Demanding Impeachment: -- We MUST get past "Can't happen, so don't try" !!

[pat_k]

There is No Escape from it: their abuses of power are unprecedented in number and magnitude.

It is a moral imperative to call on our representatives in the House and Senate to Impeach Bush & Cheney. They all need to hear from us, regardless of party affiliation.

Just as it is a moral imperative for us, it is a moral imperative for every elected official to take any steps available to them to make it happen -- even if the only action available is to open a mouth and DEMAND Impeachment.

Tragically, too many are immobilized by the rationalization that "It can't happen, so there is no reason to try," or "We aren't acting because it's futile," or some other variation.

We MUST challenge and get past this rationalization. The consequences of falling victim to it are catastrophic.

The notion that "it's futile, we can’t do anything" is perhaps the biggest barrier to action we face on the center/left. It is very deeply ingrained. Over and over we allow appeals to "practicality" and "realism" immobilizes us. One of the primary reasons Democrats are viewed as wimps is their failure to fight the good fights, come what may.

The Reactionary Right are not blocked in this way. They go for it and are perceived as strong. Public opinion is swayed by the strength, no matter how wrong-headed the goals are.

In our part of the spectrum, we get angry at people for being disengaged; even as we promote their immobility with pronouncements of futility and defeatism. We need to STOP IT !!

People have a need to be effective. They have a need to ACT. Action empowers and feeds action. No matter how small we think our chances for success are, we must take up the fights dictated by our principles and go for the BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals).

Even if the ultimate goal is not achieved, there are ALWAYS wins and benefits along the way, not the least of which is simply engaging people in a common endeavor. (If you want people to get hooked on action, just meet their need to be effective by celebrating the interim achievements -- e.g., tracking the number of previously disengaged people we are involving).

Some call it confidence; some call it faith. The label doesn't matter as long as we understand how powerful it is to act from the knowledge that anything is possible.