Former Republican Presidential candidate -- now MSNBC political analyst -- Pat Buchanan, frequently reminds us that although Bush and Cheney are often morally and literally wrong, the Democrats are not an effective opposition party because they "lack the courage of their convictions."
We fear that a lack of courage may be only a small piece of the major puzzler of the day:
- WHY don't the Democrats stand up to Bush?
- WHY don't they fulfill their sworn duty to defend the Constitution?
- WHY don't they make even the slightest effort to fulfill their promise that -- if elected -- they would change course in Iraq and make Bush and Cheney accountable to the American people?
The problem is, we are all ON that train and are headed for disaster! We can only watch helplessly as:
The economy plunges;Both political parties have attracted candidates, who, once elected, use their position of influence to amass personal power unto themselves. They are selfish and egotistical with narrow-minded ambition and little -- if any -- regard for their sworn duty to their constituents. Sure there are exceptions, but those who do try to express outrage and act in opposition to anti-democratic policies (ala Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul) are ignored and/or ridiculed by the mainstream media and their colleagues in Congress.
Jobs are lost;
Gasoline prices soar;
Toys are poisoned;
Illegal wars are waged and more are threatened;
The environment is polluted and the Earth is plundered;
Big business and billionaires get richer;
The poor get poorer;
Access to health care is lost to more and more Americans...
What is really going on? Unfortunately, we get the sinking feeling we know:
Both major political parties are intrinsically evil.
Both are pawns of the military industrial complex, big oil and big business.
But at least the Republican Party admits their true agenda. A voter who elects a Republican (unless they do not read or watch anything except Faux news) should have a pretty good idea of what they are getting.
As for the Democrats, they pretend to stand for ONE thing and then DO something altogether different!
So, which is worse? Someone who "supports evil, but insists they believe it is good? Or someone who supports evil while claiming, at least some of the time, they actually KNOW it is evil?"
"This is where we've come: two criminal gangs run the United States from Washington. Neither of them understands the supreme and sacred value of an individual human life. Neither understands any matter of principle relating to liberty or peace. Both of them are intent upon power, no matter how many innocent people must die, and regardless of how many countries must be destroyed, including our own."Polls show that, over time, more and more Americans favor impeachment proceedings against Dick Cheney and George W. Bush.
Hopefully, with the help of the Internet, people are beginning to wake up to the truth. This country no longer needs a good housecleaning -- it needs to be demolished and rebuilt with better rodent and roach-resistant materials.
Please call or write to your member of Congress and tell them you support Kucinch's impeachment resolution and want them to do the same. Otherwise, next time they are up for reelection you will remember that they put their own needs for power over the needs of their country.
