Reply #14: It's tragic. Members of Congress willing . . . [View All]

[pat_k]

. . .to do what they must to fulfill their sworn duty to support and defend the constitution are AWOL.

It is mystifying -- what can they be thinking? The silence on Impeachment is insanity.

What the heck do they think they can accomplish with an Executive that rules by signing statement? Winning the House or Senate is meaningless when the laws passed aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

What "business of the nation" do can they think they can make progress on?

And, what are they afraid of? That the right will get get riled because the Dems will impeach? The right already IS riled because they believe the Dems will impeach -- they just think Dems are too weak and hypocritical to admit it (and they are right -- except that unless we push them, most are too wimpy to do it). If Dems stood up and demanded impeachment, they would probably get some of the folks on the right, just for showing they have the spine to stand on principle!

Treason is defined as "Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign." In the United States, it is the collective will of the people that is sovereign.

The occupants of the White House not only terrorized us into war with baseless threats of mushroom clouds, they are violating countless laws; invoking a fictional right to do so (e.g. claiming authority to continue criminal surveillance of Americans without warrants). Bush and Cheney are leading a conspiracy to violate our collective will. Their actions constitute treason against our constitutional democracy.

Bush and Cheney have made it crystal clear that nothing short of Impeachment will put an end to their treasonous exercise of unrestrained power.