Compromise, and West Wing be damned

Senator Feingold is proposing censure over the NSA spying affair today. Censure, not Impeachment, and not formal charges by the Justic Department. I was kind of suprised when I saw this on MSNBC this moring, but the more I thought about it, it seemed like not enough.

First off, the first piece of "reporting" the MSNBC "head" spouted was a fact any viewer of the West Wing could spout off. Andrew Jackson was the last US President to be censured. Well, who cares. I mean, he also put a big block of cheese in the lobby of the White House, are we going to do that too?

Second, it's not going to pass. Republicans are brain washed, they understand loyalty though. They won't end Bush's Presidencey, because that is essentially what this censure would do. Bush is already as lame a duck as you can get, this would be a nail in the coffin.

Third, it's a half measure. This stuff is serious. Far more serious than President Clinton engaging in extramarrital activity. As unseemly as that was, it had no effect on the rights of Americans, this does, very serious effects.

I will support censure, because it's the best shot at drilling it into the Presidents head that he is a President, not a king. But he should be in jail, or at least fined. The name of the is blog is secure your rights for a reason. I'm doing a play right now called Bright Room Called Day, it's about the rise of Hitler in Weimar Germany, and how those who opposed him bickered and fought amongst themselves instead of putting up a united front in opposition. This, whether it is polite to say so or not, is the same situation. Our rights are being compromised, it must stop now before it goes any further.

I will also submit to the Republicans in Congress, that they should be prepared to choose whether they perfer censure now, or impeachment in a year.