Imagine a world without Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld/Frist/Hastert etc

[Blackhatjack]

How will we go about healing the damage that has been done, holding the parties accountable for their corruption and stealing from the public, and restablishing the good name of our country with the rest of the world.

This is the vision we need to convey to the American people as we send them to the polls in November.

[rubberducky]

1. It will take a very,very long time to get our country back.

[Blackhatjack]

3. It's hard to get the balling rolling, but once begun it picks up speed...

... those of us old enough to remember Watergate recall that it took a very long time to get real movement on the issues, but once insiders began to break ranks and tell the "inside" story of what was really going on --it snowballed on Nixon and the Republicans, and the unimaginable happened --a number of top Republicans visited the White House and told Nixon it was time to leave.

It could happen again once people get just a taste of the outrageous conduct that has been going on and compare it to the total lies told by BushCo to cover it up.

[TankLV]

4. The guilty MUST be punished. No more "get over it", etc.

No more.

We must have trials - and PUNISHMENT for EVERYONE concerned.

To spew that "this country can't take it", or how it would be bad for the country to not "forgive and forget", will only make it WORSE next time around.

We cannot tolerate anything less...

[Selatius]

2. No healing will be complete without Nuremberg-style tribunals

The deaths of over 100,000 Iraqis lay at the feet of Bush and Co.

Once they have been tried and imprisoned for war crimes and crimes against humanity, then we can heal. After a period of "denazification," we can embark on a program of reconstruction to rebuild institutions damaged or destroyed and revitalize social spending on health care, public education, infrastructure, etc. Hell, while we're at it, why not aim for universal health care and improving public education from kindergarten to college?