New Abramoff/Bush poll and Alito

The Washington Post has new poll which says 75% of Americans want Bush to disclose his aides ties with Abramoff, including 2 out of 3 republicans, as compared to 8 out of 10 democrats. Of course, Bush is refusing to do this. He probably will have to be forced to by a court at some point. Bush is refusing to turn over information about Katrina. The American people will have to rely on the courts to find out what really happened.Having a president who's party also controls both houses of congress, shows how important and how dependent the American people are on the courts.  This why keeping Alito off the Supreme Court is so important. This is where a vote for Alito, becomes a vote for an imperial president. Something easy to filibuster.

This is Bush's weak spot with the public right now. Overreaching his power. This is also Alito's weakspot, his belief in the imperial president. Why we filibuster. A vote for Alito is a vote for Bush to continue as is. We have a president who believes he is above the law. Do we want a supreme court that believes that too?

Having a Supreme Court stacked with judges who favor few checks and balances on the president gives the president the opportunity to act outside the law. We, as democrats believe this president is a prime example of the necessity of mainstream interpretation of the constitution, if we want this country to continue as our founding fathers invisioned. Alito's intrepretation is extreme. Definitely, not mainstream. In my opinion, a filibuster is necessary if we as democrats are to defend our country. That in reality, is what we are doing. Defending a way of life. A way of life that will be radically altered by 25 years of this man on the bench.

We must take a stand, draw a line in the sand somewhere. I believe the American people will be with us, when we use the filibuster as a weapon to save the country from radical changes to the power of the presidency.

•  Simple and straight-forward,

  I hope you send this as a letter to the editor to all the major newspapers, and to your local paper as well.  

  Editorials and news accounts may go over peoples' heads, but even the woefully uninformed can understand and support your argument on the importance of defeating the Alito nomination.  

  You're preaching to the choir here--take your great message to the masses!

  by sfgb on Sat Jan 28, 2006 at 07:07:29 AM PDT

•  Making Evidence Vanish

  In civil law, it's called "spoliation," and is often the basis for the court to rule against the party destroying the evidence, either on the point of in dispute or the whole lawsuit.  This country is not well served by a President who refuses to play by the rules that govern the rest of society or by a Supreme Court that will let him go on doing it.

  by Rona on Sat Jan 28, 2006 at 08:28:58 AM PDT