Suzanne's Take: A Social Commentary
REFLECTIONS FROM A PRO-IMPEACHMENT LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
December 15, 1998
Clinton has called this whole drama into being. We are at the
affect of his unfathomably reckless behavior and his unethical
manipulations to avoid any consequences for his actions. But the
Force dictates; he cannot escape it. He created an upheaval; now
he must put himself into the new order. If he doesn't, I don't
think he should he be dragged back over the line he has stepped
across.
He is artificially bolstered by opinion polls. The Founding
Fathers created a representational democracy, not a true
democracy where everybody votes on everything. They were
protecting the Constitution that way. Sometimes the people rise
up in such an outcry that they can't be ignored, but unlike the
passionate protest to the Viet Nam war, there are no marches for
Clinton. His says his mandate is coming from what the people
want, without any recognition that they aren't the deciding
factor.
Whatever happens to Clinton, and whatever in this process
negatively affects us all, we are well-served by this national
town meeting we are having. With everyone being appalled over
what Clinton has done, putting us on common ground, we have an
opportunity to see past factionalism, to where thoughtful
deliberations are more suited to leading the world into Oneness.
Reality can change very fast in the grid of instantaneous
communication in which we operate now. Some perspective as yet
unthought of about Clinton could sweep through and move us to new
heights as a species. May we apply our heartful
intelligence to give the best chance for such a miraculous
outcome, where we come through this holding our heads high.
Here's the letter I wrote to my congressman:
As I see it, there's only one way for Clinton to stay in office.
He can lay himself bare enough for us to see the machinations of
his choice making. Americans are a forgiving people. So far,
though, the confession has not been truthful enough for us to
absolve him. He must find the stance that lets him sincerely
apologize for dragging us all through this. Thrown on our mercy,
he then needs to show up heroically, devoted to the greater good,
moment after moment after moment. With no regard for personal
caution, what serves everyone has to be his measure. If he
remains resolute in his current position, his supporters are
defying the fate he is carving out for himself by trying to keep
him in office.
If he admits to a tapestry of lies, where we no longer have to
fight with him, we can look together for a solution. Then a plea
could be made for an unusual disposition -- for us deciding to
operate in light of the needs of the world, rather than
exercising our right to punish a lawbreaker. Such a spared soul
would no doubt be extraordinarily motivated to become a great
statesman to outweigh the stigma of his dishonorable actions.
I'd like to see America coming together in soul searching
contemplation of whether we could all unite to maintain a
situation that isn't what we asked for but is what we got. If we
all can agree to proceed with Clinton as our president, knowing
that we have chosen the greater good and he is not exonerated,
perhaps we would be paving the way for a holistic approach to
more of the difficult problems that beset us in our
ever-shrinking world.
Hoping you can influence the course of affairs, and that my
perspective can help in your thinking.
Your Liberal Democrat Constituent and Supporter,
I can see what might get us out of this nightmare. You need to
show up as different from how you are for it to happen. No one
relishes an impeachment, but you have to provide a way we can
avoid it.
First, you have to come into total acquiescence to what everyone
else knows. You can say you were absolutely confident that you
squeaked by, but that this situation has caused you to take a
deeper look. You can see that your whole strategy was to
deceive. You've said mislead, but it really is deceive, and
that is to lie. You can see how that undermines our democracy when
our leader is pledged to tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.
You will be coming from a very humble place if you lay yourself
so bare, from which you can argue the good of the world. You can
ask us to allow you to do the job of president with us all
knowing the shame that you will be living with openly forever.
Surely in this humbled position you would have seen into the
destructiveness of a power game that pervades our world, and will
be intent on bringing us to a higher perspective where the
prevailing separation between people can give way to the
experience of our oneness. And you would have an extraordinary
dedication to the good to counterbalance the anguish you have
caused. You don't want to win now; you just want to be permitted
to continue.
As you fight, we must fight back. If we were all in the same
story, opposition to you wouldn't have the fuel it has now.
Then something new could emerge. Maybe even a shift in humanity
that softens its combativeness; compassion is a better diet for
us all. If you could throw yourself on our mercy, wouldn't that
be an interesting challenge for everyone? It also looks like a
better bet in the history books for you. No one thinks you can
do this, but what I see is that you rise to every occasion, and
why not in this situation, since it is the only way?
Give up the fight so we can negotiate a workable peace. You have
to go first in this -- giving up precedes securing your safety.
No one would want to prosecute you after you leave an office
which you have served well, and we are all so desperate for an
alternative to impeachment that if we can unite to keep you in
office, it is unlikely you would be prosecuted now. Take the
high road, Mr. President. It would give us all a chance to win.
