In preparation for writing this diary, I tried to figure out how many times one of us has called for Bush's impeachment in the last six months. It will surprise nobody that the number is somewhere between umpty-billion, and infinity.
But everyone who is calling for Bush to be impeached and removed from office (myself included) should think twice about pursuing this goal.
"But Wil," you say, "Why? Isn't Bush evil and terrible? Shouldn't justice be done by removing him from office?"
"Yes, he is both evil and terrible," I answer, "but he can't be removed from office."
"Are you insane?!" You say, "Why not?!"
I answer, ominously, "President Cheney."
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If
President Cheney doesn't scare you, try
President Hastert, (third in line) or
President Rumsfeld (sixth in line). In other words, the Bush administration is an awful lot like one of those dictatorships they are so fond of attempting to prop up, then overthrow when it's convenient: if you eliminate one asshole, there's
another asshole waiting to take his place.
Though it would obviously make me dance the dance of infinite glee, I fear that getting rid of Bush via impeachment would be a hollow victory. The better, smarter way to address the domestic spying scandal (well, it will be a scandal until a white woman is attacked by a shark and everyone forgets about it) and turn our country back around, is to use it to frame George W. Bush and his congressional allies as dangerous threats to the oft-invoked American Way of Life. Remember, 9/11 changed everything, and we're goddamn serious about protecting the American Way of Life now. I know I am, because I have a magnet on my car.
Our best bet, as Democrats, progressives, liberals, and patriots, is to urge our congresscritters to investigate the hell out of the entire Bush administration, and expose all the lies, criminal activities, and Constitution-trampling they've done in the last five years. When whichever Republican who controls whichever committee stonewalls, make it an election issue. (Who does the Congress work for, the American People, or the Bush White House? Why is Congressman X working so hard to prevent the American People from knowing the truth? If President Bush has nothing to hide, than what is he afraid of? Why do they all hate America so much? Will someone please pass the Freedom Toast?)
Using this evidence, we all have to make a case to our friends and neighbors that the Bush Administration and their Republican allies in Congress are corrupt and dishonest, have no respect for the rule of law, and are more interested in enriching themselves and pursuing a policy of neo-colonialism that no rational American would support (read: not part of Bush's 27% wingnut base.) Bush is sinking like a rock (temporary bounce thanks to relentless PR Campaign notwithstanding) and we have to tie the Republican-controlled Congress right to the White House. There is no difference between Duke Cunningham, Tom Delay, George W. Bush, Bill Frist, and whoever the indicted Republican of the week is. And this is just the stuff we know about!
Then, we storm the voting booths on election day, take back Congress in 2006, and keep on rolling right into the White House in 2008.
Oh, and we somehow have to get Diebold voting machines decertified in all fifty states, but that should be pretty easy; all we have to do is get some attention from the MSM, and since we liberals control the media, that's pretty much a lock.
In closing, I would like to remind the Secret Service, NSA, and Department of Homeland Security that my name is spelled with one "L," and I am Wil Wheaton, the actor and writer, not Will Wheaton, Jr., the well-known jazz singer. Please knock before you kick in the door, so you don't scare my dogs.