August 24, 2005
The time for accountability is NOW
by Liza Sabater
I personally have a abject dislike to all those emails I get from Kerry, Planned Parenthood and various Senators asking me for money for every single frigging political hiccup happening in the country. Well, this is one of the best replies to those political ATM-grams I've ever seen :
An Open Letter to Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Presidential Accountability and Impeachment | Democrats.com
Dear Representative Pelosi,Thank you for your letter requesting a contribution to elect a Democratic Congress in 2006 to "hold the President accountable."
This is a cause that I, and millions of Americans, wholeheartedly support. This includes Democrats, Independents, and a very large number of Republicans as well.
But I write to differ strongly with you on exactly how to "hold the President accountable."
Your letter delays George Bush's accountability until the distant date of January 2007 - the earliest time when Democrats could assume control of the House of Representatives after the election of November 2006.
January 2007 is 17 months from now.
Since Iraq's elections were held on January 30, 434 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq. That is nearly 65 per month. At this rate, another 1,105 American soldiers will die before Democrats would begin to "hold the President accountable" under your proposed plan.
This is morally unacceptable.
We have already paid too high a price for this war of lies: 1,871 soldiers have been killed, nearly 7,000 have been maimed, and tens of thousands have been permanently traumatized. Hundreds of Billions have already been borrowed from our children and grandchildren, and we are on track to spend Trillions.
The time for accountability is NOW.
Posted by Liza Sabater in Accountability, Activism, Democrats, George W. Bush, Iraq, Money, War
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Say it loud, say it proud!
What is the count now of US troops who have died since Bush went on this vacation--68 or 69? with another 200+ wounded, maimed, permanently disabled. We cannot afford even another two weeks of his vacation. The time to act is now. The time to demand accountability is now. The time to show that when Sensenbrenner shut off the lights and locked the doors, he was the one that was out of line!!! Hold more hearings, demand answers, and if that isn't working, try withholding quorums. That should certainly wake some people up. Then again so many of the Dems in Congress are just part of the same problem anyway.
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Comment by: spdyer at August 24, 2005 07:30 PM