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SIOUX FALLS - Members of the Minnehaha Couny Democratic Forum recently passed a resolution calling on Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against Pres. George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for undermining constitutional protections of Anerican citizens..--------Clark Butler , the organizations publicity chairman said Bush and Cheney have used the war on terror as an excuse to remove citizens' rights and to grab power away from other branches of Government.---------"The war on terror hasn't stopped its' primary target Osama Bin Laden, but it has been exploited as a phony excuse to invade and occupy Iraq, to remove fundamental rights of American citizens and to shove aside the authority of the U..S. Congress and the justice system." Butler said. " Bush and Cheney have been working diligently to destroy the system of checks and balances by exploiting the tragedy of 9/11 to justify their deeds and to question the patriotism of Americans who want to protect our nation from a growing tyranny."----------"The original patriots of 1776 didn't separate from King George III to build another tyranny. They built this nations' government on the premise of three independant branches of government to prevent the abuse of its citizens from one branch overreaching its authority. It's time modern American patriots work to use the process of impeachment to end the abuse of power by Bush and Cheney".---------Butler said members of the Forum were inspired by journalist / author Bill Moyer whose recent Public Broadcasting Systems' program on impeachment described the history and use of the impeachment process to control the abuse of the executive branch of government.
Butler said that if congress fails to use its' powers to impeach Bush and Cheney , their silence will imply consent to further erosions of protections against the abuse of power by future presidents.---------Tyrranny is tyranny, and many of us fought in WWII to prevent a tyranny from usurping our Democracy from the outside Butler said.. "This time , the threat is from within and it is coming from the president and vice president of our nation. They have exploited the single geatest attack on American soil to invade and occupy a nation that had nothing to do with that attack and they are working against fundamental protections of liberty to expedite their political agenda to grab power and expand their control.--- --------"The U.S. Congress has one major tool to restore the checks and
balances that are being overun by this administration, and we believe it
is time they did their job accordingly''----------------CLARK BUTLER,
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DEMOCRAT FORUM RESOLUTION-------------------------------------We the members of the Minnehaha Democratic Forum in regular meeting this July 20 , 2007 .-------(1) Have become alarmed and fearful by the usurption of power by the executive branch of our government.----(2) That we recognize a threat to take from the people of our Republic the precious rights embedded in our constitution.----(3) That we are reminded that the founding fathers had experienced the evils of tyranny.----(4) That
they recognized the human temptation to place one individual or a small group in control of all other citizens.----(5) That they were successful in creating a system of checks and balances by dividing power into three branches with the ability and the duty to prevent the rise of kings and monarchs and their inevitable tyranny.----(6) That the checks on executive power include the ability and duty of he legislature to impeach a president and vice president who have demonstrated contempt for limitations and the division of powers and the rights of the citizens.----(7) That unchecked power will carry over to suceeding presidents and eventually destroy our government.-----------------------
-----------Wherefore we join in urging congress to charge George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and to commence their impeachment and to pursue these efforts until a balance has been restored and they change their ways or they are ousted.------------THIS RESOLUTION PASSED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT.
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