It's time to take the Bush Administration's actions to their appropriate conclusion.
There has been quite a buzz created by the imminent release of Scott McClellan’s book that apparently confirms what we all knew about the corruption of the Bush administration. Many liberal bloggers are declaring that his revelations are too little too late. Personally, I could not agree more. Scott McClellan, the lying scumbag that he was (and likely is) owes the American people much more than one lousy self-serving book of revelations. That being said, the much more important issue is how the Democrats in Congress use this new source of known information.
Today I wrote a short e-mail to John Conyers through the House Judiciary Committee site, urging him to call McClellan before Congress to testify under oath regarding a host of relevant but heretofore inadequately investigated treasonous activities of the Bush Administration. Something that McClellan has to say just may raise enough evidence of guilt to awaken the sleeping legislative and judiciary branches of government into overturning executive privilege and mandate others in the administration, like Cheney, Powell, Rice, Rove, Bolton, etc. etc. etc. to appear before Congress and most likely perjure themselves.
Without reviewing the individual lies that would take 100 posts or so to cover, suffice it to say that it’s time that the trial of the century take place. It may take years to complete, but I don’t want to hear that “it’s time to move on in the country’s best interest.” It’s time to demonstrate to the country that our elected officials are not above the law.
I personally have no clue where this will lead, but it’s time to uncover the facts and let the chips fall where they may. If, in the end, the Bushies are just proven to be patriotic, well-meaning, and incompetent (admittedly a true long shot) so be it; end of story. If, on the other hand, crimes up to and including treason can be proven, it’s time to pursue and prosecute the perpetrators to the fullest extent of the law. If it’s proven that there were treasonous acts that directly lead to the deaths of thousands of Americans and countless Iraqis, an appropriate punishment should ensue. Tim McVeigh was rightly executed for the death of hundreds; anyone found to have willfully mislead Congress and the American public into pursuing a war with such dire consequences deserves no better.
Joe
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