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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

impeach bush?

In the past week, I've read several pieces making the case for impeaching Bush. All impeccably argued, impressively referenced and supported with facts and documentation. I don't disagree with any of them. My question is - and then what?

To put energy into impeaching Bush is to focus on a symptom of a disease to the exclusion of the disease. The real malady is a broken electoral system that offers 200 million Americans no choices beyond a pair of corporate-funded players in a closed duopoly. As Arundhati Roy puts it, it's like being asked to choose between two brands of detergent, when Proctor and Gamble make both.

Impeaching Bush will not restore democracy to America - it will simply divert more resources away from it. It won't restore the lives lost or the annihilation unleashed on the people of Iraq. The most effective way to impeach Bush - and prevent future Bush-clones - is electoral reform.

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