A New Way - Adherence To The Laws

This is the fifth of a series of articles

exploring the creation of

The Independence Party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Every political decision and every political campaign in our Nation's history occurred not in a vacuum, but among the many occurrences of the times. And so this article comes next, simply because the Vice President, Richard Cheney, demanded it. He demanded it not as he does most things, ... by imperial edict, but rather by the high-handed and near-hilarious assertion that he was somehow, and somewhere, above and beyond any other branch of our government. Someone has apparently redoubled his medications, or perhaps his implanted defibrillator fired at last, and provided the side benefit of "Electro-Convulsive Therapy" to rearrange his otherwise deranged thinking of his own importance and role, and bring him closer to the view of his predecessors; Namely that his role is to attend funerals of state, ... at least one more perhaps on his own behalf, to kiss babies who would not object, ... failed on that count, even perhaps in the case of his own grandson born of late. You know, ... the sort of crap that gets slung to the runner-up in any contest in America.

Adhering to history is not the same as adhering to the law, however. The law, as it is laid out, requires a degree of independence of the judiciary, and the attorneys general, from the legislative and from the executive branch, ... at least during the functional range of the regimes that come into power in our Nation. Nominating the attorneys is a "kite-building" operation. They are selected to be competent, and even politically sensitive, for it is designed in that way. As with kites, however, their air-worthiness depends upon, or should depend upon, their abilityto meet the needs and requirements of the Department of Justice, and its overriding role in our legal life as a Nation.

Therein, in the the case of Bush and Company, lies the rub. The intention to interfere, or at least to intervene, in current legal cases, is, I fear but also believe, de Regeur in the DOJ. What has never been the rule, on the other hand, is the use of DOJ to interfere with the rights of citizens to vote just before elections, ... nor the deliberate denial of the vote to active service people in the combat theater.

We are not talking about whether our service people in harms way around the world can buy a beer, or drink legally in their own homes stateside, nor whether I have served you illegally, perhaps. We'll save that for another day.

We are specifically talking here about whether these soldiers, those who have sworn an oath to protect and uphold the Constitution, and to safeguard the United States of America, will have their votes counted even as they served at war on behalf of a President and Nation, whose chief political aide, Karl Rove, swore a similar oath to theirs, ... but fulfilled it in an entirely different manner. He is suspected of defiling your right to vote, by the way. It is suggested he felt we could build the vote for his president by denying you the right to vote while you were overseas. Within the bounds of decency for all who might read these words, I must say that I am more disgusted by that possibility than I would be by a bloated dead possum found dead in the road with a tattoo of Dick Cheney's face along the flank of its ass.

If Rove is found to have sought to disenfranchise the enlisted people in service around the world while he was reinforcing his handlers slimy empire, I assure you all that I will seek his indictment and conviction of the crime against our service voters for the balance of our lives, ... mine and Karl's.

There are many crimes I feel they have committed that they can chalk up to politics. This is a crime that can not be forgiven.