The I-word

Is it too soon for Republicans to start talking about the I-word with regard to Barack Obama?

Given his reckless disregard for dealing appropriately with the honest-to-goodness crisis in this nation's economy, I certainly feel the Republicans can make a case that impeachment proceedings are already in order. In his few short months in the public arena, Barack Obama has repeatedly lied to the American people about his intentions in a host of areas; most recently he has mischaracterized his dismantlement of the American system as a "stimulus" package.

It's becoming increasingly apparent with each passing day that Obama willfully refuses to take obvious and simple steps to reverse the slide in the markets; to the contrary, he has talked the markets down, talked them down at a cost of untold trillions of dollars in lost wealth. That wealth represents the blood, sweat, and tears of scores of millions of Americans. Indeed, some 70 percent of adults in the country are invested in the markets in one way or another. So set aside for a moment the wildly misguided talk about tax increases; this president has already cost virtually every American years of the invested fruit of their labors. Every retiree, every investor, every union pension fund holder - yes, I said union - has been betrayed by Obama and his thus far unindicted co-conspirators in the Democratic party.

Given the scope of the crime we're seeing committed right before our eyes, is it too soon to talk about impeachment? Politically, probably. But the day is coming - and sooner than we had any reason to expect a few weeks ago - when a majority of Americans begin to see what's being done to their country - and more to the point, to them.