What Moral Integrity?

Are we a moral nation?

It is a fact that a large majority of Americans feel we were NOT told the truth before going to war with Iraq, and they now regret even going there. Then why isn't there more support for the impeachment resolutions introduced by Rep. Kucinich?

Are Americans immoral? Complacent? Intimidated? Or do they just not know how to contact their Congress people? Is there really any reasonable excuse? Did you believe the German people in 1945 when they cried, "We didn't know!!"?

Have you heard of Vincent Bugliosi's new book, “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder”? It's number 14 on the New York Times best seller list. Since being published in May, it has sold a staggering 130,000 copies. Yet there have been no book reviews of it on the corporate controlled TV, cable, magazines or major newspapers. Why not?

Mr. Bugliosi said bookers for cable television, where he has made regular appearances to promote books, have ignored his latest offering. MSNBC and Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” were two outlets Mr. Bugliosi had thought would show interest, but neither did.

“They are not responding at all,” he said. “I think it all goes back to fear. If the liberal media would put me on national television, I think they’d fear that they would be savaged by the right wing. The left wing fears the right, but the right does not fear the left.”

- Ex-Prosecutor’s Book Accuses Bush of Murder, NYTimes.com, July 7, 2008.

Perhaps that is why Obama has moved so far to the right so very recently - the soft Democratic left fearing the unpredictable, intimidating, outrageous distortions of the right. It's a toss up whether he's more "right" than Hillary at this point. Hillary knows how to defend herself against the hate and venom of the vicious Right. Perhaps she was the better choice, practically speaking.

Let's not write her off yet. Obama could have some more serious problems with guilt by association that he may not be able to shake.
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So how does the right wing always escape the huge scandals they so obviously participate in? Will our President be impeached? Will he stand trial for murder? Did Reagan get in any real trouble exchanging arms for hostages with Iran (the secret brokered deal he made with the "enemy" behind our backs prior to the 1980 election)? How has McCain managed to escape his due as one of the corrupt Keating Five?

Are we immoral people, or do we just cower in fear of our "masters"? Is either option acceptable in the eyes of history?