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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (51945)	1/19/2006 1:21:36 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

I've seen and heard the spin..."it's business as usual, AND the democrats are crooks, too" is the latest hogwash...but you are right, the democrats did not participate in these - the worst scandals in this nation; the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Republican party. Two hundred years ago, they'd have been hung. Today, however, they'll be hired to run corporations. That kind of criminal behavior is considered "talent."

To: American Spirit who wrote (51945)	1/19/2006 1:56:54 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 93284

David Broder On Gore And Bush's Warrentless Wiretaps themoderatevoice.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (51945)	1/19/2006 2:41:54 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Written November 2004, this article is more relevant today: What Became of Conservatives? Like Brownshirts, the new conservatives take personally any criticism of their leader and his policies. To be a critic is to be an enemy. I went overnight from being an object of conservative adulation to one of derision when I wrote that the US invasion of Iraq was a "strategic blunder." It is amazing that only a short time ago the Bush administration and its supporters believed that all the US had to do was to appear in Iraq and we would be greeted with flowers. Has there ever been a greater example of delusion? Isn’t this on a par with the Children’s Crusade against the Saracens in the Middle Ages? Delusion is still the defining characteristic of the Bush administration. We have smashed Fallujah, a city of 300,000, only to discover that the 10,000 US Marines are bogged down in the ruins of the city. If the Marines leave, the "defeated" insurgents will return. Meanwhile the insurgents have moved on to destabilize Mosul, a city five times as large. Thus, the call for more US troops. There are no more troops. Our former allies are not going to send troops. The only way the Bush administration can continue with its Iraq policy is to reinstate the draft. When the draft is reinstated, conservatives will loudly proclaim their pride that their sons, fathers, husbands and brothers are going to die for "our freedom." Not a single one of them will be able to explain why destroying Iraqi cities and occupying the ruins are necessary for "our freedom." But this inability will not lessen the enthusiasm for the project. To protect their delusions from "reality-based" critics, they will demand that the critics be arrested for treason and silenced. Many encouraged by talk radio already speak this way. Because of the triumph of delusional "new conservatives" and the demise of the liberal media, this war is different from the Vietnam war. As more Americans are killed and maimed in the pointless carnage, more Americans have a powerful emotional stake that the war not be lost and not be in vain. Trapped in violence and unable to admit mistake, a reckless administration will escalate. The rapidly collapsing US dollar is hard evidence that the world sees the US as bankrupt. Flight from the dollar as the reserve currency will adversely impact American living standards, which are already falling as a result of job outsourcing and offshore production. The US cannot afford a costly and interminable war. Falling living standards and inability to impose our will on the Middle East will result in great frustrations that will diminish our country. lewrockwell.com