Berkeley, California, to vote on Bush impeachment

June 28, 2006

Berkeley, California, to vote on Bush impeachment By Jim Christie

2 hours, 33 minutes ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The municipal council in the liberal California city

of Berkeley plans to give voters a say on a measure calling for the impeachment

of U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Vice President Dick

Cheney, the mayor said on Wednesday.

A number of local governments across the United States have pressed resolutions

urging impeachment, but the Berkeley city council's goal is to be the first to

put the issue directly to voters, Mayor Tom Bates said in an interview.

" This is basically giving the people a chance to talk, to join the debate, "

Bates said. " The issues go way beyond impeaching the president. They go to

safeguarding the Constitution. This administration has run roughshod over the

Constitution. "

Cheered on by globe-trotting Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, who has

moved to Berkeley, the council voted unanimously Tuesday night to have the city

attorney review the measure to place it on the November ballot.

The measure was urged by the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission, which

advises the city on civil rights issues. The commission accuses the Republican

White House of intentionally misleading Congress to justify an unnecessary war

in Iraq, pursuing unconstitutional surveillance programs and permitting torture

of detainees suspected of links to terrorism.

Bush and Cheney " have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and

Vice President of the United States and subversive of Constitutional government,

to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest

injury of the People of the United States of America, " the commission said in a

statement.

Berkeley has seen its politics march steadily leftward since the 1960s, when the

Free Speech Movement and Vietnam War protests at the University of California,

Berkeley, drew progressives to the city.

Bush received 4,010 votes in Berkeley in the 2004 presidential election,

compared with 54,409 votes for Democratic challenger John Kerry.

(and 3,637 for David Cobb and 1,641 for Leonard Peliter to put it in

perspective..fraggle)

" NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may

have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this

without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor

protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President. "

June 28, 2006

I love how Reuters had to state "the liberal California city". And I also appreciated the Cobb and Pielter stats Fraggle. Thanks!fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: Berkeley, California, to vote on Bush impeachment By Jim Christie 2 hours, 33 minutes agoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The municipal council in the liberal California city of Berkeley plans to give voters a say on a measure calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, the mayor said on Wednesday. A number of local

governments across the United States have pressed resolutions urging impeachment, but the Berkeley city council's goal is to be the first to put the issue directly to voters, Mayor Tom Bates said in an interview."This is basically giving the people a chance to talk, to join the debate," Bates said. "The issues go way beyond impeaching the president. They go to safeguarding the Constitution. This administration has run roughshod over the Constitution."Cheered on by globe-trotting Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, who has moved to Berkeley, the council voted unanimously Tuesday night to have the city attorney review the measure to place it on the November ballot.The measure was urged by the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission, which advises the city on civil rights issues. The commission accuses the Republican White House of intentionally misleading Congress to justify an unnecessary war in Iraq, pursuing unconstitutional surveillance programs

and permitting torture of detainees suspected of links to terrorism.Bush and Cheney "have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President of the United States and subversive of Constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the People of the United States of America," the commission said in a statement.Berkeley has seen its politics march steadily leftward since the 1960s, when the Free Speech Movement and Vietnam War protests at the University of California, Berkeley, drew progressives to the city.Bush received 4,010 votes in Berkeley in the 2004 presidential election, compared with 54,409 votes for Democratic challenger John Kerry.(and 3,637 for David Cobb and 1,641 for Leonard Peliter to put it in perspective..fraggle)"NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning,

warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President."

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