Letter: Impeachment case is not hard to develop

Thursday, March 16, 2006 | 6:50 a.m.

At long last, someone has had the courage to call President Bush on one of his many deceptive moves. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., has requested that the Congress do its job and censure the president with regard to NSA wiretaps, but he did not go far enough.

This rubber-stamp approving Republican House will be hard-pressed not to act. With the president's base turning on him - and finally joining their Democratic brothers and sisters who have long been outraged at how wantonly Mr. Bush has led this country into war, debt and moral bankruptcy with regard to our Constitution - if they want to return to Washington come next election, they are going to have to perform.

Years ago, after looking for months for some legitimate infraction, the House finally moved to impeach President Clinton for a personal indiscretion. How much more wicked is what the current regime has done?

How can Congress sit by, watching our civil liberties being stripped away, without acting? How can the America public sit back without being sickened that our government is sanctioning torture of prisoners? Wiretapping is just the tip of the iceberg.

If Congress is not going to call for the impeachment of President Bush, let alone censure, forget America - it will no longer exist. I barely recognize her today. She's not the country my daddy died for.

Sandra Miner, Las Vegas