Nader: Impeach Bush

"Independent" White House wannabe Ralph Nader is fulfilling his promise to John Kerry to be a "second front" against President Bush. He is calling (again) for impeachment.

"When you plunge our country into war on a platform of fabrications and deceptions, and you bring back thousands of American soldiers who are sick, injured or dead, and that war is unconstitutionally authorized to begin with, Mr. Bush's behavior qualifies for the high crimes and misdemeanor impeachment clause of the Constitution," Nader said yesterday to applause from about 200 students at Columbia College Chicago.

Nader said Bill Clinton was impeached for "far less of an offense."

"Lying under oath is not a trivial offense, but it cannot compare with deceiving the American people night after night after night on national television, staging untruths and rejecting the advice of his advisers," he said.

Nader was in town to try to gather the 25,000 signatures he needs before June 21 to qualify for Illinois' ballot. He failed Monday to collect the mere 1,000 signatures required to qualify for Oregon's ballot.

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