I'm through getting mad -- now I just want to get even

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Tuesday February 21, 2006 · 9:18 AM PST

2006/02/21 · 09:18

Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum

A couple of thoughts on Tuesday morning:

President Bush is the lamest of ducks and has been since his Social Security destruction-plan flopped last year. So I don't want to waste any breath railing against his hideous inadequacies as President. You already know about his horrific record as CinC, so I'm just preaching to the choir. Unfortunately, he's there for the foreseeable future (one exception -- see below).

So, what does this mean?

It means that the next best thing is to do whatever I can to enable the election of a Democratic Congress.

Only then will right-thinking people have a chance of stopping this guy's whacked-out agenda.
Only then will we have a chance to cut off funding of his Treasury-draining tax-cuts.
Only then will we have a chance to get to the truth of the matter about the lies told, and the crimes committed, by this White House.
Only then will we, the people, have a chance of holding these people accountable for what they've done.
Does that include impeaching the President? Well, the Constitution does give Congress that authority. But it will never happen as long as the Republicans control Congress. So it's imperative that the Democrats take control of at least the House and preferably the Senate as well. Then, and only then, do we have a chance of launching the necessary investigations of high crimes and misdemeanors.

So what is the best way to get a Democratic Congress elected? The best way, of course, is to vote for the Democratic candidate for the House (and the Senate, if applicable) and to work to get others to do the same.

But there is something else that I, we, can do: we can let Congress and the traditional media know that we won't stand for business as usual.

So from now on, if I go off on a rant about something outrageous that this Republican-controlled government is doing, I am also going to include the names, phone/fax numbers, and email addresses for those members of Congress, Democrat and Republican, who need to hear that I'm unhappy and what I expect them to do about it.

And/But I think there are members of the traditional media (network, cable, newspapers, magazines and their assorted advertisers) that also need to hear from me whenever they (i.e., Chris Matthews) say something that is factually inaccurate, intellectually dishonest, and/or parroting Republican talking points. So, where applicable, I'll include their email addresses (or websites organized for this purpose).

And if, from time to time, that includes participating in advertiser boycotts, then so be it. Shy of getting people to shut off their TVs and/or cancel their subscriptions, it is advertising money that keeps the traditional media alive. The Sinclair Broadcasting advertiser boycott was a good case in point.

So that's it. I'm done getting mad -- now I want to get even.

It's the very least I can do. And I hope you'll join with me when I ask you to do the same.

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