Speaker Pelosi: Can you understand why millions of Americans are so upset with you and Congress for “taking impeachment of President Bush (current approval rating 28%) off the table?” When you have enabled the most corrupt administration in American history to perpetuate its crimes with impunity? When millions of our tax dollars were spent to impeach Bill Clinton for having a consensual affair (while his accusers, Newt Gingrich, and Henry Hyde were also engaged in adultery) at a time when Clinton’s approval rating was 78%? When we the people implored Congress not to impeach Bill Clinton, yet the Congress did so anyway?
When Bush and Cheney still have 7 more months of signing statements, launching illegal wars (Iran), granting executive privilege to anyone they don’t want to testify before Congress (Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, etc...), continued questionable surveillance of Americans, continued program of waterboarding and torture of innocent humans?
Can you understand why we’re upset?
Comments (2)
Nom de Net said:
I believe that Clinton's impeachment was for lying under oath, not for the affair per se.
2 years ago
libthink said:
I don't think we've made the point clear to them because we haven't taken sufficient measures. We needed to vote for their challengers in the Democratic primaries and we need to take money away from the DCCC (and the DSCC). We have to be willing to hold them to account before they will consider going outside their comfort zones to see after our interests.
As time goes on, people will find they have increased power though the blogs and online contributions to campaigns. Of course, people like Pelosi are still behind the curve on what this all means, so they will probably suffer the consequences as this picks up speed. Maybe this visit will help them get clear on what it really means to have the netroots up in arms about their actions.
2 years ago