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
"To restore spirits, attendees spoke of protests in Madison during the Vietnam War era and grassroots efforts that they said were influential."
*insert wave file of Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" here*
Whatever...
These freaks are begging for a civil war!
Make my day!
Guess they didn't get the news about the DSM. Idiots!
Delusional people in their own reality.
Some people just need a good slap!
"They planned the war before they went," ...
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Uh....that's what you're supposed to do, idiot.
Geez.
Another guy in need of a tinfoil hat.
Ted Kennedy, JF Kerry, Dick Durban, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, etc..
I certainly hope the hell they did and didn't just jump on a plane and fly off over there.
Every day is children's day.
I thought the argument was that they DIDN'T plan the war before they went.
On a seriously scary note, the republican mentioned seems to think impeachment is the appropriate response if you are dissappointed in an officeholder.
I think they confuse "impeachment" with "recall". Of course, there is no recall provision for the federal government.
"At Wednesday's meeting, organizers explained impeachment and made the case that the Downing Street memo is evidence that the process should start." Uh-huh, sure.
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?
"They planned the war before they went,"
OMFG!!!! Really?!!! Don't they shoot people for that?!?!?!
Big woop. They can get in line behind moveon.org.
It'll be a short civil war. We are armed. They ain't.
Just a bunch of mouthy yankees. They ain't worth spit when it comes to a fight.
Thanks for keeping an eye on them. That is exactly what it is...the good old days when they marched for attention and to get chicks.
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