CONYERS GIVES BUSH REGIME A PASS ON ITS CRIMES
[We have argued that while impeachment would be futile, House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers should be assembling a list of crimes committed by the Bush regime, and supporting evidence, for the benefit of criminal prosecutions and civil suits after Bush leaves office. It appears that Conyers has decided to duck the issue entirely]
DONNA NORTON, SONOMA COUNTY PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS - On January 25th, I had a telephone conversation (40 mins+) with a legislative assistant in Conyers' office regarding impeachment. He had obviously been well-instructed on how to express their current policy. Our conversation included both Bush and Cheney, and took some strange turns, but this is basically the stand they're taking:
- Impeachment's not necessary. The next election will take care of everything. just elect democrats. (This chorus was repeated throughout our discussion.)
- A sitting President is not subject to court actions. Nothing in the Constitution says a President is subject to the law. He finally conceded this remains an "unsettled" question in the courts. . .
- Congress does not have an obligation or duty to investigate or take any action to prevent a President from breaking the law or abusing his powers. It's totally up to their discretion.
- The courts can follow up with any illegal acts of the President or Vice-President after they're out of office, and all will be fine.
- Correcting power-abuse really has no meaning because power is what it's all about. They all abuse it. So what? It's just politics.
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every congressman, senator, and president/vice-president take an oath of office whereby they swear to uphold and defend the constitution. Should "lying under oath" be allowed for any public official?
So, given that Democrat John Conyers is officially betraying his Democrat constituents, oath of office, and the Constitution, will Sonoma County's Progressive Democrats be progressive enough to vote for a 3rd party?
Or will they tacitly approve of the rampant lawlessness officially condoned by both corporate parties?
John Conyers revealed his uselessness as a defender of the public interest when he opposed a two year ban on Congressional staffers' return as lobbyists, with the argument that he wouldn't be able to find any good people to staff his committee with a two year ban.
Vote Democrat! Vote Democrat! Only we can save you! Only we will do the right thing for the counry! WHo ya gnna vote for, Nader? If you don't vote for us you will be responsible for everything we're not doing to help the Republicans. You should be ashamed for tilting against the orthodoxy. Voting for anyone but us means you're responsible for the deaths of soldiers, Iraqis, and baby seals. You Republican!!
No, robbie's comment was not hyperbolic satire...it's more or less a verbatim transcript of many of the screeds Joe Cannon writes on his blog "Cannonfire."
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