Vanquishing the Beast, Redux

Via Newshoggers we are directed to a post by George McGovern in the the Washington Post, arguing for the impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. The subtitle to the article says it best:

Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse.

Sigh. To me, it's like trying to convince people that slavery should be abolished, or that incest is bad, or that the sun is hot. What in the WORLD is it going to take for us to become people for whom such self-evident, in-your-face TRUTHS (i.e. torture is bad, science and religion are compatible but not interchangeable) don't need to be debated?