Perhaps the middle and working class people of America....

[whistle]

...could learn something about expressing our needs to the ruling class of America from the Bolivians:

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June 7, 2005
Bolivian President Offers to Resign
By JUAN FORERO
BOGOTÁ, Colombia, June 6 - With Bolivia paralyzed by protests, President Carlos Mesa announced his resignation on Monday night in a nationally televised address. Explaining that road blockades and marches had made Bolivia ungovernable, he said, "My responsibility is to say this is as far as I can go."

"For that reason, it is my decision to present my resignation as president of the republic," he said in the speech, which was carried live by CNN en Español.

The offer to resign was the embattled president's second in three months. In March, the former journalist and historian offered to quit in a calculated gamble aimed at rallying support in the face of road-choking protests. The tactic worked, and Congress rejected the offer, giving Mr. Mesa a new start.

This time, he also seemed to leave it up to Congress, saying, "I will continue to be president until the Congress makes a decision and defines the future of the country."

If Congress accepts the resignation, the next in line to take over would be the president of the Senate, Hormando Vaca Díez. Mr. Díez, however, would not be a palatable choice for most Bolivians, political analysts say, nor would the third in line to the presidency, Mario Cossío, the president of the lower house of Congress.

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<link> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/international/americas/07bolivia.html?th&emc=th

[Double T]

1. Generally. that sounds like a great idea......

...but look who would succeed. It would be like exchanging one bad Prez for another and then another

[Warpy]

2. You get the gold star

and this is why any impeachment proceedings brought against Fuckwit/Cheney are doomed to failure. If there is a miracle and all the GOPs and DLC Dems in Congress suddenly start caring more about the country than they do about their stock portfolios and we get rid of the administration, Hastert will take over, probably with the same staff, and that will be NO improvement.

However, if we delay impeachment proceedings and manage enough of a landslide to get a Democratic Congress (certainly not a long shot at this point, people are angry), then we have a chance at replacing this crooked bunch with a Democratic Speaker and a new staff.

Any attempt to impeach now would be premature and a disaster. That's why some of the GOPpers are leaning slightly towards supporting the process.

[undergroundpanther]

3. To me

what looked like the decisive point maker was the street clogging protests. What would bush or the dems do if we had the solidarity to disobey leaders and grind washington tp a halt?

In 3 datys after 9/11 Bush was begging us to shop and get back to work..spend..

What if we had the solidarity and desire to change things enough to clog the streets,and just not move,not spend money, not go to work until bush was OUT?
I bet bush's empire nightmares would be over in 2 weeks.