The Legacy, The Remedy
FindLaw.com is one of my favorite sites online right now. It consists of some great legal minds, law professors, and attorneys taking political and social issues and analyzing them from a legal standpoint, as well as providing context and precedent as background information for the uninformed or ill-informed. Their analytical skills are top-notch. I read this article recently, about the different bills facing congress in regard to bush's illegal wiretapping program, and thought I should link to it and provide, as usual, my own take on the issue.
As I said, the article deals with a few bills facing the Senate, currently, in regads to bush's wiretapping program. I, too, believe Senator Specter's bill is the best solution, and FAR better than that party-puppet Hassert's bill that would allow bush to continue breaking the law just by making it into the law. But I also stand by Feingold's censure; no, it won't change anything from a legal perspective, but it would represent congress finally standing up and saying, "You fucked up. You broke the law, and we won't stand for it."
Which is why it won't be passed. As noted, many in the democratic party are spineless jellyfish, and the repulicans' lips are far too close to bush's ass to actually vote for a slap on his wrist. But does it really matter? That's the brilliance of it; it doesn't NEED to be passed. The censure is now in the public's mind, and has caused more debate than anything congress has done in the last 6 months. It has served its purpose regardless. Well done, Senator Feingold(who is, btw, the only senator to vote AGAINST the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and, if I'm not mistaken, the only senator to stand up after 9/11 when congress was ready to turn allt he keys over to the president in the name of "Security" and say, "Wait, this is still the united states government, we are still the Congress, and we still ahve a responsibility tot he people to debate these issues, not just pass them in the heat of the moment.)
What I liked best about the article, besides the great background information and history ont he precedent of the president's actions, was the way he tied this issue to the 2006 mid-term elections. And he's right; if EITHER branch of congress is freed from Republican grip, there will be hell to pay. That alone should be enough reason to vote out republicans and elect some democrats. But it got me thinking that the next few months, up-to and including the 2006 elections, will decide bush's legacy. If the republicans hold their ground, we may never see the investigations we deserve. If either the house or the senate change hands, however, we may finally get some resoultion and insight into the 10, 000 "mistakes"/catastrophies bush has caused over the last 6 years. His very legacy, which is more important to him than anything else, will be hanging in the balance this October.
As I said, the article deals with a few bills facing the Senate, currently, in regads to bush's wiretapping program. I, too, believe Senator Specter's bill is the best solution, and FAR better than that party-puppet Hassert's bill that would allow bush to continue breaking the law just by making it into the law. But I also stand by Feingold's censure; no, it won't change anything from a legal perspective, but it would represent congress finally standing up and saying, "You fucked up. You broke the law, and we won't stand for it."
Which is why it won't be passed. As noted, many in the democratic party are spineless jellyfish, and the repulicans' lips are far too close to bush's ass to actually vote for a slap on his wrist. But does it really matter? That's the brilliance of it; it doesn't NEED to be passed. The censure is now in the public's mind, and has caused more debate than anything congress has done in the last 6 months. It has served its purpose regardless. Well done, Senator Feingold(who is, btw, the only senator to vote AGAINST the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and, if I'm not mistaken, the only senator to stand up after 9/11 when congress was ready to turn allt he keys over to the president in the name of "Security" and say, "Wait, this is still the united states government, we are still the Congress, and we still ahve a responsibility tot he people to debate these issues, not just pass them in the heat of the moment.)
What I liked best about the article, besides the great background information and history ont he precedent of the president's actions, was the way he tied this issue to the 2006 mid-term elections. And he's right; if EITHER branch of congress is freed from Republican grip, there will be hell to pay. That alone should be enough reason to vote out republicans and elect some democrats. But it got me thinking that the next few months, up-to and including the 2006 elections, will decide bush's legacy. If the republicans hold their ground, we may never see the investigations we deserve. If either the house or the senate change hands, however, we may finally get some resoultion and insight into the 10, 000 "mistakes"/catastrophies bush has caused over the last 6 years. His very legacy, which is more important to him than anything else, will be hanging in the balance this October.
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