Activists say memo should prompt impeachment talk

[sabra]

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http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/06172005/world/48026.htm

Activists say memo should prompt impeachment talk

By Ruby L. Bailey and Ely Portillo
Knight Ridder Newspapers


WASHINGTON - A hearing Thursday on a secret British intelligence memo that said President Bush was committed to waging war on Iraq months before he said so publicly ended with a request for Congress to open an inquiry into whether Bush should be impeached for misleading the nation.
"All we’re asking is to know the truth," said John Bonifaz, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org. "Some of his supporters want to say it’s a question of failed intelligence. If that’s all it was, so be it."

But if not, said Bonifaz, "then the American people and the U.S. Congress deserve to know."

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Several hundred supporters of a full investigation into the memo gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House late Thursday afternoon. It was organized by Code Pink and Progressive Democrats of America.

Protesters held signs reading "Bush Lied, Innocents Died," "We Impeached Clinton For Lying" and "Impeach for Peace."

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[rodeodance]

1. also 6 members of Freerepublic showed up as a counter-protest.

.....Six members of the D.C. chapter of Freerepublic.com held a small counter-protest in support of Bush’s policies. They brought an Iraqi expatriate, Nofel al Jazairi, who stood solemnly and held a sign reading "Saddam Lied, Millions Died."

Organizer Kristin Taylor said the Downing Street memo is "much ado about nothing."

"I think President Bush stands on the side of freedom and democracy, and I think he did the right thing for the Iraqi people and the American people and the world by taking the fight to the terrorists in Iraq," Taylor said........

[Barrett808]

6. Ah, the end justifies the means

I remember some old Cold War propaganda from when I was a kid: "The Soviets will tell you that the end justifies the means," with animation showing a giant red fist smashing houses and churches.

[rodeodance]

2. here conyers group are "activists"-& the nyt. called them anti-war.

i think it is way to be dismissive.

[Independent_Liberal]

3. The "I" word is getting thrown around a lot...

Don't worry about the naysayers. Let them see it for themselves.

[Journeyman]

4. Nine paragraphs before Conyers was mentioned. . .

Instead, we're told it was Code Pink and Progressive Democrats of America who organized it all. Yet another attempt to marginalize the issue by downplaying its official sponsorship.

[Kikosexy2]

5. We must push...

for impeachment and push hard!!