Who will march against Bush? (Geov Parrish)

[Up2Late]

(I don't know much about this writer except for what is written at the bottom of this article, but He sure nailed it with this one!)

Who will march against Bush?

Country should unite in pro-America impeachment rallies

Geov Parrish
workingforchange.com
04.12.06

Man, did I hit a nerve.

E-mail is still pouring in from my column Monday in which I observed that the legal argument being employed by the Bush White House -- for, among other things, the NSA spying scandal, the torture and Patriot Act reauthorization signing statements, and now LeakGate -- is that George Bush is above the law. And that that is a legal argument for a dictatorship. And that if Bush is not held accountable for this direct challenge to the Constitution of the United States of America, even if he doesn't decide to use those dictatorial powers himself, he's still established them as a precedent, and some future American leader will use them instead.

Well, I heard from a couple of cranky conservatives, but so far the e-mail is about 50-to-1 in favor. By far the most common comment (beyond people venting about George Bush) is along the lines of: "If the illegal immigrants can flood the streets, why can't we?"

It's very simple. Many of those immigrants (legal or not) feel they're marching for their lives. Bush critics don't have that sense of urgency. Most of us read about the latest abuses and depredations of the Bush cabal and then swear or sigh and go on about our lives. That's the difference. Sad, but true. Beyond that, remarkably enough, critics of Bush, even though we are now a majority of the country, do not have the media infrastructure that immigrants have. The driving force behind the turnout for many of these rallies has been promotion by Spanish language radio. L.A. has at least a dozen such stations, and almost all of them banded together to help turn out up to a million people. Same thing happened in Chicago, in Phoenix, in Miami, in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, New York, D.C., and on across the country. The liberal blogosphere or Air America can't do that....

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...That -- not the constant foreign policy criticisms that are the hallmark of antiwar marches -- needs to be the primary focus of any anti-Bush mobilization, too. That is what will resonate. It needs to be positive, hopeful, insistent. We're seeing our country being stolen from us. We want it back. We demand it back. We love our country, and we're not about to stand by and watch while a bunch of Machiavellian failed oilpatch executives take it from us and wreck it. We believe in the promise of America, even as it is in danger of being destroyed. That's the message....

(more at link below)

<http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=20627>

Geov Parrish is a Seattle-based columnist and reporter for Seattle Weekly, In These Times and Eat the State! He writes the daily Straight Shot for WorkingForChange. He can be reached by email at [e-mail] -- please indicate whether your comments may be used on WorkingForChange in an upcoming "letters" column.

[bmxeroftruth]

1. Yes!

I was watch a thing on the "tank man" last night about the Tiananmen Square Massacre and if anything like that happens i hope we will have brave souls that will stand up to the regime like the "tank man" and change america for the better

[texastoast]

2. Shame we gotta die

When we could put the shrub on the front lines where he should be. But, he's a wuss and that is only wishful thinking on my part.

And welcome to DU!:hi:

[Up2Late]

4. That was a great show, I started a "heads up" thread about it last night.

Here's the link: <http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=909130&mesg_id=909130>

[texastoast]

3. Many of those immigrants feel they're marching for their li

It hasn't bothered enough middle Merkins yet. They are in denial still.

[MasonJar]

5. I'm game. Can we go after school is out?

[Jack Rabbit]

6. The prequel is quite good

From Working For Change
Dated Monday April 10

'L'etat, c'est moi'
Bush declares himself above the law -- has the first American dictatorship already arrived?
By Geov Parrish

In 2003, while pledging to fire anyone in his administration found to have leaked the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Wilson to journalists, President George Bush intoned that he did not know of "anybody in my administration who leaked classified information."

Well.

Pick your favorite Bush quote on this topic; there are countless good ones, now that we learn that former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff Scooter Libby, when forced by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to testify under oath to save his own skin, fingered both Bush and his former boss, Dick Cheney. Libby testified that they both authorized the leaking of classified National Intelligence Estimate information on Iraq in July 2003 in order to defend the administration's decision to unilaterally invade Iraq. A president who has ordered the launching of widespread investigations to find leakers in the CIA and State Department, including the polygraphing of scores of intelligence professionals, the man who wants the NSA spying and CIA gulag whistleblowers prosecuted, is himself a leaker. And the same testimony revealed that Bush was aware at every step of the way of the ongoing campaign to publicly smear Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, covert CIA operative Valerie Wilson. Pick your sanctimonious Bush statements about that, too . . . .

It is more evident than ever that this President and Vice President need to be impeached. Not because it is or isn't politically expedient; not even because their successors might be any better, or because it will be an advantage for one or another party in 2008. But because this sort of behavior in the most powerful job in the world must be punished, in the clearest possible manner. Justice demands it. Setting an example, to try to prevent similar abuses by future leaders from any party, demands it.

Read more.

[Up2Late]

7. kick n/t

:kick:

[nj_democrat_rocks]

8. 86% polled want to see George W impeached as of 4.16.06

http://www.opednews.com/

Approval rating is around 36%, but more importantly, 86% of those polled would liked to see George impeached!!!!!!!!!!