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Bush Impeachment Urged (WI, Vets for Peace, Update on Mtg.)
Ma ^ | June 30, 2005 | Cristina Daglas

Posted on 06/30/2005 1:10:38 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Carol McKy of Middleton was the only self-proclaimed Republican in a room of more than 50 Wednesday evening who passed a motion urging Congress to begin the impeachment process for President George W. Bush.

"I, too, feel that George Bush does not represent me and the Republican Party," McKy said Wednesday at a meeting at Stoughton's Public Safety Building held by the Madison chapter of Veterans for Peace.

Others predicted that Republicans would soon be seeking the exact same goal as Democrats: removing Bush from office.

"Imagine a bumper sticker. Save the Republican Party: Impeach Bush," Madison resident Jim Cobb said. "I beg to differ with the idea that impeachment is hopeless. In one year or so, Republicans will be shooting for impeachment."

Cobb said "the truth is an invincible force" and that it would drive the process. "The truth is out."

At Wednesday's meeting, organizers explained impeachment and made the case that the Downing Street memo is evidence that the process should start.

"They planned the war before they went," Buzz Davis of Veterans for Peace said prior to the meeting referring to the series of memos that describe talks in 2002 between the British and U.S. governments during the lead-up to the war.

David said the Stoughton sessions and later ones (which have not yet been scheduled) are a means of helping the public think things through. Organizers urged citizens to circulate petitions calling for Bush's impeachment and they handed them out in thick information packets. The group also unanimously passed a resolution on a voice vote to send a letter to Congress urging representatives to start the impeachment process.

Is impeachment realistic?

"I sure hope so," Don McKeating of Veterans for Peace said.

And many meeting attendees agreed, although they acknowledged that Republican control of the House of Representatives and the Senate is a major obstacle. To restore spirits, attendees spoke of protests in Madison during the Vietnam War era and grassroots efforts that they said were influential.

"I started out feeling hopeless," Bill Kline of Madison said referring to the Vietnam era, adding that he watched the situation change, and that improvement started with meetings like these. "We're not a bunch of young radical students. I feel good about this."

On a bright note, Jane Jensen of Military Families for Peace told the crowd that her son, whom she hasn't seen since November 2003, is coming home from Iraq today at 1:45 p.m. That brought applause from the audience, but when someone asked whether her son will go back, Jensen quickly replied: "Probably."

On the Net: www.madveteransforpeaceorg


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: loonyleft
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To: mozrock
Guess they didn't get the news about the DSM. Idiots!

Engage a liberal and bait them so they will bring up the Downing Street Memo. Then ask them to give you an overview of what it is about. You'll get verbatim talking points which they can't expand upon or even know why they are spouting them back, or you'll get "well, I didn't read the WHOLE thing but...." It is very satisfying.

21 posted on 06/30/2005 1:16:08 PM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
On a bright note, Jane Jensen of Military Families for Peace told the crowd that her son, whom she hasn't seen since November 2003

I wonder why she hasn't seen him in almost two years.
22 posted on 06/30/2005 1:16:32 PM PDT by A Balrog of Morgoth (With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
HA!

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With Howard Dean the dems have formally graduated from "disarray" to "debacle", with "irretrievable disaster" just around the corner.
23 posted on 06/30/2005 1:17:40 PM PDT by speed_addiction ( Somethings gnaw on a man worse'n dyin'!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Carol McKy = McCainiac = Party Traitor


24 posted on 06/30/2005 1:17:57 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Theresawithanh
Do these idiots know that VP Cheney would then become the President for the rest of the term? Would Ms. "lone Republican" feel that he represents her if she thinks President Bush doesn't?

Would be a good warm up for 2008! =)

25 posted on 06/30/2005 1:18:03 PM PDT by mozrock (Is progressive American a euphemism for communist?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

This is all about the fact that the left is still ticked off that their beloved Clinton was impeached. "It's our turn!" The spoiled brats.


26 posted on 06/30/2005 1:18:13 PM PDT by My2Cents ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: AbeKrieger

LMAO....I know what you mean! Talking points is about all that most of the dems I know can spew!


