City of Berkeley Moves to Impeach Bush
From the SF Chronicle:
With resolutions and proclamations, left-leaning cities and counties across the United States have started a drumbeat calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Now Berkeley has taken it one step further.
With overwhelming support from Berkeley residents, the Berkeley City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night to be the first jurisdiction in the United States to let the public vote for the president’s impeachment. The measure will appear on the Nov. 7 ballot, at a cost of about $10,000.
The measure says the administration violated the Constitution with illegal domestic spying, justified the Iraq war with fraudulent claims and illegally tortured citizens. San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz and dozens of other cities have already passed council resolutions urging impeachment, but none has gone as far as Berkeley.
Voters will be asked to vote yes or no on a measure that will read, “Shall the City of Berkeley call upon the United States House of Representatives to initiate proceedings for the impeachment and removal from office of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney, call upon the California State Legislature to submit a Resolution in support of impeachment to the United States House of Representatives, and establish a Temporary Task Force on Impeachment?”
Honestly, I don’t even want to talk about this. It’s a waste of time, a waste of money, and nothing less than absolute ridiculousness. I say this as someone who definitely did not vote for Bush in 2004. I’ll defer to the previous commentary offered by Beetle and the Cal Patriot Blog.
whatever, im sure they have money to burn from all the fucking parking tickets they write.
Comment by alex — July 2, 2006 @ 4:09 pm
Excellent use of funds. Let Telegraph wither further; there’s meaningless and utterly inconsequential political statements to be made!
Comment by Bhanu Singh — July 2, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
Clinton got impeached for getting a BJ, I think Bush should be impeached for illegal spying, lying about war, and costing thousands of lives. If this is how Berkeley wants to go about the impeachment process, i’m all for it.
Comment by Anonymous — July 2, 2006 @ 7:52 pm
UM OK! I think Berkeley can spend whatever it wants, that’s their deal haha. I don’t pay them taxes.
But Clinton actually did so much more, the BJ charge was just a front. Rwanda, Iraqi sanctions, even some of his domestic policy that the democrats would loathe if they just opened their eyes.
Comment by RepBast1984 — July 2, 2006 @ 8:21 pm
See, the problem with letting Berkeley go about the impeachment process in this manner is… well… it’s not the impeachment process.
Comment by Beetle — July 2, 2006 @ 8:27 pm
didnt they already call for impeachment? in any case, why should people vote for the city council to do what they clearly want to do anyway? if these retards actually wanted to change anything they could, but they consistently demonstrate their commitment to stoking berkeley’s collective sense of self-righteousness in the safest, most inconsequential way possible.
Comment by mano — July 3, 2006 @ 11:07 am