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Make McCain Choose

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By David Swanson

What if Senator John McCain were forced to choose an extremely and increasingly unpopular position and stand by it for months as it became less and less popular?

No, I don’t mean his support for a permanent occupation of Iraq. Nobody forced him to take that position, and Senator Barack Obama is not exactly taking optimal advantage of it. Were Obama opposing the occupation, committing to filibuster further funding, promising to prosecute the architects of the war, devoting read more

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US Senate Candidate to Discuss Impeachment and Indictment on Radio

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US Senate candidate from Maine Laurie Dobson will be my guest for an hour and we’ll be taking your calls. Dobson is working to indict Bush and Cheney in Kennebunkport, Maine. She’s made restoration of the Constitution central to her senate campaign. Join us Wednesday March 12th 8-9 p.m. ET at http://thepeoplespeakradio.net

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Video Indictment and Audio Impeachment

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VIDEO: Rally Preceding Vote in Vermont to Indict Bush and Cheney

Watch this video: http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/31652

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AUDIO: Liz Holtzman, David Swanson, Marjorie Cohn, and Callers on Impeachment

“All About Impeachment” — Two hours on The Mark Weaver Show on Florida Progressive internet Radio

Special guests are:

Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman of the House Judiciary committee that impeached Nixon, talking about how the charges and politics are different this time around

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Somebody Is Insane Here

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By David Swanson

First John Lewis tells us that choosing between Clinton and Obama was harder than walking across the Edmund Pettis Bridge and getting his head beaten in.

Now John Dean lets us know that the Clinton and Obama contest is the greatest drama in history.

A Yale law professor is promoting the argument that there are only a few months left until one of them is president.

Excuse me, but my calculator must be broken. There would seem in my apparent madness to be nearly a year left before read more

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General to Say Withdraw from Iraq

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March 17th, 8-9 p.m. ET

Listen to General William Odom discuss the need to withdraw from Iraq on http://thepeoplespeakradio.net

This will be a live interview with host David Swanson, who will be taking calls from listeners. The conversation will cover both Iraq and warrantless spying.

William Eldridge Odom (born June 23, 1932) is a retired U.S. Army 3-star general, and former Director of the NSA under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31 year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing read more

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Five Years Too Many in Iraq FILM FESTIVAL

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http://charlottesvillepeace.org/filmfest

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Join us on March 13-16 for a film festival marking five years of occupying Iraq. Discussions will follow each film.

The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, OFFSCREEN, and University Democrats, are sponsoring. The film screenings will all be free and open to the public. The sponsors encourage everyone to come, regardless of their opinions on the Iraq occupation or political affiliations.

WHERE: Kaleidoscope Room in Newcomb read more

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Vermont Towns Vote to Indict Bush and Cheney

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By David Swanson

Brattleboro, Vt., voted today in support of a measure calling on the town’s police force to arrest and indict Bush and Cheney. The vote was 2012-1795.

Marlboro, Vt., passed a similar measure at its town meeting today at which the vote to indict Bush and Cheney was 43-25-3. That’s 43 in favor and 3 abstaining. Thus Marlboro beat Brattleboro to it by a few hours. In Brattleboro, the indictment question was on the primary ballots for both parties.

Here’s a kit for read more

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