Impeach Now!

So, I've been listening to Air America radio for most of the day, and the callers are, by almost a 10 to 1 margin, in support of impeaching Mr. Bush. Why is it that our newly elected leaders do not see what the common person sees? Why do they not realize that we must make a statement to the future? For the sake of America's future we must say to future presidential hopefuls that they cannot lie, cheat and steal elections away from the people. We must say to
them that they cannot chip away at the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution and tell us its for our own good.

For the past six years, Mr. Bush has led us down a path towards fascism. Don't
believe me? Look at this definition of the term from American Heritage Dictionary Online:

"A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a
dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism."

Marked by centralization of authority under a dictator... Check. When Tom Delay and other Republican senators across the country engaged in their illegal "gerrymandering" of congressional districts, that was an attempt to bring society under a centralized authority (the Republicans).

Suppression of the opposition through [the threat of] terrorism and censorship... Check. In 2004, When Dick Cheney told the country that if we voted for John Kerry we would be attacked by terrorists, that was suppression of the opposition through terrorism. Just last week, when Mr. Bush told the country that a vote for the Democrats was a vote for the terrorists, that was suppression through terrorism. One of the forms censorship has taken is in the government's not allowing pictures of flag draped coffins to be shown. They don't want us to know about the toll Mr. Bush's War for Oil has been taking. It has nothing to do with privacy or respect for the families, it has everything to do with this
administration being terrified of an informed population.

A policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. Check. We attacked and overthrew a sovereign nation that posed no threat to us. Under the auspices of the Christian Right, a brutal (and very hypocritical as it turns out) attack on the rights of homosexuals has been the norm. Also, Bush's refusal to do anything to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, most of whom are black, shows this administration's inherent racism.

So, check, check and check. Three criteria out of four in the definition of fascism have been met under this president. In order to make a statement to the future, in order to safeguard this country against fascism in the future, we must impeach Mr. Bush NOW.