March 27, 2007

IMPEACH BUSH


IMPEACH CHENEY

MAJORITY WILL SHOULD MATTER

It's always a tightrope act in a democracy. You don't want mob rule. You want to protect the rights of minorities. You don't want public policy driven by temporary passions. All of that said, however, Congress should take strong action to end the war in Iraq. The evidence is clear that most of us want out of this quagmire. It's tactically wrong. It's destroying our treasury. We're losing too many of our military to a lost cause. And, most of all, it's an immoral war. If we stand for justice, we have to get out of Iraq. This commentary by David Sirota is at www.inthesetimes.com:

How much opposition to the Iraq War must be expressed in America before Congress takes note and does something?

This simple question tears away the veneer of antiwar platitudes and pro-democracy rhetoric that spews from the nation’s capital. It has been four months since voters delivered an antiwar mandate, and the Washington establishment no longer pretends to care about the public will.

As opposition to the war has increased and as the progressive movement has demanded action from Congress, Beltway voices have expressed their disgust with democracy. In November, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on national television to say that the war “may not be popular with the public—it doesn’t matter.” In March, Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-S.D.) attacked Democratic proposals to end the war: “I don’t think we should be overreacting to public opinion polls.”

The same disdain for voters is expressed by the corporate media. In early March, the New York Times reported that the most intensely antiwar Democrats are on the “fringe,” despite the Times’ own poll showing growing public outrage at the war. This followed the paper’s columnist David Brooks, who lashed out at those who would challenge pro-war Democrats: “Polarized primary voters shouldn’t be allowed to define the choices in American politics.”

SUPPORTING THE COUNTRY

We had some right-wingers in today's Fresno Bee commending pro-war demonstrators. The spin is that pro-war demonstrators are supporting the country. We on the other side, you see, are "America haters." In reality, people who support this war are supporting George W. Bush and his corporate war profiteers. People who love this country and what it stands for want us out of Iraq. People who support the troops don't want them sent into a meat grinder to die for nothing. As the late Ann Richards once said, "You can put lipstick on a pig and call it Monique, but it's still a hog."