27 posted on 06/30/2005 1:19:03 PM PDT by mozrock (Is progressive American a euphemism for communist?)
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To: DTogo
Plenty of other folks far more deserving of impeachment: Ted Kennedy, JF Kerry, Dick Durban, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, etc..

And 5 Supreme Court Justices.

28 posted on 06/30/2005 1:20:44 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
On a seriously scary note, the republican mentioned...

She's one of those "lifelong" Republicans who voted for Bush, but......types.

Or she really is a Republican, but she's going senile.
29 posted on 06/30/2005 1:21:02 PM PDT by A Balrog of Morgoth (With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

So pathetic.......


30 posted on 06/30/2005 1:21:18 PM PDT by Fawn
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To: Gator113
The freaks wanted a civil war in the late '60's and early '70's. They (they called themselves the Party back then) also wanted a government made up of the "best" parts of Leninist socialism and Maoist communism. The aftermath of our withdrawl of troops from Viet Nam was bad enough, leaving millions to be butchered.

However, this is NOT Viet Nam. It is NOT another of France's imperialist messes that we're attempting to clean up. It is FAR closer to home. This is WWIII and we MUST win, otherwise Binny's artificially induced Armageddon scenario, where the earth is left to Evil will come to pass. BILLIONS will be butchered. A third part of the water will be spoiled and a third part of the green and growing things will be destroyed...that's a paraphrase, of course.

Disclaimer: I am NOT a Christian zealot. I just understand what is happening, being a Christian of Jewish descent (and proud of it) and an historian who's studied terrorism in the mid and near East for thirty years.

31 posted on 06/30/2005 1:23:45 PM PDT by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

"And many meeting attendees agreed, although they acknowledged that Republican control of the House of Representatives and the Senate is a major obstacle."

An even bigger obstacle is the lack of an impeachable offense.


32 posted on 06/30/2005 1:24:26 PM PDT by rwa265
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To: cowboyway
Just a bunch of mouthy yankees. They ain't worth spit when it comes to a fight.

Hey - watch what you're sayin'

I'm a "yankee"...




And I agree with you.

33 posted on 06/30/2005 1:24:36 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

"They planned the war before they went," Buzz Davis of Veterans for Peace said...

Wasn't it just recently that the Bush administration was accused of lacking a plan to deal with Iraq?


34 posted on 06/30/2005 1:25:08 PM PDT by Axiom Nine (Death to all fanatics!)
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To: A Balrog of Morgoth

They planned the war before they went," Buzz Davis of Veterans for Peace.

Well, isn't that a newsflash Captain Obvious? I'd be for impeachment myself if they just up and went to war without doing some planning beforehand.

If this guy is a veteran, I'm King Henry VIII.
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He's a veteran, but of a war of another kind, if you know what I mean.


35 posted on 06/30/2005 1:25:27 PM PDT by KStorm (Facts are different from minds.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Wow, 50 certified barking moonbats and one RINO! I am impressed with their great numbers, and am quaking in my boots! NOT!

And what's going to happen if they don't get their way? They'll stamp their little feet, fall down, turn blue, and scream like the little brats they are.

Perhaps some well-heeled conservative should look into hiring an airplane to tow a very large banner over DNC headquarters. The banner should read: "You lost, fools! Now get over it!"


36 posted on 06/30/2005 1:25:54 PM PDT by billnaz (Gunner! Shot! Tank! Fire!)
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To: SERKIT

No kidding.


37 posted on 06/30/2005 1:26:08 PM PDT by Axiom Nine (Death to all fanatics!)
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To: DTogo

If that is where they want to go let's have the Republicans push for a House UnAmerican Activities Committee.


38 posted on 06/30/2005 1:26:26 PM PDT by maxsand
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To: AFPhys

I'm a yankee too....but will shoot the gun before shooting off at the mouth.


39 posted on 06/30/2005 1:26:31 PM PDT by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
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To: All

I'd be willing to bet that 95% of these "Vets for Piece" morons have never even been in the military.


40 posted on 06/30/2005 1:26:41 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
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