Constant Opinions

I was reading over at the Gun Toting Liberal about how 39% of Americans now think President Bush and Vice President Cheney should be impeached.

Wow.

So I thought that I would share my own thoughts on the topic. Just barely, I’m not in favor. This is a really close one for me.

I have to admit, though, that they worry me. I don’t like how this country is being run right now. I worry about where things are going. I don’t feel they have done their jobs well and I am concerned that they are going to continue on their current track, strongly favoring corporations over the overall good of the country.

I worry that they will decide to invade Iran, which I feel would be a huge mistake at this time. And yes, I do know how much saber rattling Iran has been doing.

The problem I have is that I think an impeachment has the potential to be even worse for our country. I feel it was a mistake to impeach President Clinton. I feel that an impeachment will serve only to deepen the political hatreds that have been making things so ugly in this country.

I miss the ability of people to talk sanely about politics and disagree without considering the other person a naive idiot. The ability to disagree politely seems to be largely a lost art.

I can admit that I have seen some of President Bush’s supporters who do make me shudder. The people who think dropping nuclear bombs would solve the Iran problem without making things worse for our country. That is just about enough to give me nightmares. Do they really think that there would be no repercussions from other countries, from Islamic jihadists who would be even less inhibited about attacking the United States if we did something so terrible?

But I do not think they’re idiots. I just don’t think they believe in the same consequences I do.

At this point, I suspect that our politicians will end up taking a close look at impeachment. I just don’t see things going any other way. 39% is a very significant percentage of voters, even higher than the percentage that feels President Bush is doing a good job. I don’t think you can call one significant without considering the other significant.

But I still hope Congress does not vote for impeachment. We don’t need a wider political divide.

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