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"Given two equally predictive theories, choose the simpler."
I will state this as simply as I can....
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES THAT COULD POTENTIALY LEAD TO IMPEACHMENT OF ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CANNOT TAKE PLACE WITHOUT THE HELP OR SUPPORT OF MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY PARTY.
The current course the Democratic Party is taking from the minority position in the House and Senate relies on too many variables. It is in my opinion, a doomed policy at worst, and at best one that will take way to much time to acheive, and is incredibly risky in being able to have any success at all.
I am fairly new around here and this is only the second time I have ever started a Diary.
WE MUST LOBBY REPUBLICAN AS WELL AS DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
I think that the support that we have been giving to Rep Conyers, Rep Slaughter, Sen Feingold, Sen Boxer, and others is critical and necessary. They need it for moral as well as tactical support. But to only Lobby and Garner support for minority party members, OUR members, the proverbial "Choir", is the hardest way to get to where we want to be. The reality of the situation is that we are in the minority in both houses, and no calls for the formation of new Committee hearings, furtherence of current in place committees, or investigations of any kind by only our minority representatives, have much of a chance for success. I think we are leaving way too many variables in place that set incredibly high bars for any chances of groundswell or success. The current problems regarding electronic voting leave "Wait till 2006" as a strategy that has too many variables to gain the needed majority seats in The House and Senate to depend on exclusively. This also puts our agenda of truthful disclosure of the failed policies of the Bush administration, and Accountability of those same failed policies, on a collision course with the reality that if in fact we DO gain the needed majority seats in both houses, that the movement might lose it's teeth because Democratic Leadership may only be concerned with keeping those seats instead, of risking their newly regained control by taking the Administration to task for the last 5 years. I fear that given the nature of Politicians in General, that most of the Representatives of a newly elected Democratic Majority, will once again set there sights on KEEPING control and promoting the Agenda for a Democratic Executive branch, instead of risking this newly gained control with messy Hearings and Impeachment proceedings. I fear that They will once again retreat into the comfort of lobbyists, and deflecting the attacks of the Republican Propaganda Machine....Many, Many, variables. If applying "Murphy's Law", this opens the door to an incredible number of things that could go wrong.
What is at issue here is the very foundation of the United States. I am not going to list here the many, many illegal acts or the basis of our complaints regarding the corrupt administration that call for impeachment. What is at issue in this diary is Strategy that we can implement to realisticly acheive our goal of disclosure of the many crimes purpetrated against the people of the United States.
So I offer a very simple idea, and I am asking for help and leadership from the many great legal and tactical minds that peruse and contribute to this sight. We need to establish a tactical way to exert pressure on Republican Members of the House and Senate to Cover their own asses and allow the Many Hearings that are currently in place to go forward. We need to exert pressure through letter writing and petition signing to ALL of the Republican members of the House and Congress to "see the Light" that their inactivity NOW endangers their seats in the Future. They need to feel threatened by the very people that got them there...the Electorate(even though it wasn't us that Voted for them).
Now, of course, none of us expects much of a reaction from Republican officials. But I contend that if enough pressure is concerted over a wide number of elected republicans by us, the people, that we can at least put into their minds that these issues are not necesarily "Partisan" in nature, but instead are "Issues that Threaten the Republic".
We must find a way to divide the Majority enough to swing over enough support to investigate and hold accountable this administration. These Republican Members of the House and Senate see polls too. They know that generally only 25% of the American People think they are doing a good job, and I feel that this is the best time to reveal to them that failure to listen to the people will render them out of office this time next year.
I need to know if any of the elders of D-Koz find any basis for support for my strategy, and if they would be willing to lend support in the nature of Drafting the Correct language for Letters/Pettitions that could be sent that would not appear partisan in nature in order to acheive this goal. I need to know If a Leader could emerge from this site that could show us how to implement this strategy.
We need to eliminate as many of the obstacles and risks to the furtherance of honest accountability of the Administration as possible. Posturing from our Democratic Leaders puts Republicans in a position that they HAVE to fight against the very support that we need. The Republicans use fear as the number one strategy to convince people to support them. We need to build on THEIR fears of losing the very Power they now enjoy by hearing from a groundswell of constituants in their districts and states.
Tell me if you see the value of us applying pressure on "moderates" and others in the Republican Party as a Strategy that will get our Democratic Members of the House and Senate the support they need at this time.