Friday, July 27, 2007

Overpass Democracy

Remember the weeks and months after September 11, when it was rare to drive beneath a highway overpass without seeing a U.S. Flag? Well, there have been recent anecdotal accounts of a different flavor of highway decoration, but I hadn't seen evidence of anything similar around here until last night, when we saw an crudely-made, simple-yet-beautiful Impeach Bush poster hanging on an overpass above I-83. Congressional Democrats have publicly stated that impeachment is "off the table", because they're afraid of a political backlash. But with two-thirds of the country disapproving of this administration, exactly where would a measurable backlash come from? Looks to be another case of political will lagging far behind public opinion.

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