Impeachment Talk Reaches the Mainstream

[thoughtanarchist]

Impeachment Talk Reaches the Mainstream
By William Goodman, AlterNet
Posted on March 14, 2006, Printed on March 14, 2006


The groundswell for President Bush's impeachment is growing, and last week the establishment media finally took notice.

The Wall Street Journal ran a http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114159845480489827-g93DzQ22Z0aYaykefmfaC_5SwSw_20070306.html?mod=blogs">story analyzing how a planned impeachment of President Bush will play out as an "election issue," including a helpful pie chart showing 51 percent of Americans support Congress in considering Bush's impeachment if he "didn't tell the truth about the reasons for the Iraq war."

The Washington Post published a http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701200.html">commentary acknowledging that support for impeachment is now "reaching beyond the usual suspects," and the Associated Press covered the spike in pro-impeachment resolutions from local officials across the country. http://www.impeachpac.org/?q=resolutions">Resolutions recently passed in Vermont and California, and this weekend Democratic Party officials in Michigan voted to urge local officials to pass another. Meanwhile, 14 Democratic candidates for Congress have announced their support for impeachment.

These local efforts are beginning to advance impeachment at the national level. The resolution by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., to investigate impeachment is slowly but steadily gaining co-sponsors, including three this month. It now has 29 co-sponsors -- roughly one out of every seven Democrats in the U.S. House -- a promising start that ensures that the legislation attracts more votes when it reaches the floor.

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:woohoo:

[texpatriot2004]

1. It's way past time...Impeach the terrorists NOW! nm

[JPZenger]

2. Serious and Then Funny

Don't skip over the last item in the list.

IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE

George Bush has started an ill-timed and disastrous war under false pretenses.

He has run a budget surplus into a severe deficit because of tax cuts for the wealthy.

He has unconscionably favored the wealthy over the needs of the majority of the people.

He has destroyed trust in and good will toward the United States around the globe.

He has ignored global warming, to the world's detriment.

He has condoned torture of prisoners; as has his Vice President.

He has attempted to create a theocracy in the United States.

He has appointed incompetent cronies to positions of vital national
importance..............

Will someone please give this man a blow job so we can impeach him?

[rodeodance]

3. he has a good discussion of his being on Scarborough last week also:

These activist and legislative efforts helped finally push the "i-word" on to the notoriously conservative cable news last week. On Wednesday, Joe Scarborough aired an impeachment debate on MSNBC -- one of the first times the subject has been debated this year on cable. Scarborough's producers invited me to make the case for impeachment after learning of the new book I co-authored, "Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush."

Since impeachment rarely receives any consideration on television, I took the opportunity to explain our case, even if it meant going on Joe Scarborough's turf. Scarborough, a former Republican congressman who opposes impeaching President Bush, said during the show that he was "fascinated" by some arguments for impeachment. He accurately described the groundswell:

There's a movement out there right now calling for George W. Bush to be impeached. Just take a look at how many cities and towns across America have either drafted resolutions calling for the president's impeachment or are considering doing so. Not only that, but 11 candidates for the House of Representatives and three for the U.S. Senate are all running on the impeachment platform. Why do they want the president gone? Well, here are the common reasons cited. The war in Iraq, which they say Bush lied to get us into; warrantless eavesdropping, authorized by the president; the torturing of prisoners; and the president`s response to Hurricane Katrina.

It is significant that impeachment activists have received Scarborough's attention. When we debated the topic, Scarborough even conceded that the arguments for impeachment in our book were "intellectually honest." That's because it's easy to make an intellectually honest case for impeachment: President Bush has publicly admitted to breaking the law. Here is how I explained the clearest example of the president's multifaceted illegal conduct -- spying on Americans:

[Hissyspit]

4. I just posted this in GD, but am kick & recommending you now n/t