David Michael Green pens another amazing post. Here is an excerpt:
Sheehan has, with this single bold stroke, completely reshuffled the deck for Pelosi, Congress, Bush, America, Iraq and the world. A coldly dispassionate look at the new lay of the land suggests that Nancy Pelosi now has two options ahead of her. She can either become (the first female) president of the United States following the impeachment of Bush and Cheney (and perhaps even keep the job after the 2008 election), or she will likely lose both her Speakership and her seat in Congress. There probably is no in-between. That doesn’t seem like such a tough choice to me, especially because the only ones who pay in this scenario are Bush and Cheney. But it does require a certain boldness – even if its boldness driven by terror – which is a quality not exactly in abundance among Democrats in Congress these last, well, decades.
While feeling sorry for Sheehan, who in my opinion, is not handling her grief very well, is being led around by the nose.
I don’t think she would upset Nancy in the upcoming election. While the rabid left may support Cindy, the average left leaning voter won’t.
If the 08 elections are fair, I have a feeling the GOP(verts) may take one huge loss. The list of wrong doings by the puggies since Bush assumed office is huge. Scandle after scandle is appearing, and more and more people are fed up with it.
The latest wrong doing is the President telling Meirs to forget the Congressional subpoena. It is against the federal law for anyone, including the president, to obstruct enforcement of a subpoena. That in and of itself, is reason to impeach Bush.
If Meirs can refuse to obey a subpoena, then why can’t the average American? I’m not a lawyer, but it seems to me that our justice system is making unchartered problems down the road. We know the DOJ is corrupt right now, but just wait until the next President gets into office. Will it become worse or will the new President revert it back to what our DOJ used to stand for?
How can any voter believe any thing a republican may say when they are running for office? Right now the puggies do not have a good track record, do they?
With even “middle of the road” Ed Schulz calling for impeachment, Pelosi may have her head handed to her for taking impeachment off the table.
At first I thought the Sheehan candidacy pre-announcement was just a ploy to get Pelosi to show some chutzpah, but I can envision the “Lamont” Democrats nationwide rallying around Cindy, providing massive amounts of money and PR exposure. With Pelosi’s district being extremely liberal, someone running to the left of her cannot be ignored. But Cindy may not have thick enough skin and enough political shrewdness to become a serious contender. She seems a little too whiney and too emotional at times.
Given the status quo nature of our political system, I think it would be quite healthy for a political shake up to occur though.
OT, Taylor’s oath to President Bush?? WTF is that? They took an oath to the constitution, but as good republicans, they believe the “decider-in-chief” that our constitution is a g@@d@@m piece of paper.
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong on that! If this is what all the puggies believe in, man what a wake up call 08 might be.
Calling for impeachment before Miers was a no-show under subpoena, due to Bush’s command, he really didn’t do anything wrong. So he lied to the American people, which political bottom feeder hasn’t? Also, congress gave him their support to invade Iraq. The Patriot Act, support by congress, gave him the right for communication taps.
But, he committed a federal crime interfering with a subpoena. For that he should be impeached. And I dare any GOP critter to support him for that crime.
We need to get the impeachment process underway and check the trend towards a monarchy or a theocracy. Look at the horrible example Clinton started in pardoning crooks and conficted criminals … and now Bush uses this as to pardon instead of fire his underlings. This isn’t a political party issue. It is an American issue. If Bush’s and Cheney’s actions are left to stand, future occupants of those offices are not going to restore what we are about to loose if we don’t proceed with the constitutionaly established remedy- the impreachment process.
Pat,
You are correct on your thinking, and I agree with you. But what I don’t understand is why not one Republican will answer the questions I raised.
We, the American people, have a serious problem facing us, and that is: Not one elected bottom feeder will listen to the people. All they want to do is to line their own pockets, and kiss the party’s butt.
Political corruption has started in the small towns, cities, and has grown to state and federal levels. Deny the people to vote on issues pertaining the best course of actions. One good example of that is the mayor of Vancouver wanting to annex whole neighborhoods. Just because he wants Vancouver to become the 2nd largest city in the state.
My question for the mayor is: Who is lining your pockets? I not only deserve the right to vote, I demand the right to vote on my future. And I’m sure I am not alone on this.
But remember, Bush said the constitution is a g@d@@@m piece of paper. You are correct, what is the next president, if their is one, going to do?
If you want a sarcastic picture of where we are headed, read Hillary for Emperor.
I think something can be done about Mayor Royce. If half the effort being made to build new structures downtown was spent on people issues, the city would be much more livable and attractive.
I don’t want any more emperors regardless of political affiliation. I know this is a different type of war (against terrorism) and we need new tatics, but they need to be in line with our Constitution and values and not set precidents for a downward spiral. Maybe it will take the spiral for people to finally appreciate what they have, but I hope not.