What's At Stake

Are we a democracy or some banana republic?

That is one thing that is at stake in Tuesday's election. This administration believes that they are above the law, above Congress, and above the courts. We have seen this in everything from the secrets they have kept about the war, from the illegal warrantless spying program, from their detainee/torture policies, from the closed-door Cheney meeting that created our nation's energy policies, from the stifling/dismissal of reports and government officers who refuse to toe the White House line on everything from global warming to where our $$ in Iraq has gone, and countless other examples. And they have gotten away with it for several examples (not the least of which is media disinterest), the most important being that the Congress has acted as their surrogate in all of this, rather than a body meant to check and balance the executive's actions. To call this a rubberstamp Congress is being polite.

Today, we see new examples of the Bush administration's undemocratic views on these issues... rejecting calls for change from the military they claim to listen to, and insisting that not even a new Congress will be able to hold them to account for their actions. Read it and weep for your country-

Think Progress: Cheney: I Would ‘Probably Not’ Testify Before Congress, Even If Subpoenaed

Editor & Publisher: White House Calls Editorials Urging Rumsfeld Exit 'Shabby'

They believe they're above accountability. They're not. Let them know that on Tuesday.

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