I’m told by apparent progressives here that we have to be "realists." I'm told that Bush and Cheney cannot be Impeached. I'm told it's not "realistic" to ENFORCE the Constitution. They don't phrase their objections to Impeachment that way, of course, they prefer to call indulging the tantrums of Bush and that bizarre cult that used to be the Republican Party for 600 more days a "realistic" response to this surreal nightmare we've been in ever since that "realistic" Florida recount was shoved down our throats seven "realistic" years ago.
Since these "realists" among us are so fond of "realism", here are some exceptionally real mileage markers for them to ponder on their long and finger-crossed journey to January 20, 2009:
Bush and his rightwing reactionary cult have lied us into an occupation that has killed half a million people. They have violated the Constitution and our laws for seven years. They have subverted elections. They have infested the federal government with cronies, hacks, and evangelical nitwits. They are racists. They are sexists. They rule through deceit, propaganda, corruption, and fearmongering. They demonize dissent. They spy on their domestic enemies. They are already losing two wars, but that hasn't stopped them from targeting Iran for attack so we can lose another one.
We all KNOW this, yet some of us STILL won't support Impeachment. We've all seen four years of obscene war profiteering. We've all seen the executive branch of the federal government turned into a crime syndicate. We've all seen the Congress of the United States turned into an ATM machine for war profiteers. We've all seen what the Constitution stipulates regarding the grounds for Impeachment, but instead of honoring the Constitution by demanding enforcement of it, the Impeachment opponents among us prefer to parade around here as "realists" while this surreal nightmare of UNREALITY goes on and on and on.
Meanwhile, our soldiers are dying every day so that Baghdad Embassy of the Neocons can rise on the banks of the Tigris like a billion dollar middle-finger salute to every Iraqi from Falluja to Basra who isn’t dead yet. The taunting presence of that embassy is sending the 24/7 insurgent-inciting message: WE'RE GOING TO OCCUPY YOUR COUNTRY FOREVER.
The carnage in Iraq is going to keep on escalating and intensifying as long as our troops are there. Democrats are going to keep free falling in the polls if they do not end this occupation. Have I mentioned reality lately? No? Well here's another DOSE: the only way Democrats are going to be able to end it is by IMPEACHING the criminal president and vice-president who plunged us into this BLOODBATH.
Hundreds of thousands of lives are GONE.
Hundreds of billions of dollars are GONE.
America’s respect in the world is GONE.
And the Constitution is going to be just as GONE if Democrats don't enforce it by IMPEACHING Bush and Cheney for shitting on it for seven years.
"Realists" told Rosa Parks to just keep going to the back of the bus for the rest of her life.
"Realists" told young FDR that he was a cripple and should never go into politics.
"Realists" told JFK a Catholic could never get elected president.
"Realists" are telling us now that we cannot Impeach Bush and Cheney.
In case I haven't made myself clear, I'm not very impressed with their arguments.
Call this Impeachment HOTLINE: (202) 225-4965. Ask for Nancy. Tell her to put Impeachment BACK ON THE TABLE. Tell her to END this occupation of Iraq. Tell her the Constitution is REAL and so is her responsibility to enforce it.
Our own responsibilities are just as real. Sign the Pledge. Ask your progressive friends to sign the pledge.
IRAQ MORATORIUM.
IMPEACHMENT.
Waiting until 2008 to "win" is the surest way to LOSE in 2008.
We need to start winning NOW. The REAL way. By fighting for what we believe in with everything we've got.