Top 2006 campaign issue - Impeachment

[tinrobot]

Here's a very simple idea:

The Democratic Party should make a simple contract with the voters. If they win a majority in Congress in the 2006 election, they impeach Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the crooks. Simple as that.

I can't think of any better way to focus attention on the crimes of this administration than to make them the number one campaign issue. I also think the vast majority of people are fed up enough with this gang of crooks for them to vote for impeachment. Think of it as a national referendum.

If the Democratic Party doesn't do it, it's up to us to make impeachment the top issue. Write letters, ask questions and use sheer numbers to force our representatives to make a stand for impeaching the criminals.

What do you think?

[bullimiami]

1. take back the house and it is done. they are guilty and have done

a poor job of covering their tracks.

a conviction is another story but Frist may have shown us the way. Take the majority, change the rules, convict them with a simple majority.

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[enid602]

2. impeach

Impeachment may not work (with House and Senate controlled (for now) by pugs), but impeachment proceedings would do a great deal to retard or push back the Bush Agenda.

[BayouBengal07]

3. I think

Its a bit early to talk about impeachment. I mean, we might follow politics closely, but does the average American really care? Not to talk down to America, but politics isn't as important for some people as it is to others. How many people have never read the DSM?

[longship]

4. Probably not a good idea.

The wing nuts would make mincemeat of such a strategy. "See how these libruls hate their President." Not a good way to get moderates to vote for Dems. If we make the 2006 election a referendum on impeachment we will never get these guys out of our hair.

Instead, we need to address the war in Iraq, the misrepresentations of the Repugs, the dissembling on a multitude of issues, and present a coherent plan to fix it. We must say nothing about impeachment. If asked, people should just say that the Dems will uphold their Constitutional responsibilities (or something like that).

Once Dems have the house, there inevitably will be hearings. That is the appropriate time and place to bring up the topic in context with findings of those hearings. That's the process outlined in the Constitution and it's one that should be followed religiously.

If we go off half-cocked, we lose everything we've built.

On edit:
If thousands of people are taking to the streets every day calling for impeachment and the press is covering it like in 1974, by all means that would be an appropriate strategy for 2006.

[ThomWV]

6. Here Come The Fucking Wimps

Oh no, we can't rile the feathers of the Republicans.

Oh no, we can't say anything bad about any of them.

Oh no, we can't do anything now, we have to wait another year.

Oh no, blah blah blah .......

There is never a better time to right an injustice than right fucking now.