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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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Here's an update of the info I posted last week. 50 people showed up, so obviously the same "Unwashed 37" that show up to every meeting of wacko-s were on hand.

"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*

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

Whatever...


2 posted on 06/30/2005 1:11:07 PM PDT by RockinRight (Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

These freaks are begging for a civil war!


3 posted on 06/30/2005 1:12:33 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Make my day!


4 posted on 06/30/2005 1:13:33 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
....the Downing Street memo is evidence that the process should start.

Guess they didn't get the news about the DSM. Idiots!

5 posted on 06/30/2005 1:13:35 PM PDT by mozrock (Is progressive American a euphemism for communist?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"I beg to differ with the idea that impeachment is hopeless. In one year or so, Republicans will be shooting for impeachment."

Delusional people in their own reality.

6 posted on 06/30/2005 1:13:43 PM PDT by An Old Marine
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To: Gator113

Some people just need a good slap!


7 posted on 06/30/2005 1:13:46 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
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.
8 posted on 06/30/2005 1:13:50 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: RockinRight

"They planned the war before they went," ...

***

Uh....that's what you're supposed to do, idiot.

Geez.

Another guy in need of a tinfoil hat.


9 posted on 06/30/2005 1:13:51 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Plenty of other folks far more deserving of impeachment:

Ted Kennedy, JF Kerry, Dick Durban, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, etc..

10 posted on 06/30/2005 1:14:05 PM PDT by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
They planned the war before they went.

I certainly hope the hell they did and didn't just jump on a plane and fly off over there.

11 posted on 06/30/2005 1:14:17 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Two books, the Koran and Mein Kampf, advocate violence, murder and hate!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Every day is children's day.


12 posted on 06/30/2005 1:14:21 PM PDT by bkepley
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"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.

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.

13 posted on 06/30/2005 1:14:47 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I keep thinking of the old Aerosmith tune..."Dream On"


14 posted on 06/30/2005 1:14:51 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

"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?


15 posted on 06/30/2005 1:15:14 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (As long as Dean's the head of the D-N-C, it just looks better for the G-O-P!!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

"They planned the war before they went,"

OMFG!!!! Really?!!! Don't they shoot people for that?!?!?!


16 posted on 06/30/2005 1:15:19 PM PDT by Moral Hazard (...but when push comes to shove, you've got to do what you love, even if it's not a good idea.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Big woop. They can get in line behind moveon.org.


17 posted on 06/30/2005 1:15:20 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: Gator113

It'll be a short civil war. We are armed. They ain't.


18 posted on 06/30/2005 1:15:21 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Two books, the Koran and Mein Kampf, advocate violence, murder and hate!)
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To: Gator113
These freaks are begging for a civil war!

Just a bunch of mouthy yankees. They ain't worth spit when it comes to a fight.

19 posted on 06/30/2005 1:15:23 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been cowboys.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
*insert wave file of Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" here*

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.

20 posted on 06/30/2005 1:15:39 PM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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