The print ad that we (VelvetRevolution.us) are running in this week’s Washington D.C. City Paper. [Click it to read full ad]…
The video ad that OpTruth.org (an organization of Iraq and Afghanistan War vets) is now running on Fox “News”, CNN and elsewhere. Notable if only because I believe this is the first time this non-partisan group of vets has finally called for an Exit Strategy. [Click it to watch full ad]…
Our friend, Robert Koehler of Tribune Media Services latest column, “Impeachable Offense” begins thusly…
Ford’s defintion is the only thing saving George Bush’s hide right now, as Plamegate hemorrhages and the high-level machinations that drove the country into an unnecessary war publicly unravel. Beyond special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s possible perjury indictments of Scooter Libby and Karl Rove lie 100,000 or so deaths, a ruined country, worldwide enmity and a bill to U.S. taxpayers of $200 billion and counting. Admittedly, this is no semen-stained dress, but it’s a colossal screw-up nonetheless.
…and ends thusly…
What kind of democracy can such an enervated, powerless people hope to spread to the rest of the world? How did we wind up with a system of government that practices the ideals it trumpets only by mocking them? How do let future leaders know that waging an unnecessary war is an impeachable offense?
Koehler’s columns are run on an optional basis by TMS’ media clients around the country who chose to do so. The latest column in full, quoted above, should be available at this link within the next 24 hours or so. Few TMS client papers picked up his terrific pieces questioning the validity of Election ’04 and calling for an accountable and inclusive Electoral System/Democracy. It’ll be interesting to see how many papers pick up the above column…And how many don’t…
Times change.
I was thinking about how radical this would have seemed three years ago.
Now it seems to be in accord with what the majority of Americans are thinking.
Times change.
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bob didnt mention our recent poll (ipsos) – the number is now 50% in favour impeachment if bush lied about war. the details are here at afterdowningstreet.org
We’ll be conducting more polls shortly.
"50% favor impeachment if bush lied about war"
IF???
What if he didn’t? What if Iraq had massive stockpiles of WMD, stood squarely behind Al Q’aeda and the 9/11 attacks, bought huge quantities of yellowcake from Niger, and demonstrated in front of the White House without a permit? What then?