George McGovern: "The only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president"
from the wapo...
i don't need to elaborate on my views except to say that our country desperately needs to have both of them removed by the most expeditious and legal means at our disposal...
eloquent, rational, and spot-on...
send your appreciation to senator mcgovern here...
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Why I Believe Bush Must Go
Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse.By George McGovernSunday, January 6, 2008; Page B01
i don't need to elaborate on my views except to say that our country desperately needs to have both of them removed by the most expeditious and legal means at our disposal...
As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president.
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Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses. They have repeatedly violated the Constitution. They have transgressed national and international law. They have lied to the American people time after time. Their conduct and their barbaric policies have reduced our beloved country to a historic low in the eyes of people around the world. These are truly "high crimes and misdemeanors," to use the constitutional standard.
From the beginning, the Bush-Cheney team's assumption of power was the product of questionable elections that probably should have been officially challenged -- perhaps even by a congressional investigation.
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Impeachment, quite simply, is the procedure written into the Constitution to deal with presidents who violate the Constitution and the laws of the land. It is also a way to signal to the American people and the world that some of us feel strongly enough about the present drift of our country to support the impeachment of the false prophets who have led us astray. This, I believe, is the rightful course for an American patriot.
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I believe we have a chance to heal the wounds the nation has suffered in the opening decade of the 21st century. This recovery may take a generation and will depend on the election of a series of rational presidents and Congresses. At age 85, I won't be around to witness the completion of the difficult rebuilding of our sorely damaged country, but I'd like to hold on long enough to see the healing begin.
eloquent, rational, and spot-on...
send your appreciation to senator mcgovern here...
Labels: Bush Administration, constitutional crisis, Dick Cheney, George Bush, George McGovern, Impeachment, U.S. Constitution, war crimes
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1/06/2008
