Reply #112: well, here i totally disagree ... [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

i have no objection whatsoever for strong criticism of those you disagree with ... if impeachment is critically needed and our reps won't do the right thing, i have no problem with a "let them hear it" beating ... you believe what you believe and you fight for it ...

but i have a huge disagreement with such a monolithic focus ... as i said in another post, issues are not mutually exclusive ... we just cannot afford to fail to support good ideas when our reps, regardless of our views of them, make a good case for needed progress ... we have far too little of that to begin with ...

the process of educating the American people to our values and beliefs has to be an ongoing process ... day after day events push a wide array of issues across the American consciousness ... healthcare, voting rights, racism, foreign policy, fiscal policy, civil liberties and on and on ... the idea that will you let every issue drop off the board and not support any position other than impeachment makes no sense ... and again, this isn't to argue that we shouldn't impeach bush; it's not even to argue that we shouldn't hold those accountable who refuse to do so ...

but when someone makes a strong case for healthcare for all, it's crazy to just turn our backs their ideas ... and frankly, it's not about the policymaker at all ... it's about the policy itself ... it's sort of like you want to punish the policy and those dependent on its implementation because some guy who espoused it doesn't support impeachment ...

you call getting better Medicare for grandma or getting health coverage for kids crap and "just a distraction"; it's no distraction to those who need it ...