Impeachment mood against U.S. President Bush starts its wave in Vermont

[Flabbergasted]

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/03/30/01455.html
Compiled by Paul Chen


Inspired by an Esquire magazine interview in which Republican Senator Chuck Hagel mentioned the possibility that some of President Bush's critics may push impeachment at some point, CNN's Wolf Blitzer devoted considerable time on a Monday The Situation Room to discussing the significance of Hagel's impeachment talk, remarking that "it's not good for President Bush, to put it bluntly." Blitzer characterized impeachment talk as "a little bit louder"

In Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican with reasonably close ties to U.S. President Bush, asked if there was any additional business to be considered at the town meeting he was running in Middlebury, Ellen McKay popped up and proposed the impeachment of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

The Governor was not amused. As moderator of the annual meeting, he tried to suggest that the proposal to impeach -- along with another proposal to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq -- could not be voted on.

But McKay, a program coordinator at Middlebury College, pressed her case. And it soon became evident that the crowd at the annual meeting shared her desire to hold the president to account.

So Douglas backed down.

"It became clear that no one was going home until they had the chance to discuss the resolutions and vote on them," explained David Rosenberg, a political science professor at Middlebury College. "And being a good politician, he allowed the vote to happen."

By an overwhelming voice vote, Middlebury called for impeachment.

The impeachment moods a town meetings has swept across Vermont.

There have been confirmed reports that over 35 towns back official impeachment resolutions against U.S. President Bush, with the number expected to further rise.

In one town, Putney, the vote for impeachment was unanimous.

In addition to Governor Douglas's Middlebury, the town of Hartland, which is home to Congressman Peter Welch backed impeachment. So, too, did Jericho, the home of Gaye Symington, the speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives

[The Magistrate]

1. The Wind Grows Thick With Straws, Sir, And That Is Good

Formal investigations underway now in the Congress are laying ground for impeachment, both in what they discover and prove, and in the reactions of the administration to them. A widespread and rising sentiment for the action among the people is the best lever for moving the House to the action, and the coming winter would be an excellent time for this storm to break....

[Flabbergasted]

2. You are quite a poet. I've always loved your wording.

[The Magistrate]

5. Thank You, Sir

Disagreement, which we certainly have on some matters, does not require hostility. We are all friends here, and usually our differences are less than meets the eye.

[Jim Sagle]

8. Fuckin' A.

:D

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[Flabbergasted]

4. What are you trying to say?

[pat_k]

6. Kick & Rec! (Where's that fifth vote??)

[Vidar]

7. Here's that fifth vote.

[glitch]

9. I heart Vermont, and I've never even been there :) K & R nt

[coznfx]

10. We all need to do this

in every 'town hall' meeting we can attend. WTG Vermont!

[Flabbergasted]

11. Hell it could start at your neighborhood organization. nt