Top California Democrat seeks vote on Iraq war (in ballot measure)

[Rose Siding]

Source: Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's top Democratic legislator called on Thursday for voters to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in a ballot measure for the state's 2008 presidential primary election.

"We do not have to be on the streets of Berkeley or on the streets of Oakland," state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata said. "We can now use the ballot box."

During the Vietnam War, both Northern Californian cities hosted frequent anti-war demonstrations, but with students today not threatened by a draft as they were in the 1960s, the Iraq war has not sparked the same level of public response.
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"With the possible exception of George Bush, we all know it's time to go," said Perata. "If the biggest state in the nation says 'end the war now,' maybe it will start to sink in."

Read more: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2007-04-05T234717Z_01_N05205558_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-CALIFORNIA.xml

[underpants]

1. Good for them-it is amazing what happens with an involved governing process

and lord knows California has that.

:patriot:

[Rose Siding]

2. Yeah, I'm loving this

:D