No Hope for Help from the Democrats--Sunsara Taylor

Tweet "But don't take my word for it--listen to the top Democrats themselves."

"While sucking up to Pat Robertson's vicious religious lunacy on the 700 Club, Howard Dean insisted, "I don't think that the first thing on our agenda is gonna be to get in a big partisan fight about whether the President should be impeached or not." Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi's spokesperson put it more bluntly, "Impeachment is off the table; she is not interested in pursuing it." Even John Conyers has conceded in advance, "Rather than seeking impeachment, I have chosen to propose a comprehensive oversight of these alleged abuses."

Sunsara Taylor continues later in her Counterpunch article:

"But we must be clear: it is only us -- not the Democrats or the fall elections -- that can do it or that even wants to. The reason the Democrats won't challenge Bush is not mainly because they think that will hurt their chances of getting elected. The problem is much deeper than that. The Democrats support most of Bush's program. While they have differences with Bush, even sharp ones at times on some things, they agree with Bush on the fundamental question of upholding and expanding the U.S. empire, and they agree with Bush on the current unjust war for empire that is being waged under the guise of a "war on terrorism.'"

Sunsara Taylor is with World Can't Wait [To Drive Out the Bush Regime]. In this article she announces a call for an October 5th "strike." I do think it is a great idea--but I wrote to her about the organization's focus on getting rid of the "Bush Regime." After her great explanation of the bi-partisan nature of the sell-out, focusing just on Bush in their public profile lets Dems off the hook and muddies her otherwise clear expose of the systemic problem we are facing. I'll let you know what I hear from her.