It's now or never
It's time to energize.
In less than a month, the mid-term campaigns will kick into high gear.
It's now or never for those who have had it up to here with a Republican-dominated Congress. And, hopefully, those who understand that we are losing this effort in Iraq, that we are diving headfirst into a dangerous pool in Iran and that it is time to take back this country will get off their hindquarters and throw the bums who created all this mess out on their tin ears.
The best we can hope for?
First: The long-predicted resignation of Dick Cheney, who will soon have all he can handle when the Scooter Libby case expands scope. Look for Condi to be an instant stand-in. Her approval numbers are the highest of the Bushies, but not enough to elect her to the Oval Office.
Second: A healthy Congress will, at the very least, block every inane piece of legislation that comes from this crooked White House that is turning into a house of cards. It will, hopefully, demand the resignation of Rumsfeld and look into articles of impeachment against the president on the grounds of falsifying intelligence reports on WMDs and much, much more. There, by the way, is also a bit of a buzz in Washington, D.C. that Bush aides are quietly making the rounds for passage of a bill that would protect the president from any charges of war crimes in the Middle East debacle. He cannot be charged, according to what I understand, until he is out of office. This bill would protect him after his term expires.
Third: We can regain our integrity and standing in the world community. The administration has turned a deaf ear to pleas for peace in the Middle East, allowing Israel more and more and more time to continue the killing instead of trying to bring the warring sides together. It can't be done? Sorry, it can. Remember the accord between Israel and Egypt?
Fourth: We can restore the economy to the vigorous level it attained under the Clinton administration. For all that he wasn't as president, Clinton did a good job when it came to the economy, employment and housing.
Finally: We can truly work toward an equitable health policy that protects all -- particularly the working poor of America who have to decide between medical treatment or paying to keep a roof over its head.
Do the Democrats have all the answers?
I hope so. If not, it really is time for the second American Revolution, where the people of this country rally around a new, third party that is legitimate with goals worth aspiring to and representatives who are more than mouthpieces and shills for oil, big business and the rich.
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It`s not a question whether
the Democrats are the answere. The question should be, whether we can come together as one voice
in America, in what used to be considered United States. The center is the key, other then that, United we fall.
Posted by: Galen VanSickel | August 9, 2006 09:50 AM
Ed has lost his mind. The Republicans have had control, off and on for the last dozen years, Ed acts as though it was heaven the 40+ years before that under Democratic rule. If the Democrates have a better idea it would be nice if they would mention it instead of just being on the opposite side off every issue just to be agianst Bush. For an educated man Ed knows very little about economics if he believes Clinton was the reason the economy was good.
Posted by: Kelly | August 24, 2006 08:24 AM
I'm one who wants to throw both the Republican panzies and the Democrats who lack values and ideas out. I'm voting the Constitution Party. As long as the Spectrum and Daily News refuse to invite other candidates because of so-called lack of demand, there never will be another choice except the panderers we now have in Congress and the Senate. Throw all the bums out! We need new blood.
Posted by: Sylvia Andrew | October 10, 2006 01:32 PM