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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 11:18 AM
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12. Who Gets To Determine The Sanity???
Someone would be responsible for rendering this verdict...and who would it be? The corporate media? And whom stands to be the Walter Cronkite in this scenario? While Keith Olbermann speaks the words, his reach is limited...who has the national stature that a Murrow or Cronkite commanded in "the day" as opposed to our confused and conflicted corporate media of today.

Do we turn to the Judiciary? And just how is that done? How is a suit presented...especially with separation of power issues involved?

This leaves the legislative and who plays "honest broker" here? The partisan nature makes this route impossible...as even if there are votes to impeach, there still aren't for conviction. And competency has no play in this matter as the impeachment charges would be best based on true violations of law rather than competency.

We live in an age where logic is seen as a sign of weakness...especially by the "Conventional Wisdom" that is still very weaned to the power, money and access that is still controlled by the executive.

So who can a vast majority of Americans...66% or more...rely on to determine sanity or competency? I'd be curious to see answers. Or crickets.
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