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Even with all the nonsense going on in Iraq, I haven’t thought there was a need for impeachment. I think there was a thread on that topic here a while back, and it seemed ridiculous to me at the time.
Now I really think my mind has been change, not because Bush was caught in a lie – I’m pretty sure that’s SOP for politicians – but because it demonstrates a critical lapse in judgement and demonstrates incompetence. When Bush took office, and when he received a second term, I didn’t really see his being in office as an actual detriment to the country in any large way. Now this, combined with what he knew about Iraq, he’s severed the trust that we will be kept safe in an irrevocable fashion.
The unfortunate thing is that at this point and time, impeachment won’t even be whispered by anybody because of our recent history with that procedure.
If there’s a way that he can be censured, or that a no-confidence vote could be made, I think we really need to do it. This is abominable behaviour on his part, and unlike an oval office dalliance, this affects us all in a deeply trenchant manner.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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