Pelosi Must Find Courage to Impeach Bush and Cheney

Nancy Pelosi is not only the first woman Speaker of the House but also an outstanding leader. She does, however, have a blind spot: her refusal to impeach Bush and Cheney. Daniel Ellsberg said, “If you want Bush out of Iraq, get serious about impeachment.” The people gave the Democrats a mandate to get us out of Iraq. Bush will never willingly leave Iraq; he knows only what he knows --staying the course. Even though he renounced that idea publicly, he has never changed from it. Doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome is one definition of insanity. Many cities and state legislatures have already voted for impeachment. Mrs. Pelosi therefore must find the courage to carry out the will of the people and impeach both Cheney and Bush; she will then be our President and can immediately extricate us from Iraq. She must be strong enough to handle the Republican Armageddon that will follow impeachment. So doing will get us out of Iraq and give us the next great Democratic President, tempered in the fires of the ensuing political turmoil of a principled stand for the people.
Sent to Tahoe Daily Tribune on June 16, 2007

Nancy Pelosi is not only the first woman Speaker of the House but also an outstanding leader. She does, however, have a blind spot: her refusal to impeach Bush and Cheney. Daniel Ellsberg said, “If you want Bush out of Iraq, get serious about impeachment.” The people gave the Democrats a mandate to get us out of Iraq. Bush will never willingly leave Iraq; he knows only what he knows --staying the course. Even though he renounced that idea publicly, he has never changed from it. Doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome is one definition of insanity. Many cities and state legislatures have already voted for impeachment. Mrs. Pelosi therefore must find the courage to carry out the will of the people and impeach both Cheney and Bush; she will then be our President and can immediately extricate us from Iraq. She must be strong enough to handle the Republican Armageddon that will follow impeachment. So doing will get us out of Iraq and give us the next great Democratic President, tempered in the fires of the ensuing political turmoil of a principled stand for the people.