Clarke Speaks Up For Impeachment, Weiner And Nadler Advocate Letting Cheney & Bush Off Hook

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Clarke Speaks Up for Impeachment, Weiner and Nadler Advocate Letting Cheney and Bush off the Hook

Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2007-11-25 01:17. Congress | Impeachment
Voters turn up heat on Dems - Calls for end to war, impeachment of prez fly at town hall
By Matthew Wolfe, Kings Courier

Residents lined up to ask questions of Representatives Nadler, Clarke, and Weiner at a Town Hall meeting held in Park Slope's Old Church. Brooklyn residents lashed out at local congressman over their inability to end the war in Iraq at a Park Slope meeting recently.

What was billed as a town hall discussion on why the US was still in Iraq and the best way of getting out quickly turned heated, Brooklyn Representatives Anthony Weiner, Yvette Clarke and Jerrold Nadler withstood over two hours of sometimes hostile questions about the ongoing war in an event sponsored by the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats at Old First Church.

All representatives spoke forcefully against the war and advocated a quick withdrawal from the country. In opening remarks, Rep. Nadler called the U.S. presence in the country “stupid” and said that the threat of Al Queda in Iraq was greatly exaggerated.

“Al Queda is not a problem,” said Nadler. “If we left tomorrow, the Sunnis and the Shiites would fight each other to see who could eliminate Al Queda first,” comments which reflected recent analysis suggesting that the terrorist group enjoys little popular support in the country.

Rep. Clarke expressed frustration at the inability of the Democratic majority to withdraw, saying that a number of newly elected members of Congress were concerned about maintaining their seats.

“Sometimes you feel like you’ve been stabbed in the back by one of your own,” Rep. Clarke said. Rep. Clarke drew cheers when she suggested that impeachment proceedings were in order.

A woman held up a sign which read in red block letters “IMPEACH.”

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