Impeach him now. Enough already. Unlike former President Bill Clinton’s simplistic dalliances, President Bush has consistently and maliciously acted outside the laws of this country.
Osama bin Laden or any other terrorist could only hope to be so lucky as to cause this much damage to our country and to our most cherished ideals. Bin Laden is a real danger that must be kept at bay. Bush, his actions and the actions of his minions are a rot on our national psyche and must be excised before it eats into the very core of our principles. Impeach him.
PHIL DANCER
I am a U.S. citizen who is very proud of all the freedoms that I have. I am so proud of these freedoms that in a time like 9/11, I will gladly give President Bush the right to monitor all my international communications because I have nothing to hide.
I would like to end by saying: Thank you, President Bush, for looking out for my freedoms and the safety of my family and me.
PAUL RAAKE
Until recently, our national policy always was that our strongest defense is our freedoms and liberties. That’s what I swore to defend when I entered the military. But with our freedoms and liberties threatened by our own government, how can we pretend that our only interest is spreading the same freedoms to the rest of the world?
Far from protecting us from our enemies, this administration’s policies may easily end up causing the demise of the greatest democracy the world has ever known.
Unless we as good-hearted American citizens stop them, in the end we will have only ourselves to blame.
DAVID WILLIAMS
It is a stunning irony that the
least qualified president in U.S. history is so very highhanded in claiming unprecedented presidential powers.
While the President vows to establish democracy in the Middle East, he tramples on civil rights at home. His culture of cronyism makes a mockery of a free press, free market and free elections. It is up to American voters to hold this administration accountable. His brand of democracy is far too costly, in dollars, in lives, and in simple human decency.
MARY ELLEN PEACOCK
History tells us that the day following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the internment of 110,000 mainland Americans of Japanese ancestry in guarded relocation camps....
The two men widely considered our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Roosevelt, instituted "constitutional dictatorship" in wartime. Both used their constitutional prerogatives, even when it meant skirting the laws of Congress, to get things done in time of peril.
LORINE GRUNER
President Bush needs to access an American history textbook and carefully examine two items.
First, look in the appendix for a copy of the Constitution and read its first ten amendments. For those not in the know, these amendments are collectively known as the Bill of Rights.
Next, go to the index and look up "Franklin, Benjamin." Take a look at all the references to this great Founding Father. If you’re lucky, you’ll find one of his most famous comments (and I paraphrase): Those who would exchange liberty for security deserve neither.
President Bush will probably need someone to explain the meanings and significance of these two philosophical underpinnings of what America is truly about, and after a simplistic explanation, he might (hopefully!) begin to understand.
But I doubt it!
LEWIS LINDLE
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