GOP candidate calls for impeachment (Bush)

[sabra]

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http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050721/NEWS/507210422/1002/NEWS01

GOP candidate calls for impeachment

A Congressional candidate who wants to impeach President Bush insists he can win the Republican primary.

Dennis Morrisseau, 62, of West Pawlet, plans to seek the Republican nomination to run for U.S. House of Representatives. The seat is being vacated by Rep. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., who plans a run for the U.S. Senate.

A central part of his platform, Morrisseau said, will be bringing articles of impeachment against Bush.

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Morrisseau said he considers himself more of a Republican than the president, and he thinks a lot of Vermont Republicans agree with him.
"This leadership isn't very Republican and I don't think it's very popular with Vermont Republicans," he said. "Republicans in this state tend to be mind-your-own-business people, keep taxes low and government small."


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[MadisonProgressive]

1. Great news!

[tk2kewl]

2. YEARRG!

Vermoters are the bomb!

[UrbScotty]

25. You took the words out of my mouth!

;-)

[tk2kewl]

29. yeah, but i just realized ...

i spelled Vermonter wrong. x(

[geckosfeet]

31. YEARRG ? Vermoters ?

[ET Awful]

3. Well how about that. . . . a real Republican.

I thought they were an extinct species, having been slowly overrun by the neo-cons.

[Hobarticus]

5. It's almost refreshing to see them in the wild, again...

I thought they'd been bludgeoned into extinction by the far right.

[ET Awful]

6. Well, with the typical far-right hatred of breeding in all forms

it will be very hard to rehabilitate the species and build up native populations again.

[sniffa]

4. he's confusing me

but fucking yippeee!! :bounce:

[gratuitous]

7. Vermont is geographically small enough

That Morrissey won't have to fly in small planes, which is good news.

And the fact that he's proclaiming himself to be a "real" Republican might just give some other Republicans permission to speak out loud against the Bush Crime Family.

[DS1]

15. Flying over VT would be a waste of opportunity to see the scenery

and the engines *farms* of our country at work. It's always a treat for me.

[gratuitous]

23. I've seen pictures and Vermont IS very beautiful

But you wouldn't ordinarily take a plane from Montpelier to . . . well, whatever other places there are in Vermont.

[phiddle]

8. So, let's spam this

to as many right wing blogs and news organizations as we can.

[Betsy Ross]

9. Maybe it's a ploy

to get us Dems to support his campaign. It might be a good idea as he is likely to repeat his impeachment goal throughout his campaign. A good case of my enemy's enemy is my friend?

[Rose Siding]

12. I think that's exactly what it is

...an attempt to steal a dem caucus seat. Repubs will stop at nothing.

[cascadiance]

10. Hope he wisely ditches the Rethug party once he gets elected like Jeffords

He should learn from both Sanders and Jeffords that being an independent in Vermont is not a penalty there. He sounds like he's got decent enough values. Stay away from Tom Delay "taps on the shoulder" sir!

[natrat]

11. great news but he is still a repig

[Davis_X_Machina]

13. They want to get Sanders on record...

...as supporting the same, then hammer him with it.

The whole point of the Clinton impeachment was not to impeach Clinton.
It was to destroy impeachment itself.

The point was to make sure that henceforth anybody proposing impeachment looked radical, or foolish, or a complete party hack.

Once impeachment was blunted as a weapon then it would be safe to, say, gin up a war out of whole cloth.

If you want to knock over a jeweler's, it's wise to disconnect the alarm first.

If you want to commit impeachable offenses, it's wise to disconnect the impeachment.

[rox63]

20. I'd be suprised if Sanders wasn't already on record supporting impeachment

Bernie Sanders is a no-bullshit strong liberal. He's an Independent and not a Democrat because he's to the left of most Democrats. And I'd be shocked if he hasn't already called for *'s impeachment.

[Davis_X_Machina]

21. Attack your opponent's strength, not his weakness.

Sanders' strength is opposition to America's Popular Wartime President^tm.

[geckosfeet]

34. I have heard this arg before. Why does it not make republicans

look like radical foolish party hacks? Why does it imply impeachment is disabled and carries no stigma or real consequences?

I am not sure I understand the logic behind it. It seems more like an emotional appeal.

Impeachment is a real tool to be used to remove a president or justice from office once they have been shown to have committed or conspired to commit crimes and or treason.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Man, Vermont is where I would be living if it wasn't so darned expensive.

Great progressive minds there. :hi:

[UrbScotty]

32. But John Conyers doesn't live in Vermont.

;-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. Are you going tomorrow?

I'm going to be there, as is PassingFair, SharonRB,and livvy! I'd love to meet you! :hi:

[UrbScotty]

39. Go to what? (nt)

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. Ooops...I'm sorry. DSM Town Hall Meeting with Conyers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=159&topic_id=3446&mesg_id=3446

[Rainscents]

16. I don't trust any Republicans... They'll say anything to get votes.

Once they get in, they'll vote with neo-cons on everything. However, voters from Vermont are very wise and if, Morrisseau broke his promise to the voters, he'll get voted out. Anyway, good for him to speak up!

[noonwitch]

22. There are a few good republicans, but most of them are retired

90+ year old Gerald Ford.
80+ year old William Milliken

Mitt Romney's dad was a good republican.

I always liked Barry Goldwater, because he was a free-thinker who was not confined in his politics by ideology.

If the Michigan republican party was run by people of the same political stripe who ran it 30-40 years ago, I would probably be more of a swing voter.

I'm so old that I remember when the republicans were the liberals!

[tk2kewl]

17. I have a good frame for this guy to use...

I'm a Republican... not a Rove-publican.

Or a REAL Republican not a ROVE Republican

[Village Idiot]

18. HOLY CRAP!!!

"Republicans in this state tend to be mind-your-own-business people, keep taxes low and government small."

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but isn't this the same sort of pap that Shrub pedalled before the 2000 election? Fiscal restraint, small government, protectionism, no foreign adventures, etc...

WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!

If it's Republican, it's NO FUCKING GOOD!!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Right!

"If it's Republican, it's NO FUCKING GOOD!!!" :applause:

[wicket]

24. KICK

:kick:

[goforit]

26. Now that is a Republican that recognizes that Bush is a Fascist.

[wryter2000]

27. Wahoo!

Sanders is bound to be replaced with someone good.

:woohoo:

[cascadiance]

28. Maybe fellow Vermonter Howard Dean should work heavily...

to recruit him away from the dark side of the force!

[Zorra]

30. Never, ever trust a republican. If we have not learned anything else,

we should have learned this by now.

Please, do not be fooled.

They will lie their asses off to get elected, and then will get right in lockstep with the fascist program.

[UrbScotty]

33. Bernie Sanders has a segment on the Thom Hartmann show every Friday.

I HAVE to listen to him to see if he mentions it today.

[Rainscents]

38. Thanks for reminder!

[leesa]

36. Good for him! A thinking, ethical Republican? I thought it was an

oxymoron. Of course, he still hasn't discovered that Republican administrations are NOT small government because they bloat the military, hide the bloat and hurt people suffering misfortune, but it's a start.

[kestrel91316]

37. A flock of winged pigs has just been sighted over Brooklyn.....

[Endangered Specie]

43. Breaking News:

Satan nearly trampled by rampage of Pink elephants during his return to Earth in order to purchase a central heating system.

Film at 11.

[Endangered Specie]

41. Finally, a decent Republican...

an endangered species these days.

[WhiteTara]

42. wowsie! I think he may be right!

It would be good to have friends on the other side of the aisle.