Republican shame

I don't think the founding fathers conceived of a situation in which one party would control all branches of government and be joined by the so-called "fourth estate" (media). Had they actually thought about this they would never have allowed one party to have absolute power (that is, the elimination of checks and balances). The most serious problem, however, is with the media, which has now become nothing more than a stenographer for the Republicans and has abdictated its responsibility to monitor the government and try to keep it honest.

What this means, as near as I can tell, is that Democrats are completely powerless and are increasingly just ignored. They have no power. They can do virtually nothing to interfere with the Republican agenda. What this also means, however, is that the Republicans now have an obligation to do what is best for the country and its citizens. And here they are clearly failing. Attacking a sovereign nation that is no threat to you is a war crime. Indeed, it is the premier war crime. Can anyone deny that Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld did just that. Killing civilians is a war crime. Hiding prisoners from the Red Cross is a war crime. Torturing prisoners is a war crime. Using white phosphorous on individuals is a war crime. War profiteering is a war crime. There is no doubt that all of these crimes have been committed by the Bush/Cheney administration. But still the Republican party continues to support and defend these obvious criminals. The Democrats can do nothing. The Republicans can do everything. So why do they not do something? Are they proud that their party is being led by war criminals and liars? Have they no responsibility to the nation and the citizens? Are they, in fact, more committed to party than justice?

Not only is the above true, there is also the question of impeachable offenses. All of the above should be grounds enough for impeachment. But there is also the fact that they blatanly lied to Congress and the American people to bring this "war" about. They had to know Iraq had no WMD's. They had to know there was no connection between Sadam and al Qaeda. They had to know they were fixing the rationale for "war" that could not otherwise be justified. They knew Iraq was not a credible threat to us or anyone else. These are all impeachable offenses. Now, in addition, they have broken the law with illegal spying on American citizens (of course they claim it is legal - what else could they claim having been caught red-handed). Their so-called legal justification is no more than fantasy. And they lie to the point of pathology and expect us to believe it. Bush doesn't know Ken Lay? Bush doesn't know Jack Abramoff? There are pictures of the two of them together but the White House won't release them? There is all kinds of information about what went wrong with Katrina but they won't release that either? How much longer do we have to put up with this?

I guess the answer is forever, because there are no honorable Repunblicans committed to truth and justice and the Democrats are powerless. I hope these treasonous, dishonest, and totally unpatriotic Republicans are sleeping well at night. If there is any justice (which I am beginning to doubt) it will surely catch up with them.