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Berkeley City Council votes to support censure of President Bush
President Bush can breathe a little easier today, assuming he cares what Berkeley thinks: The City Council voted not to ask Congress to impeach him and Vice President Cheney. Instead, it settled for requesting a milder sanction: formal censure.
"I abhor the man," said Mayor Tom Bates, who was on the prevailing side. "He's easily been the worst president in my lifetime. But how do you expect a Republican congress to seriously address impeachment? If we go ahead with this, they'll just say, 'Look at what those crazy people in Berkeley did!' It will be a farce."
But Councilwoman Dona Spring held out for impeachment.
"Bush was never elected; he took over in a coup," she said to boisterous applause from the overwhelmingly pro-impeachment audience. "He should be put in jail."
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But Councilwoman Dona Spring held out for impeachment.
"Bush was never elected; he took over in a coup," she said to boisterous applause from the overwhelmingly pro-impeachment audience. "He should be put in jail."
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http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/counties/alameda_county/cities_neighborhoods/berkeley/8168682.htm
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