James > Gore says Bush wiretapping could be an impeachable offense.
Sure, but who is going to impeach him? The Republicans won't and the Democrats are too disunited and function, together with the War Party, as if the US is a one party nation. Anyway, W will justify wiretapping, as well as his litany of other crimes and war crimes, by saying everything he did was essential because of the War on Terrorism.
Of course, the biggest crime of all, namely 9/11, has now been swept under the carpet and conveniently forgotten -- aided and abetted by the Democrats. Likewise the illegal invasion of Iraq which was carried out in pursuance of phony and fictitious information manufactured by the neocons for the purpose. And I'm not even talking about incarceration without due process or torture -- both of which are crimes against humanity. Indeed, wiretapping, is the most trivial of all and yet it seems to be the "transgression" which excites the politicians the most -- I presume because it's their phones which are being tapped.
> the American values we hold most dear have been placed at serious risk by the unprecedented claims of the Administration to a truly breathtaking expansion of executive power.
That is clear to anyone who cares to look but the truth is, as was discussed in the article I posted, the Democrats are as complicit as the Republicans in the destruction of traditional American values. One can hardly expect a bunch of foxes to guard the henhouse.
> many of us have come here to Constitution Hall to sound an alarm and call upon our fellow citizens to put aside partisan differences and join with us in demanding that our Constitution be defended and preserved.
That's pure bullshit. It is, in fact, the "bipartisanship" which has led to the Patriot Act and it is that "bipartisanship" which will continue to destroy Constitutional values as the elites of both parties see fit. IMO, it's only when the Democrats act as their name implies, namely as the party of We the People, and get far away from all that cozy stuff with the Republicans, that something beneficial towards the restoration of Constitutional values might happen.
But I don't see that. Instead, and despite all the flowery and optimistic words to the contrary, I see the incipient dictatorship proceeding apace and fascism/corporatism becoming the national ethos. It is even conceivable that ultimately a "home-grown" fundamentalist, religious dogma could replace the Constitution altogether. |
