[Peace-discuss] Democrat treason… and election 2008.

[Morton K. Brussel]

The abstract below is the conclusion of an article by

Richard W. Behan, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/story/67707/

The longer article summarizes the case against our reigning government.

Whistling in the wind?


…Why can't the mainstream Democrats speak sublime truth to demonic  
power? Doing so, they claim, would be too "divisive" and jeopardize  
the party's success in next year's election.

This strategy is politically suicidal. A Democratic sweep in 2008  
grows dimmer every day.

The rank-and-file Republicans who continue to believe Mr. Bush's lies  
about the "War on Terror" will not vote for a Democrat. The rank-and- 
file Democrats who see through the lies are increasingly enraged by  
the insipid waffling of their mainstream candidates. And roughly half  
the American people don't bother to vote at all, repelled by the  
tawdry attack ads and negativity of bitterly partisan, superficial,  
sophomoric and issue-avoidance politicking.

If the mainstream Democrats do nothing to change this, they will wind  
up where they're headed -- disappointed and defeated in 2008 -- and  
they will deserve it. Only by exposing and acting on the truth about  
the war can they change any Republican minds, regain the support of  
disenchanted Democrats and attract the politically inert, indifferent  
Americans. A new style of politics needs badly to be engaged, one  
that is dedicated not merely to winning elections, but to a genuine  
concern for truth, for justice, for the rule of law and for integrity  
in public service.

The most direct and honorable way of invoking such a style is by  
impeaching George Bush and Richard Cheney. Never in our history have  
the high crimes and misdemeanors been so flagrant, and the people of  
our country know it.

Yes, congressman Kucinich sought with a "member's privilege" motion  
to initiate an impeachment proceeding on the floor of the House of  
Representatives. But Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer moved  
immediately to kill the initiative, only to be thwarted by a  
Republican trick. Finally, Nancy Pelosi, desperate to avoid a floor  
debate, managed to have the matter referred to the Judiciary  
Committee, where Chairman John Conyers has been sitting on the  
original bill since last April. The giving of aid and comfort to the  
enemies will, seemingly, continue.

But the mainstream Democrats now face a carpe diem moment of truly  
historic measure: If they choose, they can foreswear their treason.  
It was a majority, bipartisan vote that sent the impeachment bill to  
Judiciary, and that is all the political cover the Democrats need to  
take the next courageous and necessary step.

For the sake of the rule of law, for the sake of the integrity of the  
Congress, for the sake of the country's future and incidentally for  
the sake of a potential Democratic victory in 2008, the politics of  
truth and justice must be showcased. The Judiciary Committtee must  
hold hearings immediately, to see if impeachment is in fact warranted  
-- and polls say the greater part of the country thinks it is.

If the mainstream Democrats will not do this, if their treason  
continues, then decent and thinking citizens everywhere -- concerned  
patriots all -- can only weep for their country.
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