Senator Feinstein won't support impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney because she's afraid it will "divide the country."
I wrote Senator Feinstein of California a very angry letter about how I felt that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had lied and violated the laws of the United States constitution with respect to their reasons for invading Iraq and the implementation of illegal wire tapping. I urged the Senator to support impeachment proceedings against both Cheney and Bush.
Senator Feinstein, in her letter back to me, wrote:
At this time, however, I believe that impeachment proceedings against President Bush or Vice President Cheney will only divide the country even further, frustrating our hopes for a meaningful change in direction, while having little chance of success.
Now I ask you, how is it possible that a Senator or Congressperson is less interested in making sure that ALL of our elected public officials follow the rule of law and instead care more about whether the country is "divided" or not?
What does it matter if a country is divided? Why should a public servant care no less? In a democracy, we should welcome dissent! Democracy is one of the most challenging forms of government because it requires constant negotiation and compromise in order to meet the demands of the people it serves. The most important consideration given by any public official should always be that the laws of this country are being abided by ALL! If a President or Vice President violates the law than the FIRST ORDER OF PRIORITY for ANY public official is to hold that public servant ACCOUNTABLE!
And yet hear we have Senator Diane Feinstein not even ACKNOWLEDGING the fact that Bush and Cheney DID violate the law and they MUST be held accountable.
It's unbelievable. And now I'm reminded why the United States, as a democracy, is failed time and time again by the very public servants the people elect to serve it.