Author Melissa Pehle Responds to Barbara Streisand's Request for the Impeachment of President Bush

Should Anyone Be Held Responsible For the Actions of Another?
If Barbara Streisand has her way you could.

    She is proclaiming that President Bush should be impeached not for anything he did, but rather for the actions of someone who is in his administration. Not even someone who works directly under or with him, but someone who works with the Vice President.

    Let's put that in layman's terms. How would that play out in the every day life of an American citizen? That means that if you are a supervisor at any level you should lose your job if any employee under you, whether you hired them or not, committed a wrongful act. In other words, the district manager of Burger King should lose his job because a second shift cashier stole money from the register. How's that for wrongful termination?

    The poor guy didn't even hire the cashier, probably didn't even know them and yet he should suffer for their acts. Does that sound right to you? It doesn't to me.

    Personally I don't think that anyone should be held accountable for the actions of another unless they directly cause the actions to take place. You know, if that district manager stood there and told that cashier to take the money out of the register or they were fired. Then, the district manager should go, but only then.

    After all, in this day and age how can you truly know what someone else is going to do? Even someone in your own family, let alone a friend or simply an employee.

    After all, do you know the minds of everyone around you? Probably not. I know I've thought I knew people only to find out I didn't when they did something that seemed totally out of character from who I believed them to be.

    Have any of you worked with someone who was fired for stealing and were totally surprised by that as you'd thought they were totally trustworthy. Or how about a trusted friend who stole from your home, or abused your child? It's not like you would have opened your home to them if you thought they would do a thing like that, would you?

    So, how can she ask us to hold our President responsible for the actions of someone not even directly connected to him when we can't be any more sure of people than we are? Should you be held responsible for someone molesting your child because they were a friend or a babysitter you hired to care for them? By her theology, if someone you hire molests your child you are the one responsible for it. Or if an employee of yours kills someone should you be at fault as well?

    For that matter if people should be held responsible for the actions of others where was she during Whitewater? After all, the Clintons were involved in that from 1978 on and people working with them broke the law and went to prison. So, why wasn't she spouting off that they should be punished for the actions of their colleagues and friends? At least in this case they were directly connected. And, even through all of the varied stories Hillary came up with at the time, she admitted that much.

    So, what makes the Clintons above the law and no one else? Personally I don't think anything does, or at least it shouldn't. They are adults, and should be held responsible for their actions just like any other American. Maybe more so as they are supposed to be representatives of the American people to the world.

    Hillary even impeded the investigation by hiding documents from the investigators for two years and lying about it. Didn't Martha Stewart just go to prison for that?

    So, why didn't Barbara Streisand stand up and yell for President Clinton to be impeached and fight against Hillary holding public office? I'll tell you.

    She didn't because she is a Democrat. Not to say that is a bad thing. Every one is entitled to their own politic beliefs. However, when you slam one person for their actions, or those of the people around them, you ought to be careful. Like my mother always used to say 'Be careful what you ask for.' And, like my dad used to say 'When you point your finger at someone else there's always three pointing back at you.'

    The guilty dog always barks first. Bark on Barbara.

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