I recently sent Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill a letter urging her to support impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
To my surprise I received a very prompt response from her stating that:
"Yes, this administration has made some serious mistakes and has lost credibility with the American people, but impeachment should be used in only the rarest of cases. Only twice in the history of our nation has Congress carried out impeachment proceedings in attempts to move a President from office, and in both cases the President was acquitted...As your Senator, I will continue to work with my colleagues to provide stronger oversight of this Administration. Since the 110th Congress began in January under Democratic leadership, already dozens of oversight hearings have been held on everything from the war in Iraq to the botched Federal response to the victims of Hurricane Katrina."
While I appreciated her prompt response, I can't help but ask the question What good is oversight going to do when dealing with an administration that really doesn't give a damn about the law?
Below is my response that I sent to Senator McCaskill...
"Dear Senator McCaskill,
I appreciate your prompt response regarding my sentiments about the impeachment of both President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Yes impeachment has only been used twice and yes both instances they were rightly acquitted.
President Johnson was a victim of the Radical Republicans who were determined to make the South {Missouri included} pay for the sin of exercising her Constitutional rights.
Johnson they felt , was "too lenient". It was the leadership of the "Radical Republicans" through their Re-Construction policies that gave birth to a disease called "racism" that has plagued this nation ever since.
Bill Clinton was impeached, because of his problems with fidelity to his wife, something quite frankly , I feel should have been left for he and his wife to work out. There certainly was no need for Kenneth Star to play "marriage counselor".
But if we look upon the previous two instances and the environment that the Bush administration has created in this country, I feel the case can be made that in no other time in American history has the need for impeachment been so urgent.
The President has referred to our Constitution as a "God Damned Piece of Paper", and has proven his disdain for it by making sure the Patriot Act was passed through Vice President Cheney and Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's strong arm tactics. As a side note, we know that they did this by not giving a single representative time to read through the massive document that does little to secure America, yet implements countless unconstitutional limits on our freedom.
The Bush administration lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in order to pass the Patriot Act and gain public support for the War in Iraq.
The mishandling of the War in Iraq has not given the Iraqis the freedom that we promised them and the result has been a U.S. Occupation, increased terrorist activity and a bloody civil war in that country.
The Bush administration has shown blatant disregard and incompetence in regards to the rule of law. The outing of Valerie Plame and the Alberto Gonzales scandal are proof, as well as the pardon of "Scooter Libby".
Recently Vice President Cheney declared that he is not part of the "Executive Branch" of Government.
It is clear that this administration makes up its own rules. Perhaps in no other period of our country (excluding President Lincoln) has a country been pushed to the breaking point by a President.
Senator McCaskill,
I must take issue with your view that impeachment is not needed. To the contrary, it is the only hope left for this country.
Sincerely,
Clint E. Lacy
Marble Hill, Missouri"
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