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Carolyn Hileman | May 30, 2009
The big question is who do you believe?
Carolyn Hileman
Chrysler corporation lawyers are disputing the White House claims that the company is the ones who are closing dealerships based on political party donations. Believe it or not Barney Franks is even questioning who made this decision. Why is this so important? The main reason is that not only is this a violation of privacy, voter intimidation, and retribution it is also an impeachable offense The right to impeach public officials is secured by the U.S. Constitution in Article I Sections 2 and 3 which discuss the procedure and in Article II Section 4 which indicates the grounds for impeachment: “the President Vice President and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction oft reason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” What Are “High Crimes and Misdemeanors?”
Bribery perjury and treason are among the least ambiguous reasons meriting impeachment but the ocean of wrongdoing encompassed by the Constitution’s stipulation of “high crimes and misdemeanors” is vast. Abuse of power and serious misconduct in office fit this category.
If using the power of his office to close dealerships who donated to the Republican Party is not abuse of power I do not know what is. The question is, are the democrats in the House and Senate willing to start impeachment proceedings against the man they once declared our last best hope? Are they willing to clean up around their own doorstep, as they have insisted other parties do? Are they willing to go beyond partisanship to bring about justice or will they simply ignore his abuse of office. When a president of the United States of America uses his powers to decide the fate of the people based on party politics and uses his power to exact retribution against people who voted and donated against him it unhinges our very right of freedom. It sends us back to the days when only certain people were allowed to vote, it takes away the ease of deciding what policies you agree with, and being able to vote freely and if a president can reach out his hand from the Oval office using tax dollars paid by these people to exact reattribution against them, we are no longer a free people.
While there are some things we dislike about the big three automakers, does that extend to the hourly employees’ affected by this decision? Should the president of the United States of America be able to reach out and exterminate their employment because he does not like who their employers voted for? Once again this is nothing more than abuse of power by the highest office of the land, which from recent actions it would seem not to have any problem with voter intimidation since they had those very charges dropped against the New Black Panthers. I suppose the question is, are you comfortable with your tax money being used to intimidate, retaliate and violate privacy laws? Are you absolutely sure that this discrimination cannot touch you and yours? Does this only extend to voter affiliation or, are there other prerequisites for his reaching out and helping others? Will the House call for his Impeachment or at the very least an investigation or will this be swept under the rug like just some useless piece of dust? While the White House denies any involvement in the selection, one cannot help but remember that it was our president who demanded a CEO resign and was awarded with just that, can one reasonably assume that the same was done in this instance, did he demand that they unload anyone who voted for or donated to the republicans be dismissed. The IRS should be the only ones privy to that information and the president would be the only one powerful enough to demand it. The big question is who do you believe?
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