Reply #220: "You are powerless. Go back to bed America."

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Declaring they'll never impeach" is just as false, and destructive, as declaring "The Senate will never remove."

These "nevers" say one thing:

"You are powerless. Go back to bed America."

"Don't lobby for impeachment. It's a waste of time. They'll never do it.
You are powerless. Go back to bed America."

"Don't impeach. The Senate will never remove. The U.S. House is powerless.
You are powerless. Go back to bed America."

And if the House impeaches, don't be surprised if a new drumbeat starts:

"Don't vote to remove. They won't go anyway. The Senate is powerless.
You are powerless. Go back to bed America."

Like so many others who sow hopelessness and apathy, I've heard Turley ask "Where are the people?"

Sadly, a whole bunch of the people who might otherwise be demanding action are precisesly where the chattering class has told them to go. When it comes to politics, they've gone "back to bed."

But if those who wonder "Where are the people?" would bother to notice, they'd see that there are more people actively and vocally calling for impeachment than they've seen on any other issue.

• Offices on the Hill are being hammered with an ever increasing number of calls, faxes, and even visits. When asked, staffers can name no other lobbying effort that has generated as many contacts by as many people for as long a period of time. Even those who defend Pelosi's "off the table" edict tell us they personally want to see Bush and Cheney impeached.
• "At the offices of the Pew Research Center in Washington, Scott Keeter’s inbox gets jammed up every so often with hundreds of e-mails asking him to poll on impeachment." and "Pew and other pollsters say they have never seen anything like it." (http://www.democrats.com/why-pew-refuses-to-poll-on-impeachment">link)
• Earlier this month, ARG found that 70% believe the Bush administration is abusing power.

Clearly the DC Dems are feeling the heat. If they weren't, they wouldn't feel compelled to http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3604951">lash out at impeachment advocates.

The only time that the declaration "It will never happen" is true is when nobody stands and fights for It.

Well, people are fighting for imepachment and Members of Congress are getting more defenisve. And the more they defend, the more they find themselves being forced to confront reality. The more they fight us, the more they talk themselves into a box they can only escape by impeaching Bush and Cheney.

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
--Mohandas Gandhi