Reply #11: The Process Is Misunderstood

[KharmaTrain]

I agree...most people would rather be sailing or watch American Idol or think about anything but all the abuses this regime has created. For some, it's just too painful to deal with...they feel powerless to do a damn thing about it and tune out rather than confront. It's similar to how a family member will shy away from an ill parent, not cause they don't care, but they just can't cope. Then there are still many who voted in this regime TWICE. Remember, many of these people voted that second time with a chip on their shoulder...and now are suffering buyer's remorse. Iraq is just one of several issues they discconect with booshie on...but many won't give us the satisfaction that we were right or that their votes were totally wrong or abused. Impeachment repudiates their votes...and while they say now they don't approve of boooosh or claim to be "independent" or whatever, they still would rather see booooshie go away rather than create a public spectacle.

A lot also has to be said about our beloved corporate media. Look at how they've avoided this topic far more than Nancy Pelosi. They didn't run impeachment polls until recently and then they're so vague its hard to draw specifics from them. A poster on DKos summed it up by saying that many Repugnican Congresscritters are from districts where the polls there say different from the national ones...the same can be applied to some "purple" (or others will say Yellow or Blue Dog Democrats) who can't address the issue the same way a Rep from a district, say San Francisco, where boooshie's popularity is in the sub-zero range and there's a far greater consensus and support to impeach.

The Clinton inquisition was such a joke that many don't want to relive that circus again. All, except the corporate media that sees ratings and money to be made...either through luring your eyeballs for hours of endless pyschobabble...or the back pocket money from the GOOP political machine to make sure their spinners, liars and enablers get to "balance" any coverage. Be damned if 70% people want us out of Iraq now...in the "fair and balanced" corporate media world, our voice is 50% or less...usually 30% as one of our spokespeople (and usually some lame DLC parrot) is pitted against a right wing kamakaze and a "moderate" wingnut.

The issues aren't based on the Constitution...but on the personal. It's not that booosh abused power or cheney's obstructed justice...the corporate media will play it as people "hating booosh"...purely viceral with little to no discussion of the reasons why. Instead of an impeachment that educates and enforces, it's turned into a popularity contest with hours of bloviating that will turn more people off than on.

I'm very much in agreement with you...and I thank my fellow DU'ers who I've had disagreements with on this topic, but we all are on the same page here. We all see the crimes this regime has committed. We all agree they must be held accountable. The difference is in tactics and process.

Cheers...

:toast: