Vermont Votes to Impeach Bush/Cheney

[ChristienMurawski]

It’s actually going on in a series of town hall meetings across the state. Not in the legislature. Not that I even know if Vermont has a legislature. I stopped paying attention to Vermont after the Bob Newhart show retired.

From the article:

@John Nichols

For the record, Middlebury says:

We the people have the power – and the responsibility – to remove executives who transgress not just the law, but the rule of law.

The oaths that the President and Vice President take binds them to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The failure to do so forms a sound basis for articles of impeachment.

The President and Vice President have failed to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution” in the following ways:

1. They have manipulated intelligence and misled the country to justify an immoral, unjust, and unnecessary preemptive war in Iraq.

2. They have directed the government to engage in domestic spying without warrants, in direct contravention of U.S. law.

3. They have conspired to commit the torture of prisoners, in violation of the Federal Torture Act and the Geneva Convention.

4. They have ordered the indefinite detention without legal counsel, without charges and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention – all in violation of U.S. law and the Bill of Rights.

When strong evidence exists of the most serious crimes, we must use impeachment – or lose the ability of the legislative branch to compel the executive branch to obey the law.

George Bush has led our country to a constitutional crisis, and it is our responsibility to remove him from office.

[BTW: I clicked over to this story from Huffington Post. It looked like a Yahoo News story. It wasn’t until after I read it that I saw that it’s listed as an Opinion piece from The Nation…so…grain of salt.]

“They can’t impeach me for bombing Cambodia. The president can bomb anybody he likes.”

-Amanpour

[Woolen_Horde]

Vermont’s a pretty lefty state. Socialist senator. “New England’s West Coast.” Ben & Jerry. The state also has a smaller population than San Francisco.

[extarbags]

@Woolen_Horde

Vermont’s a pretty lefty state. Socialist senator. “New England’s West Coast.” Ben & Jerry. The state also has a smaller population than San Francisco.

What’s your point? That Bush isn’t going to actually be impeached for real? I don’t think that’s a surprise to anyone.

[Shadarr]

It’d be kind of cool if they had a standing arrest order for him, so after his term is up there was a list of about 20 states that he can never visit (on top of not being able to travel internationally because of his felony conviction).