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Mar. 7th, 2007 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheTo expound upon the Libby poll....
My option of "Bush will never be impeached" is there really to find out who holds this idea. Of course, that doesn't tell me why those people believe the way they do.
To me, the belief that Bush will never be impeached automatically elevates him above the law and absolves him of any prior, current, or future guilt. One might as well be saying, "He could order a hit job on someone, and it doesn't matter, because he's more the Teflon president than Reagan was. No matter what he does, he'll never be brought to justice, so why even bother?"
That type of cynicism is what kills social democracy. The idea that all governments are corrupt (so citizens shouldn't be too upset when corruption is exposed) should not insulate the government officials who are guilty of plundering the public good. I know that this administration has given liberals and other progressives what has been termed "outrage fatigue," but that should not prevent people from mustering the will to do what is best for the country. Resigning oneself and one's countrymen to a power-mad, incompetent and perhaps criminal administration is one of the most unpatriotic things one can do, IMO.
My option of "Bush will never be impeached" is there really to find out who holds this idea. Of course, that doesn't tell me why those people believe the way they do.
To me, the belief that Bush will never be impeached automatically elevates him above the law and absolves him of any prior, current, or future guilt. One might as well be saying, "He could order a hit job on someone, and it doesn't matter, because he's more the Teflon president than Reagan was. No matter what he does, he'll never be brought to justice, so why even bother?"
That type of cynicism is what kills social democracy. The idea that all governments are corrupt (so citizens shouldn't be too upset when corruption is exposed) should not insulate the government officials who are guilty of plundering the public good. I know that this administration has given liberals and other progressives what has been termed "outrage fatigue," but that should not prevent people from mustering the will to do what is best for the country. Resigning oneself and one's countrymen to a power-mad, incompetent and perhaps criminal administration is one of the most unpatriotic things one can do, IMO.