Yesterday Pelosi mentioned in an interview with CBS that hearings may be held to impeach Bush and Cheney. This is a bit of a surprising change or tune. Here’s what Pelosi said:
“This is a Judiciary Committee matter, and I believe we will see some attention being paid to it by the Judiciary Committee… Not necessarily taking up the articles of impeachment because that would have to be approved on the floor, but to have some hearings on the subject.”
It occurred to me that there might be a simple psychological explanation for what’s been happening in Washington D.C. and in the minds of our representatives there. Maybe they are just trying to noodle over how to solve an impossible and de-thrown some very dangerous men. Men who stand in leadership of the most powerful military in the world. In fact I wonder if fears like those congress had back when Nixon was put on the hot seat are also cropping up for our congress. Fears that the fire power in the middle east will be ordered into new territories.
I know the popular belief is that our elected representatives are just a bunch of self-serving bastards putting their political parties and jobs in front of doing the right thing. But just for a moment lets assume they are just trying to deal with their own grief for getting America into this war and letting these men rule like Kings. The Kübler-Ross grief cycle would explain a lot about where we are today.
Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle
Stage One – Denial
At first the notion that the leaders of our great nation were blatantly lying to us must have sounded crazy. Tricking the country into war? No no that could never happen. No one is that evil? Right?
Stage Two – Anger
Then some people began to figure it out and make noise about it. This must have gotten a lot of other people pissed off that someone would actually utter the words impeachment. The initial feelings of betrayal in each of them must have also cause some feelings of anger.
Stage Three – Bargaining
Then the deal making must have begun. Kucinich’s pestering must have been the catalyst for hallway conversations. Others must have been thinking the same thing but fearful that unless they had a majority vote the effort to de-thrown Bush and Cheney would fail.
Stage Four – Depression
Alas… what to do? what to do? We only have six more months of this guy. Can’t we wait it out? Maybe we should impeach them? Maybe we should just test the water and see what the polls say?
Stage Five – Acceptance
Pelosi is testing the water now. It appears she is on the verge of acceptance and once they get a majority of people coming out of the denial/depression closet we should be hearing that the impeachment hearings are under way.
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Kudos to Kucinich and Wexler!!! You guys are the only two I’d like to see in office after the next election. All the rest should be replaced by someone new as far as I’m concerned. Wouldn’t that be interesting? A completely new government put into place at one single election. Hmmmmm….
