Oh the Drama!

We're in trouble folks. The Constitution isn't quite dead yet, but it is in pieces and many of them already run through the shredder. But there's still hope.

So George in Santa Maria would have us believe, as he recites overworn political talking points in yesterday's letter to the editor:

President George W. Bush has failed to carry out his oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.

His claims of presidential power during times of war have led to unprecedented abuse of that office. His claims have fundamentally altered the structure of the American government by upsetting the system of checks and balances and nullified fundamental liberties, including the 4th Amendment's guarantees against unreasonable searches and seizures and guarantees of due process.

He took this nation to war on falsehoods of WMD and that Iraq's support of Al Qaeda was instrumental in the attack on the World Trade Center. His administration lied about torture at Abu Ghraib and who was responsible. Facts prove the abuses were sanctioned at the highest levels of the executive branch in secret memos. His administration has assured a right to imprison Americans and foreigners indefinitely without habeas corpus. He authorized warrantless wiretaps.

This president's secret memos justified the abuses based upon a conception of the powers of the executive office that gave him the authority to disregard statutes and international law with self-granted powers of the commander-in-chief mentioned nowhere in the Constitution.

Wars of aggression, torture, domestic spying and arbitrary arrests are the hallmarks of a dictatorship. America can no longer afford the likes of George W. Bush and his Republican-controlled Congress.

But there's hope ladies and gentlemen! Yes, there's always hope:

Only you, the American voter, can bring about a change in direction for this great country. November will seal the fate for America's future as the democratic leader in the world. Vote wisely. Your future as free Americans depends on it.

So do your duty America!



"Help me Obi-wan...you're my only hope!"