Impeach Alberto Gonzales!

March 29th, 2007 by Gerald Plessner

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Alberto Gonzales doesn’tbelieve in the right of habeaus corpus, the rule of law, the primacy of the Constitution or the sanctity of our Bill of Rights.  He should be impeached.

(Writer’s note: My compliments to Arianna Huffington who first published this idea. I spoke about it in speech March 9, 2007 but I failed to publish it then.)

U. S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is an embarrassment to anyone who believes in the rule of law, the primacy of the Constitution and the sanctity of our Bill of Rights.

One of George Bush’s Texas helpers, Gonzales has bent over backwards to give the president and, more dangerously the vice president, all sorts of powers not even contemplated by the Constitution. Read the rest of this entry »

John and Elizabeth Edwards should continue their quest

March 24th, 2007 by Gerald Plessner

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By Gerald Plessner 

I have the deepest respect for John and Elizabeth Edwards and their decision that he continue his quest for the presidency. Carole and I faced the same challenge in 2000 — in a less public way of course — and she has given me permission to write about it. I am the husband, partner, lover and friend of a breast cancer and Mastectomy survivor. Working together, we made all the decisions that John and Elizabeth Edwards have faced and will continue to face.

In November 2000, Carole was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had to decide when to act on her doctors’ advice, which course to take and which odds to consider. In her typically confident and rational manner, and with a composure which men seldom display, she went forward and faced the challenge.

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The disaster-per-week president

March 19th, 2007 by Gerald Plessner

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by Gerald Plessner

These are difficult times for Americans who knew from the beginning that George W. Bush was not qualified to be our president. The Bush years have been disastrous for America and for a world that depends on a steady hand of American leadership.

Every week brings one or two more disasters created by the Administration’s incompetence, heavy-handed politics and greed. Read the rest of this entry »