As happy Americans are dancing with joy over the recent election mandate for accountability, Democratic Party leaders are coming out trying to dampen the spirit. The corporate media has paraded them through, first Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean and when that wasn’t enough to shut up the cries for impeachment, John Conyers and Rahm Emmanuel came forth to say impeachment is off the table. Have they been paying any attention to what has been happening in this country?

First of all, It is generally agreed that this election was a statement about the war in Iraq, which is why the first order of business is to bring our troops home now! Bipartisan Legislation was introduced by members of Congress Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, Walter Jones and Neil Abercrombie “Homeward Bound” callling for the return of our troops starting October 2006. Contact your congressperson and tell them to sign on or introduce a similar bill immediately. Also contact Nancy Pelosi(use zip code 94110) or email her directly and tell her to bring the bill to the floor of the House as soon possible.

Secondly, this election is a mandate for accountability and the previously failing opposition party has a new chance to pursue the original goals of our founders. Bush has committed many crimes, but with time being a concern, I believe we should just focus on illegal wiretapping and remove Bush from office based on that alone ASAP….Johnathon Turley said it best at Conyer’s hearing on NSA spying

The Supreme Court has rejected the very claims being made by the President with regard to the NSA operation, it is in direct contradiction of FISA.

Now I want to be absolutely clear, what the President ordered in this case was a crime. Now we can debate whether he had a good or bad motivation, but it was a crime.

The federal law makes it clear- you cannot engage in this type of domestic surveillance without committing a crime.

We can debate the wisdom of that, we can debate why the President may have done it, but in my view, the President committed a crime, and we have to deal with that as citizens. And unfortunately, you have to deal with that as members of Congress.

It strikes an alarming circumstance when the President can go into a press conference and announce that he has violated a federal statute 30 times, and promises to continue to do so until someone stops him. That is the most remarkable admission that I have ever heard from a President of the United States…

John Conyers held this hearing but apparently wasn’t listening.

Don’t get me wrong, I am beyond thrilled at the change in direction of our country. However, I have witnessed the appeasement of the Bush administration for too long, and I know that the Democratic Party has some problems when they pass the Iran Freedom Support Act with only 22 Dems voting No in the House of Representatives, and 21 Democratic Cosponsors in the Senate. These people cannot be blindly trusted to do the people’s business, they must be forced to act on our behalf.