[Peace-discuss] on Kucinich and Paul

[Laurie at advancenet.net]

> Along the same lines, some people say that Bush is the Commander-in-chief
of the
> military and must be followed, yet there is nothing that qualifies him
> to do the job, nor does he listen to the people who are qualified.

I do not really follow your reasoning.  How is this along the same lines?
At any rate, I would note that there is nothing in the Constitution or
elsewhere that says the person holding the office of Commander-in-Chief has
to be qualified to do the job or - for that matter - what the qualifications
are or even should be. :-)

Moreover, some people would say that those some people who say that one must
blindly follow anyone are mental midgets and moral idiots.  But every
society has its drones. :-)

> So how has Bush established the untouchable status that no democratic
> leader should ever achieve?

Hard work and plenty of money. :-)

> Are we learning that you can fool lots of people for a very long time?

Yes, some of us are learning that; and others have known it for a very long
time.  Isn't that what public relations, advertising and propaganda is all
about?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net [mailto:peace-discuss-
> bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Karen Medina
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:55 AM
> To: Peace Discuss
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] on Kucinich and Paul
> 
> >   The German Chancellor is "elected", right? Hitler,
> >   too.
> 
> This is what bothers me. A democracy should provide ways to "sack" an
> elected official when they turn out to be doing horrible things, like
> breaking international laws for instance.
> 
> Impeachment is a safety valve for just such a situation.
> 
> But so many Americans don't want to use the safety valve. Along the
> same lines, some people say that Bush is the Commander-in-chief of the
> military and must be followed, yet there is nothing that qualifies him
> to do the job, nor does he listen to the people who are qualified.
> 
> So how has Bush established the untouchable status that no democratic
> leader should ever achieve? Is it through poor education of the masses
> (not necessarily of Bush as an individual) in the high school civics
> classes? Are we learning that you can fool lots of people for a very
> long time?
> 
> -karen medina
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