The Oregonian: Town Hall Crowd Calls For Bush Impeachment

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http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/09/town_hall_crowd_calls_for_bush.html

Town hall crowd calls for Bush impeachment
Posted by The Oregonian September 23, 2007 17:01PM

At a lively town hall meeting Sunday, billed as a discussion about "peace and accountability," emotions directed at U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer ranged from calm to screaming mad. Nearly all of it was about one subject: Impeachment of President Bush.

Angered by what they view as an immoral war and a corrupt administration, the crowd hammered on the theme of a congressional trial of Bush and wondered whether the controlling Democrats have the spine for it. "People spilled blood to create this country and get this Constitution," said Lenore Norrgard, of Northeast Portland. "Impeachment should be at the top of the agenda."

She, like just about everyone else who used the word, got a thunderous applause from about 250 people who attended the meeting, held at the Hollywood Theater. At least half in the audience wore red T-shirts emblazoned in white with the single word "IMPEACH."

A handful of speakers were hostile, calling Blumenauer a "coward" for not outright calling for Bush's impeachment. Some said Bush should be tried for treason. And one, to some applause, said the president should be executed. Most were civil, if blunt.

"Courage is what we expect of our elected officials," said John Bradach Sr., of Northeast Portland, whose nephew was killed in Iraq. "It's clear the Democrats in Congress do not have the courage" to cut off federal money that pays for the war in Iraq.

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Before the meeting started, Blumenauer signed an oversized document called the "Oregon Declaration of Peace," in which he pledged: "I will vote 'no' on any appropriations bill that will continue U.S. military operations in Iraq."

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Bonnie Tinker, of Northeast Portland, one of the last to speak, urged everyone in the audience who favored impeachment to stand. Only a few remained seated. Then people began chanting, "Stand up, Earl!" He remained seated.

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[grasswire]

1. I'd like to have seen that.

I would have made him nervous by bringing a bale of chicken feathers along. Ha!

[sandnsea]

2. Now if they'd go to Bend or KFalls

and say this to Walden, who actually continues to support Bush and the war. I don't know what good blasting Blumenauer does anybody.

[JDPriestly]

3. Something similar happened at a town hall meeting my district.

It wasn't quite as exuberant as you describe and there were somewhat fewer people, but there was one thing dominating everyone's minds: impeachment. Only one voice opposing impeachment was heard: our representative's. He said that impeachment would prevent Congress from achieving other things. Well, guess what, the Republicans are preventing Congress from achieving other things. If the House would conduct an investigation, I believe that the facts that would emerge would be so compelling even the Republicans in the Senate would vote for conviction. I truly believe this. Bush/Cheney lied us into a war. They should be impeached together.

[Cha]

4. Recommended!

Go Oregon! Those Oregonians way out West really know what this country went through to get started with our Constitution and to have the likes of bushit trash and lie us into War On Iraq DOES constitute I-M-P-E-A-C-M-E-N-T!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. I received a letter from one of my senators,

Barbara Mikulski, in response to my commenting that the only way to end this debacle in the Middle East is to impeach those responsible for our invading Iraq under false pretenses.

She reminded me that impeachment proceedings must begin in the House, which leads me to believe that she'd love to have the opportunity to see justice done.

We need to concentrate our efforts on Pelosi and our reps in the House...We HIRED them, dammit! :grr:

[rodeodance]

8. been trying

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Me too...But we've just got to keep pressing the issue

We can't give up. :toast:

[EFerrari]

6. This is why Nancy won't have a town hall meeting here. n/t

[rodeodance]

7. NEEDS a 5th REC

[motocicleta]

9. Why the hell didn't Earl stand up?

You better get your ass up or you'll be gone, smiling boy. Mark my words. Multnomah ain't gonna stand for no mincing around concerning *. You're either with the Americans or you're with the criminals.