Nader Calls for Bush to Be Impeached

Associated Press | April 6, 2004 | MAURA KELLY

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CHICAGO (AP) - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader called Tuesday for President Bush to be impeached for "deceiving the American people night after night after night" about U.S. involvement in Iraq.

"When you plunge our country into war on a platform of fabrications and deceptions, and you bring back thousands of American soldiers who are sick, injured or dead, and that war is unconstitutionally authorized to begin with, Mr. Bush's behavior qualifies for the high crimes and misdemeanor impeachment clause of the Constitution," the 2000 Green Party presidential nominee said to applause from about 200 students at Columbia College Chicago.

Nader said President Clinton was impeached for "far less of an offense."

"Lying under oath is not a trivial offense, but it cannot compare with deceiving the American people night after night after night on national television, staging untruths and rejecting the advice of his advisers," he said.

Merrill Smith, a spokeswoman for Bush's re-election campaign, declined to comment.

Nader previously called for Bush's impeachment during an anti-war rally March 20 in the president's hometown of Crawford, Texas, to mark the first anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Nader, a longtime consumer advocate, was in Illinois to gather the 25,000 signatures he needs before June 21 to qualify for the state ballot. He failed Monday to qualify for Oregon's ballot, but said he would try again under another option there.

Many Democrats blame Nader for Democrat Al Gore's loss to Republican George W. Bush in 2000, and have urged him not to run this time. They cite the vote Nader captured in close contests in New Hampshire and Florida and argue that Gore would have won if either state had gone to the then-vice president.

But Nader says Gore is to blame for his misfortune, and he rejected the idea that he could draw support away from Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

In Portland, Ore., on Monday, former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean warned that "a vote for Ralph Nader is the same as a vote for George Bush."

An audience member in Chicago was booed for suggesting something similar.

Nader responded: "What we have to tell the two parties in unmistakable terms is that this country does not belong to two parties."

[freebilly]

Aid and Comfort to the Enemy Alert!!!!

[Toddsterpatriot]

"Lying under oath is not a trivial offense, but it cannot compare with deceiving the American people night after night after night on national television, staging untruths and rejecting the advice of his advisers," he said.

He's talking about Clinton again, right?

Keep it up Ralphie boy. You just need to get 4% again. Thanks!!!

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[Pukin Dog]

Go Ralph, GO!!

Keep stealing wacko left votes from Kerry.

Say whatever you want, you crazy bastard.

[Grim]

If he looks long enough, Ralph might someday see daylight.

[Brimack34]

There is not a big enough jail to house all these traitors!!
The Media the Dems it goes on and on to the point of sickness that seems to be growing like something awfull.

[McGavin999]

I just had a thought! How about Nader running for VP with Kerry? They'd be perfect together.

[tdscpa]

Ralph should go take a cross-country drive in a Corvair. His speech is unsafe at any volume. His only value is in causing democommies to waste their votes.

[Mentos]

Ralph Nader, Walter Cronkite, Jimmah Carter, Ramsey Clark - it's amazing how many "respectable, moderate" Democrats from the 60's and 70's turned out to be lunatic leftists when they became too irrelevant to have to hide their true colors

[rdb3]

Article III Section 3. of the Constitution states:

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.

Ralph Nader is giving our enemies "aid and comfort" and should be hung for treason right now.

Show 'em my motto!

[E=MC²]

"deceiving the American people night after night after night"

Wow...that nader certainly has a voluminous vocabulary with a total command of the english language, doesn't he???

[taxesareforever]

What is he talking about? Nader has made a living "deceiving" the American people. He is the epitome of deception. Him and Kerry are riding the same horse, backwards.

[dc-zoo]

Its not a horse they're riding. Its a Jackass.

[connectthedots]

This will just siphon votes from Kerry and force Kerry to be even more liberal. Once the Naderites start to think Kerry will lose, even more of them will vote their concious and Kerry will really get clobbered.

[BenLurkin]

[hosepipe]

I call for Nader to be Impruned..

[KQQL]

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[An.American.Expatriate]

Let him bleat!!

He will pull a large portion of the extreme left away from JF'nK.

[driftless]

I call for a full inquiry to see how soon Ralph Nader should be given a full psychiatric exam for believing in socialism after it's been proved to be a demonstrable failure over and over again. If you want another 9/11, just elect people like Nader into power.