Reply #23: Here's how we win right now. . .

[pat_k]

. . .by telling them:

I don't want my new minimum wage when the massive power of the American Presidency is in the hands of War Criminals.

I don't want affordable health care if "rule by signing statement" and Bush as unitary authoritarian executive is left unchallenged.

I don't care about breaking the link between law makers and lobbyists while Bush and Cheney wield ever more unconstitutional power to force the wishes of their tiny faction on the rest of us.

I don't care about enacting the 911 commission recommendations until habeas corpus is restored and the men behind nullifying it are removed from power.

Lifting the restrictions on stem cell research imposed by a small faction can wait until the War Criminals Protection Act is struck down. That act in and of itself is a landmark achievement in their conspiracy to violate our Constitutional rights.

As long as you allow Bush and Cheney to abuse their power by picking and choosing the laws they execute or enforce, you will not get my support to pass more laws for them to ignore.

If you do not seek to restore legitimacy to the White House, I cannot imagine how you think the United States can help to end the conflict and chaos that is spreading inhumanity and destroying lives in the Middle East. As long as you leave governing power in the hands of men who are a law onto themselves, options that would be available to a legitimate American President are closed to us.

I am one of the majority of sensible Americans http://january6th.org/oct2006-newsweek-poll-impeach.html">who want SENSIBLE priorities. There is nothing partisan or radical about inaugurating a President and Vice President committed to fulfilling their oath to execute our laws BEFORE we worry about passing more laws.

BTW -- you don't even have to WAIT to engage the stakeholders in finding solutions to the critical problems we face as a nation. You and your staffers can fight to remove Bush and Cheney from power and design and pass legislation AT THE SAME TIME. Multitasking is the name of the game. Just make sure Impeachment never takes a back seat to those other tasks.