Saturday afternoon during their annual State Convention at the Park Plaza in downtown Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the Democratic Party
of Wisconsin adopted the following resolution:
- CALLING ON THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO INITIATE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH, VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY
AND DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
- WHEREAS, the Downing Street Memo shows that Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld began planning and executing the war on Iraq before
seeking Congressional and UN approval;
- WHEREAS, UN weapons inspectors showed prior to the invasion that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq;
and
- WHEREAS, there is further mounting evidence that the Administration lied or misled about "mushroom clouds," "connections
to 9/11," and "war as a last resort" as they sought UN, Congressional, and public approvals;
- THEREFORE, RESOLVED, the DPW asks Congress to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush, Vice
President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld.
The resolution alledges that the Bush administration "lied or misled" Congress and the American people concerning the
justification for the war. The "Downing Street memo" and reports from U.N. weapons inspectors are mentioned as evidence of
deception.
Newly elected state party Chairman Joe Wineke said;"Democrats, not only in Wisconsin but throughout the U.S., have been
outraged by what we believe has been a clear cover-up of why the U.S. went into Iraq." and that the resolution expresses "the
sense of frustration that Democrats in Wisconsin have over fighting a war for the wrong reasons."
Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor does not think the resolution will be successful and said that
even if the House of Representatives began impeachment proceedings against the president and vice president,"I don't think you
can impeach the secretary of defense".
Source: Wikinews
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