Massive Grass Roots Effort to Impeach Bush
by James Buchanan
A recent news article reports “More than 30 Vermont towns passed resolutions on Tuesday seeking to impeach President Bush, while at least 16 towns in the tiny New England state called on Washington to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq… Residents of Burlington were voting on a separate question calling for a new investigation into the September 11 attacks.” On the opposite coast, another news article notes that nothing could stop “a State Senate Committee in Olympia Thursday from hearing the case to impeach President Bush and Vice-President Cheney… Anti-war activists filled the hearing room and an overflow space while Republicans boycotted the event. A first-term Democratic Senator is sponsoring the proposal, which asks Congress to consider impeachment. Among those invited to lay out the grounds for impeachment was the mayor of Salt Lake City. Rocky Anderson has become a vocal advocate for putting the Bush administration on trial.”
If there were ever a massive grass roots effort to impeach a bad president, this is it! What makes the case against George Bush so compelling is that a brand new war or act of colossal incompetence is entirely probable as long as he stays in office. The neocons have been ginning up lies for a war against Iran for months. It’s only a matter of time before a new terrorist attack is fabricated so that Bush gets his excuse for war. (more…)