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It is the position of The
Heartland Progressive that the Impeachment of George W. Bush should be
raised to the level of a National Priority. George W. Bush has
disgraced the image of America in the eyes of the world.
Through his repeated and
blatant violations of the "rule of law", and the Constitution, he has
put our Liberty and our very Democracy at grave risk. George W
Bush is personally responsible for the needless deaths of uncounted 10's
of thousands of people in Iraq and the greater Middle East. He has
cost nearly 3000 of our Sons and Daughters, serving in the military,
their lives. He has put us, our children, and our grandchildren
deeply in debt. It will take generations to pay off the trillion
dollars or more that this ill-conceived, illegal, and immoral "War of
choice" that he has waged, not in our name, but in the name of corporate
profiteering and oil.
IT IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE THAT
HE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE !
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There are not too many politicos in Washington these days. Most all of the Members of Congress have returned to their home districts to campaign for re-election. This is not true however of one Republican Congressman who haunts the mostly empty Rayburn House office building. Behind the closed doors of Room 2438, Rep Bob Ney (R-OH) works.
Of course the reason that this is something that might be surprising to us all is that this Republican Congressman is a convicted criminal. Now Bob Ney is not an ex-con trying to rebuild his life, no, Bob Ney has never spent a day in prison. As if a morbid metaphor for the "culture of corruption", Bob Ney continues to work in the very Congressional office that he has been a denizen of for 12 years. The same office where he committed the nefarious acts that caused his downfall. The very same office that he sold out.
The Republican Party, being the criminal organization that they are, actually has a convicted criminal who is a full-fledged U.S. Representative, with all the privledges and benefits that ensue from that position. When you go to work tomorrow the federal government will withhold a portion of your hard earned salary to pay an overinflated salary for this criminal.
Most convicted officials slink off to a hole somewhere when they are publicly disgraced, like Tom Foley who is holed up in a Alcohol Rehabilitation resort, thinking up a Catholic Priest he can blame for his lapses. But not Bob Ney. Bob Ney doesn't care what you or I think about him. Bob Ney doesn't have the intelligence to be ashamed or contrite. Bob Ney's attitude is F___ You, I want my check.
But what's even worse than this is that there seems to be no public outcry at the audacity of a Congressman convicted in federal court of corruption and sentenced to prison, continuing to work as a Congressman. What is really crazy is that even the Republican Party seems perfectly content to allow him to stay in office and collect his pay even though he has admitted that he is a criminal.
This does not shame the Republicans because the Republicans have no shame. There attitude seems to be "there but for the grace of God go I". If there was ever a reason for the American People to rise up and cast these Republicans from our midst, this surely has to be it.
