible for the crimes he has committed, but also alerts us to the sobering reality that getting rid of Bush in no way gets rid of the totalitarian threat that has emerged during his presidency. We can and should impeach Bush, but let’s not fool ourselves into believing that cutting off the head will in any way slow this beast down.
What will be needed to restore our country to sanity and Constitutional governance is a much more broad based movement. A movement that starts with the Oval Office and Congress, but that extends through all aspects of our society - government, media, the corporate world, religious groups, and educational institutions. A movement that says no to politics and economics that are greedy, power-hungry, fear-based, and xenophobic.
In the ancient Hebrew society, the priests would send an innocent lamb out into wilderness to die, believing that the sacrifice would help drive evil from their midst. George Bush is far, far away from being innocent - but perhaps the emotional call for his impeachment is born from a similar psychology. Those of us who are absolutely disgusted by the evils we have seen in the Bush administartion might be tempted to believe that eliminating Bush would eliminate the evil.
But impeachment, as unlikely a possibility as it is, is not enough. I like the way Jason Rosenbaum states it, saying that once the election is done, and once Bush is finally known as an ex-president, then the battle begins.
People Already know, American make war with fake reason, Iraq don’t have nuclear weapon.
That’s is big Liar.
I believe that the “battle” is already well under way and that we, the people, are losing by virtue of the Constitution not being respected, supported and enacted. What is becoming increasingly clear is that both parties are acting to undermine and destroy the Constitution. Elected and appointed government officials have uncoupled their acts from the will of and accountability to we, the people. Instead, they are acting on the will and direction of the very wealthiest and the corporate special interests.
We live in under a fascist constitutional dictatorship. Our resources have been stripped bare, and we have insufficient finances, raw and human resources to effect a Constitutional restoration. That leaves us with three likely scenarios: continued oppression as a fascist rogue terror state, revolution/overthrow by an external third party or revolution by an internal force.
Our overlooking lobbyists bribing our lawmakers has cost us our constitutional rights. If you were a congressperson and was offered a million dollars would you stop the lobbyist from getting his law passed?
albert
There is one more solution Annie, upgrade our government to 2.0 status.
It starts with a new Declaration of Independence, renewing our independence from King George (of the USA) and eventually we will have a Constitution 2.0, Bill of Rights 2.0 and USA 2.0 (United States of ALL). Revolting against the government is dangerous and can lead to all of your assets being seized and taxed at 100% and your body being thrown in Gitmo, but upgrading your government is simply progress!
I agree strongly with this article. Bush is a sock puppet. Impeachment is a legitimate, necessary, but ultimately irrelevant action. I think Nancy Pelosi knows this, but damn if it doesn’t look bad when we all want a scapegoat. The people that make the government go around are mid to executive management. And the board of directors of course, but I don’t know who they might be. Thinking that a change in president is going to fix things is like thinking the Enron would have been fine if they just changed CEOs. If we do impeach, and once we’re done feeling smug about it, same old, same old.
One other point is that now that they have seen what it is possible to get away with, it’s unlikely that anyone who enjoys power will settle for less. I’m not holding my breath for the “broad based movement” to restore constitutional freedoms mentioned above. The political process in this country self-selects for exactly the kind of psychotic egos you don’t want in the big chair. No big surprise when we get them.