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Sunday, June 24, 2007
Time for Republicans to Choose: Bush-Cheney or
America...
by Stephen Crockett, co-host of
Democratic Talk Radio
The recent claim by Dick
Cheney to have both executive privilege and not to be part of the
executive branch of government seems to amount to a claim that Cheney
is simply above the rule of law. It appears that both Bush and Cheney
think they rule by divine right like the absolute monarchs of medieval
Europe or the dictators of the old Soviet Bloc. Both need to be
impeached. Until they are removed from office, the media, Congress and
the courts should be aggressively investigating, exposing and opposing
their abuses of power.
Bush has ignored the rule
of law repeatedly. He has wiretapped American citizens without court
orders in clear violation of the law by claiming nonexistent
Presidential authority. Both Bush and Cheney lied to the American
public and Congress to take America into an illegal war in Iraq.
Republican politicians
helped Bush and Cheney pack our federal courts and the US Department
of Justice with partisan political hacks who do everything possible to
make illegal actions benefiting Republicans appear legal. Elections
have been essentially rigged by denying millions of Americans of their
right to vote or to have their votes accurately counted.
Corporation channeling
money to Republican organizations or candidates have been able to win
billions of dollars worth of no-bid government contracts under highly
questionable or obviously illegal conditions. Corporate givers were
able to ignore government regulations and federal laws concerning oil
and mineral leases, environmental considerations, worker safety,
consumer rights, fair competition, price-gouging and anti-monopoly
concerns.
Congress should
immediately repeal the falsely-named Patriot Act because neither Bush
or Cheney can be trusted with the powers that law hands to the White
House and the Executive Branch. All funding for the White House should
be strictly limited and closely monitored by Congress.
White House funding should
be conditioned on Cheney revealing all details of his Energy Task
Force and all details of Karl Rove’s role concerning the various
election scandals seemingly connected to the White House. All details
concerning the outing of CIA agent Valerie Palme and the lies promoted
by the White House leading up to the invasion of Iraq should be
revealed to Congress. White House involvement in torture and secret
prisons should be publicly exposed.
Our national security has
been undermined. Our civil liberties threatened. Our traditional
political freedoms badly trampled by an out of control Executive
Branch actively abetted by Republicans in Congress and Republican
federal judges.
Corruption and
incompetence dominates the leadership of the Republican Party at the
state and national level almost everywhere in America. Investigations
are underway in state after state from California to Texas to Ohio of
Republican political abuses. Many more are called for in places like
Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and
Pennsylvania.
Partisan political
considerations should never trump the rule of law. It is up to
Republicans to clean-up the corruption and contempt of American
political traditions by their leadership. Republican leaders need to
choose between their Party leadership and the future of the American
nation!
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Written by Stephen
Crockett (co-host of Democratic Talk Radio
http://www.DemocraticTalkRadio.com ).
Mail: P.O. Box 283, Earleville, Maryland
21919. Phone: 443-907-2367. Email:
midsouthcm@aol.com .
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