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  1. #331
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    McGovern says Bush worse than Nixon, calls for impeachment

    by quaoar

    If anyone should know an impeachable offense when he sees one, it should be George McGovern, the victim of Richard Nixon's no-holds-barred 1972 scorched-earth campaign.

    Thirty-five years later, an 84-year-old McGovern sees an even bigger threat to the United States that he fought for as a decorated WWII bomber pilot -- the Bush Administration. Cheney -- he told an interviewer for the Madison, Wisc., Capital Times -- should resign.

    "What we have learned about how he has conducted himself leaves no doubt that he should be out of office," McGovern says of Cheney. "If he had any respect for the Constitution or the country, he would resign."

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    Of course, Cheney has zero respect for the Constitution, so there's no danger of that happening.

    So, McGovern says, it time to impeach:

    "There is no question in my mind that Cheney has committed impeachable offenses. So has George Bush," argues McGovern. "Bush is much more impeachable than Richard Nixon was. That's been clear for some time. There does not seem to be much sentiment for impeachment in Congress now, but around the country people are fed up with this administration."

    It's even worse than that. McGovern says that Nixon was not nearly as bad as Bush.

    "I think this is the most lawless administration we've ever had," he says of the Bush-Cheney team. That's a strong statement coming from a man who tangled in 1972 with Nixon, and then saw Nixon's presidency destroyed by the Watergate scandals. But McGovern says there is no comparison.


    "I'd far rather have Nixon in the White House than these two fellows that we've got now," said the former three-term senator from South Dakota. "Nixon did some horrible things, which led to the effort to impeach him. But he simply was not as bad as Bush. On just about every level I can think of, Bush's actions are more impeachable than were those of Nixon."

    This is the same George McGovern who, in 1970, co-sponsored an amendment with Republican Sen. Mark Hatfield of Oregon that would have ended the Vietnam War.

    On Sept. 1, 1970, just before the amendment was voted down, McGovern delivered an emotional speech on the Senate floor that would be just as true today:

    "Every senator in this chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This chamber reeks of blood. Every Senator here is partly responsible for that human wreckage at Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval and all across our land - young men without legs, or arms, or genitals, or faces or hopes."

    "There are not very many of these blasted and broken boys who think this war is a glorious adventure. Do not talk to them about bugging out, or national honor or courage. It does not take any courage at all for a congressman, or a senator, or a president to wrap himself in the flag and say we are staying in Vietnam, because it is not our blood that is being shed. But we are responsible for those young men and their lives and their hopes."

    "And if we do not end this damnable war those young men will some day curse us for our pitiful willingness to let the Executive carry the burden that the Constitution places on us."

    "So before we vote, let us ponder the admonition of Edmund Burke, the great parliamentarian of an earlier day: "A contentious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood."

    You can just imagine how that speech was received by the Senate in 1970.

    According to historian Robert Mann, McGovern's brief, passionate speech shocked his Senate colleagues. As McGovern took his seat, most senators sat in stunned silence. "You could have heard a pin drop," recalled John Holum, McGovern's principal staff advisor on Vietnam. As the Senate prepared to begin voting on the amendment, one senator approached McGovern and indignantly told him that he had been personally offended by the speech. McGovern replied, "That's what I meant to do."

    It's a real shame George McGovern isn't in the Senate today. We need senators who are not afraid to offend.



    http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/8/121417/8129

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    Let's Make It a Million!
    897200 :
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    thats enough to get it started
    "Billery" just had a few

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    You Can Impeach the President
    By Dan DeWalt

    http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=622


    In mid January of this year, in a moment of quixotic zeal, I wrote a five point resolution calling for the impeachment of G W Bush. With 5% of the towns registered voters signing on, it went to the selectboard and was included in the warning for Newfane Town Meeting on March 7.

    By the end of Town Meeting day, five towns across Vermont had overwhelmingly adopted this resolution. My phone started ringing within an hour or two, and a day and a half later, I had given more than 30 interviews to media outlets, from FOX and CNN radio to several Boston and local Vermont radio stations, from a Massachusetts ABC-affiliate to Bloomberg News, the Washington Times (snake in the grass), Boston Globe and Reuters.

