But Bernie says NO ---to 5 VT towns calling for articles of Impeachment.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-vermont-impeach-bush,0,5954020,print.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

Vermont Towns Endorse Move to Impeach Bush
By DAVID GRAM
Associated Press Writer

March 8, 2006, 5:05 AM EST

NEWFANE, Vt. -- In five Vermont communities, a centuries-old tradition of residents gathering in town halls to conduct local business became a vehicle to send a message to Washington: Impeach the president.

An impeachment article, approved by a paper ballot 121-29 in Newfane Tuesday, calls on Vermont's lone member of the U.S. House, independent Rep. Bernie Sanders, to file articles of impeachment against President Bush, alleging he misled the nation into the Iraq war and engaged in illegal domestic spying.

"It absolutely affects us locally," said Newfane select board member Dan DeWalt, who drafted the impeachment article. "It's our sons and daughters, our mothers and fathers, who are dying" in the war in Iraq.

At least four other Vermont towns, spurred by publicity about Newfane's resolution, endorsed similar resolutions during Tuesday's meetings: Brookfield, Dummerston, Marlboro and Putney.

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1. You believe the fishwrap? n/t

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2. Its an AP story---

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3. and cnn gave it time today.

....http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x605428

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7. thanks for the link

BERNIE!

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4. says it would be impracticle.

....The Bush vote is not the first time Newfane has used its town meeting forum to take a state or national stand. Last year, for example, the town went on record against the Iraq war.

Sanders issued a statement after the Newfane vote saying that although the Bush administration "has been a disaster for our country, and a number of actions that he has taken may very well not have been legal," given the reality that the Republicans control the House and the Senate, "it would be impractical to talk about impeachment."

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5. I've been listening to him on Thom Hartman

I believe he said some something like that to Thom. I know he stressed the importance of the '06 elections.

Thanks rodeodance. I'm giving this a :kick: for you.

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6. 2006 Bernie!

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8. He has said that Bush is a disaster, but that we need to recapture

Congress.

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9. I'm down with a censure!