McCain recall effort

[AZBlue]

This is the first I've heard of it and wanted to spread the news!!

"A new recall drive targets Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a top contender for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.

Organizers oppose McCain's continued support of the unpopular Iraq war and consider him complicit in what they perceive as the erosion of American civil liberties associated with the war on terror.

'For the most part, he's been all right, but he's supposed to be representing Arizona, and right now he seems to be just representing himself,' said William Crum, treasurer of Americans for Integrity and Justice, the Glendale-based recall committee. 'He's got tunnel-vision for the presidency.'

The recall application filed Tuesday with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office accuses McCain of 'shirking his duties as a senator from the great state of Arizona' and of having 'acquiesced in his role as a member of the legislative branch to strongly check the power of the chief executive, who has for all intents and purposes become a king.'

'Please, help restore our democracy, recall 'Bloody John McCain,' ' the handwritten application says..."

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0214mccainrecall...

I can't yet find a website or other info on the group, but if I do I will post it.

[alstephenson]

1. Wow! This thread went nowhere! Come on, people!!!

Leonard Clark prepared the petition, and can be reached at:
[e-mail] Leonard is an Iraq veteran and a progressive. GO LEONARD!