On Impeachment, Arrests and Our (Effectiveness?)

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Monday July 23, 2007 · 9:15 PM PDT

2007/07/23 · 21:15

I had quite an interesting day today.

By 10a.m. I was at the traffic circle on the Arlington Cemetery side of the Memorial Bridge. There were about 150 impeachniks there holding signs, feeling optimistic, and getting ready to walk 2 miles to the US Captiol to meet with the one man, in our whole vast democracy, who has the power to advance the cause of impeachment. A small barrage of media was lined up and also awaited action.

Across the street were about 20 die-hard B*shniks, many of them familiar faces from counterprotesting other actions in the DC area. Known colloquially as "Freepers"--from their connections to the conservative (organization?) Free Republic--they were holding signs as well and issuing a high-volume stream of invective towards the impeachment demonstrators, proclaiming their arch-patriotism and denigrating that of the "smelly hippies" and "communists" who dared criticize our preznit.

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When activists get arrested for a cause, they

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When activists get arrested for a cause, they

confirm their dedication and attract new adherents to the cause.

11 votes

confirm themselves as wingnuts and alienate potential new adherents from the cause.

3 votes

confuse the audience.

1 vote

marginalize themselves.

2 votes

waste several hours and dollars.

4 votes

make no discernable difference.

1 vote

give the second-to-last full measure of devotion.

1 vote

It depends totally on the cause, the context, and the coverage.

31 votes

Dems need Impeachment Practice: Start With Gonzo (Poll)

jmarx

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Wednesday July 11, 2007 · 7:31 AM PDT

2007/07/11 · 07:31

Let's face it--the only reason that Cheney/B*sh hasn't been impeached already is because the pinch-faced Republican House hypocrites of the late 90's impeached Bill Clinton for bald politics, knowing full well he would never be removed, and the whole enterprise disgusted the country so much that the lingering awful aftertaste left us all hoping that no one would ever be impeached again, ever.

As a result, Dems today are allergic to impeachment, fearing they'll be viewed in the same way that the majority of the country saw the Repubs: with derision and disgust. Plus, there is fear of being seen as being petty, playing tit for tat, and thus suffering in the next election (which the Repubs, it must be noted, did not). WRONG. Time to clear the air. . .

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Impeach who first?

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Impeach who first?

B*sh

0 votes

Dick

7 votes

Gonzo

23 votes

None of 'em -- they don't deserve it

2 votes

None of 'em -- they deserve it, but it'll never happen so it's a waste of time

4 votes

Impeach 'em all, let God sort 'em out

20 votes

Time to Blot B*sh!

jmarx

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Tuesday June 05, 2007 · 9:11 PM PDT

2007/06/05 · 21:11

If you're reading this, chances are you don't need to be convinced that George W. B*sh is pretty much the worst president the republic has suffered, certainly in the bottom five, and that he ought to be acknowledged as such. Some believe that impeachment is what he deserves, of course they are right. But resistance to impeachment is curiously strong, and 43 may yet serve out his whole second term, so it may be necessary to use other means to consign him to the historical oblivion which he has earned.

To that end, may I suggest the liberal use of the astrisk.
I encourage all lovers of justice, fairness and linguistic creativity (and baseball, as explained below) to join today in the Blot B*sh! movement, and never again suffer the indignity of writing the full name of a half-assed president.

More below the fold. . .

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Who do you believe should be impeached first?

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Who do you believe should be impeached first?

Gonzales

4 votes

Cheney

5 votes

B*sh

1 vote

Nobody, they don't deserve it.

2 votes

Nobody, they deserve it but it'll never happen.

0 votes

Nobody, they may deserve it and it could happen, but it's a waste of time.

0 votes

Nobody, the Democrats have too much to lose and nothing to gain

1 vote

Impeach 'em all--let God sort 'em out.

19 votes

Blue Dogs are really Blue Hawks

jmarx

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Wednesday May 23, 2007 · 1:05 AM PDT

2007/05/23 · 01:05

Enough already with the hypocrisy of the so-called Blue Dog Democrats. They claim to be deficit hawks, standing up for fiscal responsibility. Meanwhile they continue to support to the hilt this expensive, wasteful Iraq War and Occupation, and they keep voting to fund the administration that started it.

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So-called Blue Dogs are really just . . .

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So-called Blue Dogs are really just . . .

Blue Hawk war-mongers.

8 votes

DINO hypocrites.

11 votes

Same Difference

4 votes

doing what they have to do to get/stay in office.

6 votes

Blue Velvet glovers hiding iron fists.

0 votes

Blue Horseshoe loves Lockheed/Martin.

2 votes

blueberry pie.

1 vote

Mike Gravel on the Colbert Report Tonight (poll)

jmarx

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Wednesday May 02, 2007 · 8:28 PM PDT

2007/05/02 · 20:28

Ongoing conversation about the Mike Gravel phenomenon.
Poll about your preferred Gravel campaign slogan.
Consideration of possible Gravel cabinet combinations, and various policy possibilities under the man who read the Pentagon Papers into the record, and filibustered to end the draft.

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Best Slogan for Mike Gravel

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Best Slogan for Mike Gravel

I Like Mike!

20 votes

Gravel Rocks

53 votes

Gravel, the Anti-Cheney

17 votes

Who the Hell Is Mike Gravel?

23 votes

Mike Gravel for President

3 votes

Gravel/Colbert '08

25 votes

other (explain below)

2 votes

Blue Dog Hypocrisy on the Iraq War

jmarx

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Tuesday March 20, 2007 · 11:14 AM PDT

2007/03/20 · 11:14

If the so-called "Blue Dog" Democrats, who are supposedly fiscal conservatives and deficit hawks, are really looking out for fiscal responsibility and the best interests of our US Treasury. . .

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Blue Dogs who vote to fund more war are. . .

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Blue Dogs who vote to fund more war are. . .

Incidental Republican allies

14 votes

Incidental Hypocrites

7 votes

Doing what they have to do to stay in office

6 votes

Caught between Iraq and a heart place

2 votes

All of the above

12 votes

None of the above

7 votes

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