Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Time to Impeach Bush
RECEIVED Wed., May 30, 2007
Dear Editor,
There are at least eight reasons to impeach George W. Bush:
1) Losing a war based on lies too clumsy to be repeated without embarrassment;
2) Extending soldiers' tours well beyond reasonable limit, then denying them adequate medical care;
3) Directing advancing armies to bypass thousands of tons of high-powered explosives in order to stage a photo-op in Baghdad;
4) Illegal and intrusive surveillance;
5) Nullification of basic human rights such as habeas corpus and due process, in secret detention centers;
6) Stacking the Department of Justice with prosecutors armed with hidden agendas;
7) Asserting unitary executive authority;
8) Threatening to expand the war to Iran.
Now that Nancy Pelosi's strategy to end the war has failed, and since her plan B seems to be more of plan A, I think it appropriate that the Out of Iraq Caucus break with the speaker's pledge to keep impeachment off the table. I ask readers to urge Rep. Lloyd Doggett to challenge the leadership's ineffectual posturing, join with others such as Dennis Kucinich, and honestly consider the impeachment of this administration.
There are at least eight reasons to impeach George W. Bush:
1) Losing a war based on lies too clumsy to be repeated without embarrassment;
2) Extending soldiers' tours well beyond reasonable limit, then denying them adequate medical care;
3) Directing advancing armies to bypass thousands of tons of high-powered explosives in order to stage a photo-op in Baghdad;
4) Illegal and intrusive surveillance;
5) Nullification of basic human rights such as habeas corpus and due process, in secret detention centers;
6) Stacking the Department of Justice with prosecutors armed with hidden agendas;
7) Asserting unitary executive authority;
8) Threatening to expand the war to Iran.
Now that Nancy Pelosi's strategy to end the war has failed, and since her plan B seems to be more of plan A, I think it appropriate that the Out of Iraq Caucus break with the speaker's pledge to keep impeachment off the table. I ask readers to urge Rep. Lloyd Doggett to challenge the leadership's ineffectual posturing, join with others such as Dennis Kucinich, and honestly consider the impeachment of this administration.
Respectfully,
Frank Belanger
Frank Belanger
