The Wright Angle
April 9, 2007

Impeach the president, you gutless Democrats

By Scott Wright

An article in the online edition of the Washington Times on Friday told of several Democratic congressmen who are reporting that more and more of their constituents are calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush.

In their next breath, those very same congressmen are brushing aside the suggestion -- nay, the demand -- from the voters who elected them, saying that hauling the self-proclaimed "Decider in Chief" (insert eye roll here) would serve no practical purpose, regardless of whether or not Bush's impeachment is warranted.

"It's a simple process but a very divisive thing," said Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha. "Instead we'll fight it out on the issues."

"The timing is all wrong," said New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler. "A lot of people at home say impeachment and I'm sure he has committed a lot of impeachable offenses."

Nadler added that the impeachment hearing would be "pointless," according to the article.

The word that comes immediately to my mind in light of those comments by Murtha and Nadler isn't "pointless." It's "gutless."

George W. Bush is without a doubt the worst president in the history of this Republic, but don't take my word for it. More and more people who once swore allegiance to the country's No. 1 dipstick are coming around.

Earlier this week, Victor Gold, a Texan and old friend of the Bush family, announced he plans to release a book slamming the current administration. Titled, "Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP," the book is an indictment of George W. Bush and the horrible direction this country has turned in since virtually the day the Supreme Court gave him the 2000 presidential election.

Gold, who wrote "glowing" biographies of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in 2001, refers to Bush in his latest book as "Dan Quayle in cowboy boots." He also refers to Cheney as "a vice president out of control," according to a recent story in The Washington Post.

"There are plenty of veterans of Reagan and Bush 41 ... who believe Bush and Cheney trashed the institutions and party they helped build," the Post story said.

A couple of days prior to the Post's revelation about the book by Gold, former Bush campaign adviser Matthew Dowd told the New York Times he has lost faith in the Decider (eye roll), as well.

In the article, Dowd rattled off a laundry list of disappointments he's seen from the Bush White House over the years: failure to unite the country after Sept. 11, not holding anyone accountable for the Abu Ghraib abuses, the government's horrid response to Hurricane Katrina and (there were plenty more, but I'm running out of room) the war in Iraq.

"If the American public says they're done with something, our leaders have to understand what they want," Dowd told the Times. "They're saying, 'Get out of Iraq.'"

It seems obvious now, even to people like Dowd who were largely responsible for inflicting this nation with the pox that is George W. Bush: The man ought not be in the Oval Office running this country. In fact, every good American should want to see that idiot out on his ass as quickly as possible.

Bush only has 21 more months in office, but that's 21 too many for me. The only way to get him out now is to file articles of impeachment. God knows, there are plenty of offenses to choose from. Sadly, the Democrats are apparently too gutless to do the country a favor by trying to get rid of this horrible excuse for a president.