    I soon found out that Vermonters had already been hard at work drafting the “Rutland Resolution," which is an impeachment resolution to be passed by the state legislature, and forces the federal House of Representatives to forward it to the Judiciary Committee. We are continuing our efforts and are making headway, with over half of the state's Democratic County Committees passing it. The state Democratic Committee will be considering this on April 10. Several legislators have expressed a willingness to go along, if not to lead.

    I also discovered that all across the country, this call for accountability is being received with welcome and relief. People who have identified themselves as Republicans, evangelicals, many veterans, many elder Americans, contacted me or Newfane to say that they are supporting us and appreciate our speaking out.

    Those who support this effort can bring it to their home towns. Whether you have Town Meeting, town council, county supervisors, or any other local political structure, you can petition them to adopt a resolution. Gathering signatures to persuade them may be easier than you would imagine. Support for this president’s actions is very thin. As more revelations dribble out from the mainstream press, more Americans are willing to reconsider their willingness to be unquestionably led by this malignant administration.

    Already efforts are underway in California, Hawaii, Indiana, Arizona, Utah, as well as more in VT, just to name some locations where initiatives have sprung up in response to our Town Meeting actions.

    If you want to read a concise primer on how to take on an initiative in your town, go here.

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/29/193445/904

    Dan DeWalt is a woodworker and selectboard member in the town of Newfane, Vermont, and the author of a successful town resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush.




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  5. #335
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    Let's Make It a Million!
    897378 :
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    897673 :
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    898102 :
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    898592 :
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  9. #339
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    Let's Make It a Million!
    898737 :
    the number of people
    who have already voted
    in the referendum
    to Impeach Bush

    http://www.impeachbush.tv/impeach/states.html

    Status of Impeachment in States
    There are now 10 states that have introduced impeachment resolutions. See states in bold below.

    (click on state name for more details)

    State Status

    Alaska State Democratic party passes impeachment resolution NR7.
    California San Francisco and Berkeley pass impeachment ballot measures in November 2006 election. Sebastopol passed 5/18/06. Impeachment forum held at Democratic Convention 4/29. Berkeley passes resolution 4/25/06. Fairfax 7/5/06. Koretz' AJR39 expired in 2006.

    Colorado State Democratic party adds impeachment to platform on 5/20/06.
    Connecticut Action in New London.
    Hawaii Senator Les Ihara Jr. has introduced impeachment resolution SCR83.
    Illinois Karen Yarbrough (D-Maywood) introduced HJR0125 in the state Assembly in 2006, Champaign/Urbana passed ballot initiative on Nov 7th
    Indiana Lake Station rejects impeachment on April 13th.
    Maine MaineImpeach.org is working on getting the state legislature to pass an impeachment resolution.
    Massachusetts Amherst passes resolution.
    Michigan National Lawyers Guild had a teach-in June 28th.
    Minnesota ImpeachForPeach.org promoting Do It Yourself Impeachment
    Missouri Jamilah Nasheed has introduced an impeachment resolution, HCR 46, on 3/29/07.
    Montana Montanans for Impeachment leading the charge.
    New Hampshire Hanover passes impeachment 111 to 42 on May 9th, 2006.
    New Jersey North Jersey Impeach Group making good progress on state legislation.
    New Mexico Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino has introduced an impeachment resolution on 1/23/06. It passed Rules on 2/16.
    New York Nyack votes unanimously for impeachment.
    North Carolina Meeting planned for April 27th at Durham Main Library
    Ohio Oberlin becomes first city in Ohio to pass resolution.
    Oklahoma Oklahoma becomes 15th state to pass impeachment resolution at their state Dems convention.
    Oregon Lots of activity in the Portland Area. State dems pass resolution in 2005.
    Pennsylvania State Senator Jim Ferlo launches impeachment petition campaign drive.
    Rhode Island US Senate candidate Carl Sheeler calls for state impeachment.
    Texas Representative Lon Burnam filed HCR 154 on 3/19/07
    Washington Senator Oemig introducing a state resolution SJM8016 on 2/14/07. Olympia considering passing a city resolution.
    Wisconsin 2005 Democratic Party Convention passed a resolution.
    Vermont Senate passes SR0016 calling for impeachment on 4/20/07! Dozens of cities and towns have also passed town measures.
    Virginia Campaign underway to fly impeachment banners from airplanes.

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    Status of Impeachment in States
    There are now 10 states that have introduced impeachment resolutions. See states in bold below.


    Wow, with all of the news that I watch and listen to and read, I had no idea this was going on!

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