The Coup at Home

Frank Rich of the New York Times has written a great Op-Ed piece that shouldn't be missed. My comment on "The Coup at Home" (I'm glad SOMEBODY is finally noticing and calling it by it's right name) is this:

The only way things can turn around in any significant and lasting way, is if we impeach. First Cheney, then Bush. Cheney first because if Bush is impeached, Cheney becomes President and then we have to go through another Presidential impeachment. Besides Cheney is the puppetmaster anyway. Bush is the true believer, but Cheney is his Svengali. (Rove a close second).

For those who say that impeachment in time of war is too outrageous, consider that the founding fathers believed that there was no better time to impeach THAN in time of war. To those who think that Cheney and Bush will be out of power in a little over a year anyway, that is beside the point. The point is to serve a warning to future would-be-dictators that this behavior doesn't fly in the good old US of A. That subverting the Constitution is an impeachable offense. Consider that Bill Clinton was impeached for having lied about some DNA on a blue dress! What is more important to this nation? WHO a president has sex with or our very freedoms and civil liberties?

If you can't imagine why impeachment is necessary, see Nov 9th blog entry the (top) ten reasons to impeach Cheney as written at Democrats.com.


Even if President Bush had the guts to condemn Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, there is no longer any moral high ground left for him to stand on.

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