Reply #23: DC Denial -- Why Demanding Impeachment is the ONLY option!

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The executive branch has been taken over by a fascist faction that is violating our laws and the most fundamental tenets of our Constitution. (Monarchists, fascists, theocrats -- the label doesn't really matter. What defines them all is a belief in rule by the "right people.")

Many -- but surely not all -- of their crimes are well-known. They are war criminals guilty of torturing in our name; they flagrantly break our laws to spy on us; they terrorized us with the most colossal bomb threat in history: mushroom clouds over our cities in 45 minutes.

The Bush racketeers gleefully conspire to thwart the will of the American people to grab and consolidate the power they believe they have a right to. They view the rest of humanity as pawns to be manipulated to their own ends. They twist reality to justify the atrocities they commit in our name (Demonstrated with crystal clarity in Jane Mayer's recent reports in the New Yorker.

In the face of these realities, we do not need our leaders to come up with an agenda. We do not need 10 step plans. We do not need them to offer the administration policy solutions.

When a corporate leadership team, led by a criminal CEO, is embezzling, the board does not politely ask them to stop. The board does not "try to work with them" on other issues. The board accuses them of their crimes, boots them out, and seeks to have them punished.

In our Constitutional democracy, the people are "the board" and the United States Congress is our voice.

As "the board" we have but one option: Expose the crimes committed by Bush, Cheney, and their co-conspirators, demand Impeachment of Bush and Cheney, and lobby our elected officials and candidates to demand Impeachment.

Impeachment is the only option because ANYTHING ELSE -- offering them plans, changing laws to make their crimes not crimes, trying to work with them through "politics as usual" channels -- does nothing but legitimize their fascist takeover.

A vast majority of our leaders are failing to recognize this fundamental truth. Even those "leaders" who are making a sincere effort to represent our interests remain trapped by the delusion that the Racketeers in the Bush White House and their henchmen in the Congress and Judiciary operate within rational limits.

Their denial is deep, but every time a citizen confronts a member of Congress and demands that they act in accordance with simple truths and moral principles, we chip away at their denial. They are slowly "getting it." It has been painfully slow, but when your head is already muddled with beltway idiocy, recognizing fundamental truths about the world the PNACons (pee na cons -- PNAC crowd and co-conspirators) occupy is a tall order.

The first step on the road to sanity is to let go of all the "shoulds" (it should be this way or that way) and confront and act on what is.

The grim reality is that as long as we permit the fascists to exercise power, they will abuse it in their pursuit of ever more power. The Bush syndicate will never submit to legitimate authority unless forced to.

Whatever label Americans may apply to themselves (liberal, conservative, centrist, progressive, whatever), any who stand by the principle of consent are, first and foremost, Anti-Fascists charged with doing whatever they can to resist the fascist agenda.

When anti-fascists face reality, their duty becomes crystal clear. Negotiating, or trying to influence the fascists is not an option.

Anything we do to support the pretense that the fascists exercise legitimate authority -- negotiating with them, offering "plans" to them, or calling on them to "come clean" -- makes us complicit with their actions.

The only option is to force them out of power and punish them for their crimes.

The only option is to demand the Impeachment of Bush and Cheney NOW!

Every action we take needs to bring us closer to Impeaching Bush and Cheney, forcing their henchmen out of power, exposing their crimes, and punishing them. Before committing ourselves to any effort, we must decide whether or not it advances these goals. If the effort doesn't, then we probably can't afford to give it our time and energy.