By Barbara McKee
0K, Democrats. I'm officially double-dog daring you to impeach President Bush. I triple-dog dare you.
Because you needed more incentive than the plain, single-dare the Republicans gave you with his wiretapping of Americans, I figure you are waiting for a real threat to bring justice back into our country.
I can think of about a dozen charges for impeachment. Why can't YOU?
President Clinton was impeached because he lied about fooling around with a White House intern. You mean to tell me that lying to Congress about illicit weapons to start a war, torturing prisoners at military prisons, denying legal representation of arrested suspects and depleting the National Guard are not enough?
I've been bombarded with entreaties from the Democratic Party and Moveon.org to give my hard-earned money to support their causes. I haven't given them one dime since they lost the last election against Bush. Why should I?
I’ve seen more courage in my 3-year-old nephew when his baby brother takes away one of his toys than what I see in the Democratic Party.
Democrats blame the loss of the last election on Ralph Nader. Just give that one up, will you? Nader didn't lose the election. Democrats did. They allowed the first election to go to the Supreme Court. They allowed the second election to go down the drain with their sickening imitation of Republican patriotism. When will they go back to what their party has always stood for?
I used to be proud to be a Democrat. Democrats used to fight for the average American by building social programs to end poverty and illiteracy. Democrats used to stand for equal pay for equal work. Democrats used to fight for civil rights, defend civil liberties and wave the Constitution at anyone who abused presidential power. What happened to those men and women who were Democrats down to their bones?
I’ll tell you. They are slaves of fear. Today, Democrats are just what Nader said they are: no different from Republicans. Democrats are snuggling up to big business and ignoring the voices of their constituents. Democrats have allowed the Bush administration to use fear to corrupt the Declaration of Independence and slaughter the Bill of Rights. Democrats have allowed the Bush posse to re-arrange the checks and balances into a government that resembles fascism. The Constitution demands that anyone who sees the infringement of civil liberties or destruction of balanced government to speak up and take action. Our founding fathers were criminals in the eyes of the British. But they knew what was right and what kind of country they wanted to live in, and they fought and died for it.
When will American see such courage again?
McKee, a wheelchair user, is a freelance writer. You can e-mail her at chairgrrl at chairgrrl.com
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