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Thread #92714   Message #2039908
Posted By: Amos
30-Apr-07 - 08:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
Subject: RE: BS: A Declaration of Impeachment
From Ithaca, New York, the Journal reports:

"Protesters call for Bush's ouster
By Linda Stout
Journal Staff

ITHACA — Repeated calls to impeach President George W. Bush were loud and clear Saturday afternoon on The Commons in a rally featuring local activists and musicians.

Organizers said that they plan to take a petition to the Tompkins County Legislature's May or June meeting, urging county legislators to ask Congress to impeach Bush. Organizers collected about 150 more signatures to add to the 1,000 they obtained prior to the rally.

        
While people, many holding "Impeach Bush" signs or wearing shirts printed with slogans like "Impeach King George," listened and clapped in the cold mist, there was little counter protest.

A young man with a tall plush American flag hat quietly shot video and was seemingly part of the crowd until he held a sign that said, "Impeachment is a waste of time."
The rally, a brainchild of Fay Gougakis of Ithaca, was organized by a local group calling for impeachment on constitutional grounds. Members of the same group organized the March 17 March for Peace, an organizer said.

One organizer said a tourist on The Commons expressed an interest in taking a similar protest to his home in Sarasota, Fla., and that a group in nearby Broome County will similarly petition its county Legislature to call for the president's impeachment.

Some speakers also called for the impeachment of National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice and of Vice President Dick Cheney, citing the introduction of H.R. 333 to impeach Richard B. Cheney by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat from Ohio...."