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Growing Distrust Leads to Surge in Citizen
Impeachment Resolutions
3/10/06
By Doug Gaylord
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a resolution asking for
the impeachment of George Bush on February 28, 2006. This follows a similar
action by the Arcata City Council on January 6, 2006 and an earlier request
for an investigation leading to impeachment by the City Council of Santa
Cruz in September of 2003. On February 28, 2006, homespun, storytelling
hero Garrison Keillor called for the impeachment of Bush on the Salon.com
website. Keillor was beat to the punch by a group of Wisconsin Democrats
who found an article on impeachment in the Nation magazine quite convincing.
It's not only the Nation magazine that believes this administration has
taken an illegal turn, evidenced by a February 27, 2006 editorial in Harper's
magazine by editor Lewis H. Lapham. One town in Vermont led a charge for
impeachment and was soon followed by several others.
Even in a climate where Republicans feign upset over the United Arab Emirates
controlling U.S. ports and the unwarranted eavesdropping on American citizens,
it is less than surprising that the call for impeachment has so far gone
unheard. The stranglehold grip the administration has on all three branches
of the federal government leads many Republicans to believe their time
has come to change America, even as their bosses smash the Constitution
and the conservative values they claim to uphold. The nescience of the
leaders of the federal and state governments is leading to an unmistakable
and powerful citizen revolt.
Now, in one of the most Republican counties of California, our group of
educated and empowered citizens has called for the impeachment and removal
from office of George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, Donald H. Rumsfeld and
Alberto Gonzales. We, The Nevada County Green Party, voted unanimously
to accept a draft resolution to impeach on February 9, 2006, then last
night, March 9, amended the final draft to include the additional charge
of Treason in the CIA leak controversy. Our group, which also involves
local citizens from outside the party, drafted the nine charges of the
resolution during 6 meetings over two months. A strict adherence to Constitutional
Law makes this effort unique, as U.S. law and international treaty back
every charge.
Word has arrived that the Green Party of Santa Clara County has adopted
most of the language from our resolution, with a few minor changes, and
that the California State Green Party is considering adoption of our resolution
at the next state plenary. We encourage all county Greens across the U.S.A.
(and all American citizens) to consider exemplifying the key value of
grassroots democracy by holding meetings within your community and organizing
around an impeachment resolution of your own.
Many groups who hold opinions that aren't necessarily Green are on board
with this impeachment resolution. U.S. citizens will almost invariably
rally behind the Constitution when they recognize it is under internal
threat. We feel that this process has brought our community together and
surprisingly decreased the divisiveness that has become so normal over
the last five years. It may be that civic involvement and participatory
democracy, the real cornerstones upon which our country is built, can
wrest us from the jaws of what appears to be a developing police state.
The type of citizen action we have taken will only continue to grow as
Americans begin to realize that our voice will be only be heard if we
speak in a resounding and definitive way to power. Those seeking re-election
in November had best listen to our voices, or hope you've made a sweet
deal with Diebold.
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