"Why impeach Bush now?  He'll be out of office at the end of the year anyway."  This is a reasonable question.  If getting George W. Bush out of office was the purpose of impeachment, doing so now would be pointless.  However it's not.  The reason we impeach a president is to protect the constitution and ensure that future presidents respect the law.  While no one would say that adultery is illegal, Democrats and Republicans alike agree that our president can not be allowed to lie under oath.  If we do not impeach now, what will we be allowing future presidents to do?

Politicizing the Justice department

The reason that Alberto Gonzalez and Monica Goodling no longer work at the Justice department is the hiring and firing of US Attorneys for overtly political reasons.  This is not speculation.  There have been investigations and hearings.  This is what was uncovered.  However, the current Attorney General, Michael Mukasey has said these violations of the law amount to a civil violation, not criminal.  And if this incident occurred in a vaccuum, it would end here.  Unfortunately, it did not.

Former Alabama Governor, Don Siegleman was imprisoned under questionable circumstances by these Attorneys.  He has since been released pending an appeal based, in part, on allegations that these attorneys were directed to pursue the charges at the direction of Karl Rove.  At first, Rove said that he had nothing to do with the case, but refused to testify before congress under oath.  Congress held Rove in contempt, but president Bush granted him Executive Privilege, or in other words, his conversations with Rove are protected.  But think about it.  If Rove had nothing to do with the prosecution of Siegleman, what did he discuss with the president?  In running from the law, Rove has led authorites back to the White House.

If the president did have Rove direct the Justice department to get rid of a political opponent by putting him in jail, then he has broken the law.  If Congress fails to hold him accountable for this act, we can expect future presidents to do the same.  In short, it will become legal to put people in jail for their beliefs.  Whether or not this is to your political advantage now, certainly you realize that political winds can change and this will not always work in your favor. 

Fraud and misspending

Some might say that our escapade into Iraq has been a miserable failure.  I would disagree.  I believe George W. Bush has accomplished all of the objectives he had set out at the begining of the war.  He's secured oil for American oil companies, revitalized the military industrial complex and bilked the American people out of untold billions of dollars.  The question that lies before us now is "Will this become standard operating procedure?" 

The beauty of the free enterprise economic system is that it encourages us to find new solutions to our problems.  Competition gives rise to efficiency and accountability.  But the practice of the "Cost-Plus" contract runs counter to this.  It actually rewards incompetence and encourages inefficiency.  If we don't call this what it is, fraud, we can expect to see more of it.

Ask yourself, if Democrats control the congress, and effectively the nation's purse strings, why are they resistant to put an end to this practice?  Will this be the best way to institute new social programs in the future?  Impeachment will put before both Senators McCain and Obama the opportunity to vote in favor or against fraud before you vote for one of them in November.