Letters to the Editor
Rambling Rose 22
Published Letters: 941 Editor's Choice: 7
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And Short of Resigning...
[Read the article: Freezing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't see it changing. The American people gave up on George W. Bush right after his re-selection. Of course, nobody you talk to today voted for the guy either time. So we're still trying to figure out how we ended up with him.
Kind of reminds me of Richard Nixon. Yeah, nobody voted for him either. Remember when he meddled in the Vietnam thing while running for President against Vice President Humphrey? Secretly, told the South Vietnam president he would cut him a better deal if he didn't come to the Peace table with LBJ that year? And he didn't? So the war raged on, killing thousands more Americans. LBJ should've blown the lid off that one. It might have altered the election outcome. Instead, we ended up with an unfit, dishonest, corrupt guy who had no problems with thousands more Americans dying for a few more years because the guy had an "entitlement" complex. He deserved to be President. And remember that messy little exit from Vietnam after Nixon's re-election? That coming from the guy who kept campaigning on the fact he had "a plan to end the war, "peace with honor" he called it?
Richard Nixon was run out of town on a rail, as he should have been for what he did to the U.S. Constitution and the reputation of our Country. The Congress knew it, both Democrats and Republicans.
That was the last time this country demonstrated any sense of courage and commitment. The great experiment of a GOP-controlled country through Congress, the Presidency, and very much the U.S. Supreme Court now is OVER -and it's a resounding failure.
People around the world watched as we have sat on our asses with Bush and did nothing to get rid of him, his outrageous destruction of the Constitution, his warped policies, and his politically corrupt war.
And hey, don't blame the Democrats for not moving for impeachment when they took over last year. They have learned the lessons of the fickle electorate and are not about to go out on anymore "reponsible government" limbs! No, somehow the GOP finds a way to turn it all around and make it THEIR fault anyway. For example: If we had impeached Bush, and the country was attacked again, it would be the fault of the Democrats who should've been (pick one):
1) Spending more for defense.
2) Spending more for defense.
3) Spending more for defense and showing our weakness to our enemies by impeaching our commander-in-chief.
That's right. Number 3. Very good. You all have been peeking at The Karl Rove Political Primer.
So, Bush's approval ratings continue to tank and stay there? Oh, okay. We don't care about Bush and we don't care about his ratings. How about that?
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NOT JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: JUST PLAIN POLITICAL GREED
[Read the article: The Kucinich court decision and "judicial activism"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dennis Kucinich just filed to run for his Congressional seat back in Ohio too. Shouldn't Dennis Kucinich's opponents get equal time and be invited to the MSNBC debate under the "equal time" rules?
I mean, how many ways can this guy have it? He's running for both President and Congress and spends his time fighting in Nevada courts to appear on national TV where his political opponents in Ohio don't have a chance of competing with THAT!
Maybe his political opponents should sue MSNBC for equal time? If anyone really cared what Dennis had to say he wouldn't be in this dilemma anyway, would he? Wish Dennis fought as hard for jobs for Clevelanders as he does his right to get free TV coverage.
Guess they just make it as they go along. Sounds like something Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (R) does. He appointed Wicker (R) to fill former U.S. Senator Lott's (R) seat. Said a "special election" would be held in November - yep! all the way to November. That's not a special election, Haley, that's what we do when we want to prop up incumbents who might be weak and challenged. Give 'em the benefits and trappings of incumbency.
Meanwhile, a local paper reported that Wicker will also continue to serve as Congressman until someone can be elected to his seat in the "special election" in November. Is that right? Or is the reporting sloppy? Wicker serves as both Congressman and U.S. Senator until November's "special election?" Hmmm.
And get this, the guy's campaigning in Pascagoula (Lott's backyard) the oher day, and tells folks on the Gulf Coast that there's about another billion dollars in Washington, D.C. he and the other Mississippi U.S. Senator Thad Cocheran are going after for Katrina relief. More Katrina relief?
OH REALLY? ANOTHER BILLION, DUDE? I don't think so. Maybe ya'll haven't figured out there's a recession brewing, and gee, we're real sorry but some of you might actually have to get jobs down there and make some tough decisions about where to move, live, etc. Hey, we know how it feels. About a half a million Americans in just Michigan and Ohio alone had to find new homes, jobs, etc. when corporate hurricanes blew their jobs overseas. Think about that a minute. Almost 500,000 fellow Americans jobs "disappeared off the face of the map." Funny, I don't recall ya'll sending any care packages up or taking up a collection.
But I digress:
Although one Court already ruled and said that Barbour was wrong,that a special election has to be held with 100 days of Lott's resignation, Barbour said he thinks the Mississippi Supreme Court will have to decide this very complex case. Why? Don't y'all have a law or something to cover this or did Katrina blow that away too? Meanwhile the clock runs down on two Democrats, one of whom has been elected statewide, and who are poised to challenge Wicker. And that's really what Barbour is hoping for of course. That, and a favorable judicial ruling from activist Mississippi Supreme Court justices.
So much for activist judges. Guess it just depend upon which ones are yours and which ones are mine.