The I-Word

In the last months, several organizations have formed to urge George W. Bush's impeachment. But until very recently, their views were virtually absent in the so-called "liberal" media, and could only be found on the Internet and in street protests. But the times they are a' changin'. The I-word has moved from the marginal to the mainstream and even the conservative business magazine Barron's has excoriated the president for committing a potentially impeachable offense. For more, read the following:

1. The I-Word is Gaining Ground
   By Katrina vanden Heuvel
   The Nation
   Photo Credit: Michael Lorenzini


2. Impeachment Buzz
   By Ruth Conniff
   t r u t h o u t

   "What sense does it make that some of the same Washington media and political leaders who countenanced the Clinton impeachment over a semen-stained dress, somberly intoning about the "rule of law," consider impeaching Bush beyond the pale?" No sense at all, according to Ruth Connif of the Progressive.

3. Report: The Constitution in Crisis
   By House Judiciary Committee Minority Staff

   The Downing Street minutes and deception, manipulation, torture, retribution, and coverups in the Iraq war.

4. Above the Law? Bush: "I am the law"
   By Max J. Castro
   Progreso Weekly


5. Looks Like Bush Knew Wiretaps Were Wrong
   By James Ridgeway
   The Village Voice

   While President Bush denies any wrongdoing in the National Security Agency domestic wiretap and data-mining program, saying yesterday that it was perfectly legal, actions by top officials in his own administration suggest Bush and his inner circle of confidants did indeed know the spying was wrong.

6. A Gestapo Administration
   by Paul Craig Roberts

   Bush has actually declared it treasonous to reveal his illegal behavior! His propagandists, who masquerade as news organizations, have taken up the line: To reveal wrong-doing by the Bush administration is to give aid and comfort to the enemy.

7. Newspapers Urge President to Quit
   By Greg Mitchell
   Editor & Publisher

   Outrageous, out of the question? Of course. Then again, here's what happened in the summer of 1998 when the president was named Clinton. Dozens of editorial pages clamored for him to quit (see this list). "He should resign," the Philadelphia Inquirer declared, "because his repeated, reckless deceits have dishonored his presidency beyond repair."

8. America's Tomorrow
   By Manuel Valenzuela
   Information Clearinghouse

   With each day that passes that we remain passive, silent and indifferent, becoming submissive to further corporatist control over our lives, we are helping to cement the unforgiving future of our progeny and of a once great nation.

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