Vermont Dems Vote on Impeachment

Morgan Brown just sent this over:

The Democratic State Committee on Saturday voted tourge the U.S. Congress to begin impeachment proceedings againstPresident Bush, but decided against asking the Vermont Legislature tojoin that call.

Margaret Lucenti, a committee member from Montpelier, said thepresident had misled the country into war, conducted illegalelectronic spying on Americans and violated international torturetreaties."I would hope that any one of these infractions would bring theadministration down... We need to restore accountability in ourfederal government," she said.

"I would hope that any one of these infractions would bring theadministration down... We need to restore accountability in ourfederal government," she said.

Adoption of the resolution calling for impeachment proceedings makesVermont's the fifth state Democratic party committee to take suchaction, following New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin,state party officials said.