Yet more insightful insight....
Finally someone from the 'left' talks about our collective dark side..
check it out on Commondreams.org:
Why Bush Hasn’t Been Impeached
by Gary Kamiya
Published on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 by Salon.com
to which the Xthplanet spoke from on high....
"Congratulations Gary, what a great article!!!
Alas, from the many and predictable responses ( A- the angry rejectionist,B- the dreamer …”…but we must keep impeachment alive”, C- I’m moving etc.) I can see I’m in a minority in seeing value in this article’s perspective. I think that the constitutional process requires a commitment to the ‘rational principle’ which should consist in A) accepting the reality of the ‘world we encounter’ while not being trapped in the ‘world we want’ and B) being willing to evaluate our actions and reactions as if we were a third party, like a ‘martian’(see Noam Chomsky). I think this article does both in a timely way. Too many critics of the president are forgetful that he did win a democratic election in which a certain segment of OUR fellow Americans were swayed to vote for him and, as this article so delicately points out, he did, in effect, simply do what many (of OUR fellow) Americans wanted him to, which was enact revenge on…whoever. I think that coming to terms with the darker side of OUR collective ‘Americaness’ is a healthy step towards resolving pickle we’re in (a prez that America disapproves of and no one willing to do anything about it).
I especially like how this article ends. It reminds me of what I’ve felt is Achilles heal of the whole wonderful Rovian universe which I call the McCarthy moment when Joseph Welch shamed Senator Joe on live TV to raucous applause. It’s clear to me that the ’spectacle’ of such an event can steer the ship of our public debate but that it is better for us all to revive the rational principle upon which OUR amazing nation was founded."
check it out on Commondreams.org:
Why Bush Hasn’t Been Impeached
by Gary Kamiya
Published on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 by Salon.com
to which the Xthplanet spoke from on high....
"Congratulations Gary, what a great article!!!
Alas, from the many and predictable responses ( A- the angry rejectionist,B- the dreamer …”…but we must keep impeachment alive”, C- I’m moving etc.) I can see I’m in a minority in seeing value in this article’s perspective. I think that the constitutional process requires a commitment to the ‘rational principle’ which should consist in A) accepting the reality of the ‘world we encounter’ while not being trapped in the ‘world we want’ and B) being willing to evaluate our actions and reactions as if we were a third party, like a ‘martian’(see Noam Chomsky). I think this article does both in a timely way. Too many critics of the president are forgetful that he did win a democratic election in which a certain segment of OUR fellow Americans were swayed to vote for him and, as this article so delicately points out, he did, in effect, simply do what many (of OUR fellow) Americans wanted him to, which was enact revenge on…whoever. I think that coming to terms with the darker side of OUR collective ‘Americaness’ is a healthy step towards resolving pickle we’re in (a prez that America disapproves of and no one willing to do anything about it).
I especially like how this article ends. It reminds me of what I’ve felt is Achilles heal of the whole wonderful Rovian universe which I call the McCarthy moment when Joseph Welch shamed Senator Joe on live TV to raucous applause. It’s clear to me that the ’spectacle’ of such an event can steer the ship of our public debate but that it is better for us all to revive the rational principle upon which OUR amazing nation was founded."
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