Yet, even while it is urgent that these battles be waged now –with all the ferocity that Achilles brought to the field of battle—our champions keep fleeing the battle without even having fully joined arms.
Admittedly, the majorities in Congress are fragile, and confer limited power to the Democrats. It is not necessarily reasonable, therefore, to assume that the Democrats would have been able to dictate policy regarding the war in Iraq. Nor is it necessarily reasonable to assume that the Democrats would have been able successfully to impeach this lawless president and vice-president. The facts of power might well prevent the Democrats from "winning" their battle with the regime in such ways.
It IS reasonable, however, to expect the Democrats to be able to employ their present platform --in combination with the overwhelming evidencee regarding the truth about this regime-- to accomplish something else. Namely, it is reasonable to expect the Democrats to successfully dramatize, at every turn and continually, the disgraceful --the criminal, the dishonest, the incompetent-- nature of this Bushite regime to the American public.
The “What Kind of Man Could Do This?” Dramatization
The illustrations of the dark and disgraceful nature of this presidency are abundant. Over time, a successful campaign to dramatize for the American people why this president is entitled to no respect, no deference, no imputation of any authority, would highlight many of the pieces of the picture that have been enacted these past seven years right before our eyes.
Here, by way of illustration, is one that is most striking and that has not been sufficiently stressed. The opposition in Congress could and should use it to help the American people see what kind of person it is who’s been wielding the power of the highest office in our land.
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