A small step in the right direction

Sen. Feingold rocked the boat this morning when he announced he would introduce a resolution to censure Bush regarding his illegal domestic surveillance program.

"The president has broken the law and, in some way, he must be held accountable," Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., told The Associated Press in an interview

However, Feingold’s seemingly quixotic effort probably won’t amount to much, since Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist can easily block the measure from ever hitting the floor - despite Bush’s love for up or down votes.

Personally I think it’s time to impeach the motherfucker already, but I guess something is still better than nothing.

And, as could be expected, the republicans didn’t waste anytime striking back:

"The signal that it sends, that there is in any way a lack of support for our commander in chief who is leading us with a bold vision in a way that is making our homeland safer, is wrong," Frist said told "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos.

GOP political analyst Mike Baker went further: "Feingold is obviously oblivious to the US Constitution. He claims the president broke the law yet where's the president's due process that Feingold so quickly bestows on terrorists detained in Guantanamo?"

That's a great idea, Mike. I'm all for getting this man some due process by throwing him in front of a judge. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any mechanism in place to accomplish that, so I guess we're left with censure (or ITMFA).

And what's with Frist's use of "our commander in chief"? I had a commander in chief for three years while I was in the U.S. Army, but once I got out, it went back to just plain ol' president. Maybe I'm overly-sensitive to civilians draping themselves in military themes (poseur), but I think it's an important distinction that has somehow been lost over the past five years.

(edited to add: Despite the evidence above, I do know what a paragraph is. Blogger just likes to randomly cram all my shit together sometimes ;)