Future speaker's district actually voted to remove Bush and Cheney
WASHINGTON – While future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted before the election she would not support impeachment hearings, she will actually be rejecting her constituency's demands if she stays true to that campaign promise.
In fact, on Election Day, Pelosi herself had a chance to vote for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney in San Francisco.
On the ballot last Tuesday in San Francisco was Proposition J calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. It passed with more than 59 percent of the vote. In neighboring Berkeley, a similar measure passed with nearly 70 percent of the vote.
Of course, if both Bush and Cheney were impeached, convicted and removed from office the Congress, Pelosi would be next in line for the presidency.
A coalition of groups rallied in Philadelphia yesterday to announce plans for a national movement for impeachment. Former Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, a key player in the Watergate investigation, and Pentagon whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg both addressed the rally.
The coalition includes the Progressive Democrats of America, CodePink and Gold Star Families for Peace and Veterans for Peace.
Asked in her first press conference after the election if she had changed her mind about impeachment, Pelosi had this to say: "Democrats are not about getting even. Democrats are about helping the American people get ahead. And that's what our agenda is about. So while some people are excited about prospects that they have, in terms of their priorities, they are not our priorities. I have said, and I say again, that impeachment is off the table."
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What do you think? Do you think Pelosi should demand impeacnhment for the President? And what do you think Pelosi first agenda should be?
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