Grassroots Vermont Democrats urge impeachment of President Bush

March 27, 2007

MONTPELIER, Vt. --Grassroots Vermont Democrats want the Legislature to demand an investigation into whether President Bush should be impeached. But the top Democrat in the House says she's not interested in spending time on the issue.

The Democratic State Committee met over the weekend and overwhelmingly backed a resolution, currently pending in the House Judiciary Committee, that calls for the impeachment of the president and Vice President Dick Cheney.

There were between 40 and 50 Democrats at the meeting and only about a half-dozen voted against the resolution.

Democratic Committee Chairman Ian Carleton said rank-and-file Democrats want the Legislature to act on the resolution because they believe the president has been "deceitful and untruthful to the American people" about the war in Iraq.

"At this point it is beyond debate that President Bush and members of his administration have committed impeachable offenses," Carleton said. "First and foremost is misleading the country into this unacceptable war."

The party vote follows the adoption of similar resolutions in 39 Vermont communities.

"The vote this weekend called for prompt action on the resolution," said Rep. Richard Marek, D-Newfane, a member of the state committee who abstained from the impeachment vote because he is a co-sponsor. "The next session will be too late." (From Boston.com 3-27-07)