San Francisco leaders call for Bush's impeachment

Courtesy of Yahoo News:

San Francisco's elected leaders passed a resolution calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, local officials said.

Members of the city's board of supervisors accused Bush and Cheney of tricking the country into war, sanctioning torture, spying on citizens and bungling the response to Hurricane Katrina.

The resolution asked the US Congress to conduct a complete investigation of the administration's purported transgressions and hold offenders accountable with criminal prosecution or impeachment.

California state Democratic leaders should make the mission a top priority and use rallies, petitions, letter-writing, door-to-door campaigns and whatever other legitimate tactics are necessary, the resolution said.

The resolution passed with a 7-3 vote and was not binding on the state's representatives in Congress.

The stance was expected to do more to reinforce San Francisco's reputation as an offbeat liberal stronghold than to threaten Bush's hold on the presidency.

I don't get that last sentence. What is so offbeat about wanting to impeach a president who's responsible for the deaths of over 2000 american troops as well as the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent iraqis? This is a president who's administraton approved of the use of torture and has admitted to breaking the law by illegally spying on US citizens. Why the press is still shilling for this guy is beyond me. If the Democrats had a spine and there were honest Republicans there would already be impeachment proceedings. Leaders of every major city in every state should be calling for the impeachment of this president. This really pisses me off. I hope the Democrats take back both houses of Congress so they can start impeachment proceeding the second they're sworn in or at least start issuing the subpoenas.