Middle-of -the-Road

I wanted to share this letter in the Register Guard from last week. It is so messed up as to be awesome, but I also think it helps explain why our leaders in the Democratic party are so moderate. Unfortunately, there are way more people like Jeanne here than there are people like you and me.

Impeachment a waste of time

For all those fine folks on the impeachment bandwagon, I have just one question: What good will it do?

Right now, it seems as if everyone wants to get even with the Republicans, who impeached one of the most embarrassing presidents in history. I voted for President Bush, now to my regret, but I would rather have him than the alternatives.

I have come to disagree with him on so many counts (the war, immigration, SCHIP), but impeachment is just a waste of time for the pathetic Congress we now have. They should focus their time on issues such as immigration, child predators, Social Security reform, Medicare, health insurance for everyone, stopping big oil companies from raping us at the pumps and dangerous foreign leaders.

They need to focus on stopping foreign entities from shipping their poisons here for us to purchase. They need to stop American companies from outsourcing. They need to get us out of the United Nations. They need to find a way to cut taxes (even the Democrats) because the common American can’t afford to live day to day, let alone retire.

So far, the Democratic Congress has been so busy trying to discredit President Bush and Vice President Cheney, they have let America go to hell in a hand basket.

Folks, we have real problems and real issues. In the grand scheme of things, impeachment for a man who will be out of office soon enough seems a monumental waste of time.

Jeanne Ross