[syndicate] Re: Is impeachment the next step?

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On 11/15/06, AlterNet <alternet at democracyinaction.org> wrote:
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> Dear AlterNet Reader,
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> Sent packing! That's right. American voters looked at the
> horrendous mess in Iraq, the crushing of civil liberties, the
> increasing wage gap, the overheating planet, and the mess in New
> Orleans, along with other issues, and voted many Republicans and
> conservatives out of office and out of power.
>
> American voters said "enough."
>
> But did they mean it? Or should the American public go further --
> and hold Bush and Cheney responsible for war crimes, torture and
> illegal wiretapping?
>
> Several things seem clear:
>
>   - The administration "fixed" intelligence to start a war
>     unsanctioned under international law.
>
>   - The president violated the First Amendment by authorizing the
>     NSA to engage in warrantless wiretapping of American
>     citizens.
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>   - The president authorized torture -- ignoring military law and
>     the Geneva conventions -- which Supreme Court Justice Anthony
>     Kennedy considers "'war crimes' punishable as federal
>     offenses."
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> Based upon these allegations and others, many AlterNet readers
> want to see impeachment proceedings instigated against Bush and
> Cheney. A grassroots campaign is already well underway.
>
> Leaders of groups like Code Pink, Progressive Democrats, Veterans
> for Peace and others have already met in Philadelphia to plan a
> campaign. Books by Elizabeth Holtzman, John Nichols and others
> make a strong case for the viability of impeachment.
>
> Of nearly 400,000 respondents to a recent MSNBC online poll, 87
> percent supported impeachment. And a Newsweek poll found that a
> majority of Americans wanted to see Bush impeached if he lied
> about the war in Iraq.
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