The Middletown Press — The city Democratic Committee unanimously passed a resolution calling for he impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in an effort to make a statement that Bush has committed serious enough crimes to be removed from office, said Councilman Gerald Daley.

While the resolution won’t actually result in the president’s impeachment, Daley said he hopes it will make a statement that will influence not only city residents, but future decisions made by the congressional delegation on a national level.

“This is intended to bring awareness among the public as well as our congressional delegation,” Daley said. “There was a vote in the senate yesterday that would require that deployments in Iraq be no longer than the respites between tours and it fell short by four votes.”

“Joe Lieberman was one of the votes. Maybe this will make him think twice about doing something like that the next time a similar vote comes up. People have to get engaged in this – the future is at stake here.”

The only other councilman in attendance, Robert Santangelo, said the resolution shows that “people are not pleased with the way things are being done.”

Santangelo applauded Daley for bringing the resolution forward, adding that this resolution gives the Democrats a voice and that the Democratic Committee has not been vocal enough in the past.

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