A Letter for Impeachment

E-mail to Senator Feinstein, mail returned user unknown. Right after the mailing attempt the blog was made inaccessible, I was booted offline and the chemtrails returned after weeks off.

Recently I signed an online petition to have George W. Bush and Dick Cheney impeached, and today, March 20th, I received a response from Senator Dianne Feinstein to which I sent a reply. AOL then informed me that Senator Feinstein's e-mail address is unknown and so my reply could not be delivered. So I thought that I would post them here on the blog.

From senator@feinstein.senate.gov :

Dear Mr. Norton:

Thank you for your letter concerning impeachment proceedings against President Bush. I appreciate the time you took to write and welcome the opportunity to respond.

In our recent elections, the American people expressed clear disapproval with the path this country was on. They are tired of partisan politics and of an Administration that pays little heed to the wishes of the American people. They want-and deserve-a Congress that holds the Administration accountable and fulfills its Constitutional responsibility to check and balance the Executive. I share this sentiment and am determined to work hard and across party lines in the United States Senate to promote issues that are of real concern to most Americans, including the situation in <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />Iraq and Afghanistan, homeland security, global warming, and lobbying and election reform.

At this time, however, I believe that impeachment proceedings against President Bush will only divide the country even further, frustrating our hopes for a meaningful change in direction, while having little chance of success.

I have been deeply disappointed by many of this Administration's actions and have been outspoken in those instances. Nevertheless, given the challenges our country faces I believe that we need to focus on constructive and cooperative steps that would lead us in the right direction.

Again, thank you for your continued correspondence. If you have any further questions or comments, please contact my office in Washington, D.C. at (202) 224-3841. Best regards.

Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator

Further information about my position on issues of concern to California and the Nation are available at my website http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/. You can also receive electronic e-mail updates by subscribing to my e-mail list at http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ENewsletterSignup.Signup.

To which I reply:

Dear Senator Feinstein,

Thank you for responding to my request to begin impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and for having provided me with both your e-mail address and phone number.

In your reply you stated that impeachment proceedings would only further the division we are experiencing in this nation and that impeachment would stand little chance of success. Please allow me to further express my opinion on the matter.

While the administration has obviously been fighting discovery, the known facts in the case of the criminality of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are things that speak for themselves. Under the circumstances it is very difficult for me to understand how justice will be served by dismissing any case wherein crimes are fully known to have been committed. While it is easy to see that the administration has been fighting further discovery, one can't deny the precedent of our times in which impeachment occurred for a far lesser crime and with much less available evidence. Impeachment proceedings are meant to investigate whether or not there is sufficient cause for impeachment, it seems rather prejudicial to determine prior to such investigation that there is insufficient cause, or that criminal cases of any kind should not go forward in the event that they are not guaranteed successful prosecution.

In my view, Senator, it is never wise to place politics ahead of the law. On the face of it, a dismissal of impeachment proceedings at this time could only serve to make a mockery of our justice system.

In your reply you expressed your concern that the nation might become more deeply divided as a result of going ahead with impeachment proceedings, but perhaps Senator, that is then where the nation needs to be at this time rather than to be making political compromises with known criminals for the sake of political expediency.

You expressed your disappointment with this administration, but frankly, Senator, I've found their actions to be shocking, and I would expect that any reasonable man or woman would feel likewise were he or she privy to all of the evidence in the case, and like myself would understand impeachment to be a means of preventing the administration from committing even more crimes under the color of authority.

Once again, thank you for your attention to this highly important and urgent matter, and for having taken the time to respond.

Yours Truly,

Paul J. Norton

Freedom of Thought

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#2 Comment from pomansingsEntry Author
3/21/08 10:30 AM | Permalink

It seems to me, Charismaticwink, that not only does it matter, but nothing could be more important. This is no time to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and in this case the baby is the Constitution.

Times change, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. It's true that people get killed in the line of duty, but they also make a difference. But I don't think that they'll be able to kill everyone, and I believe that greater powers exist today than in the times of JFK and MLK. If that weren't true, Charismaticwink, I'd have been dead long ago. The primary difference is that we know much, much more now than we did then.

Paul
#1 Comment from charismaticwink
3/21/08 10:18 AM | Permalink

Does it really matter at this point? Seriously - no matter who we put in office, all politicos are corrupt. If we would happen upon one who is not, he or she would either be quickly assassinated, or become as corrupt as the others. It's the system itself that fails us, and what is the alternative? Anarchy? (*shuddering thinking of all of the many thugs rioting in the streets across the nation*)

I think we've lost the battle. Americans have become near-mindless, complacent cows - fast asleep in a dream of life. If 9/11 didn't light a fire under their butts and wake them up, what will?

It's sad, but we've reached a point where everything would have to be torn down and destroyed so that we can rebuild on a better, stronger foundation......

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