Impeach the Dane County Board!

Does anyone in the Green Bay-Fox Cities area give a flying HOOT about what the Dane County Board votes on?

Why was their vote to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney on Green Bay news last night?

MADISON, Wis. -- The Dane County Board of Supervisors passed a controversial resolution early Friday morning to ask Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

The resolution was approved by a 20-3 margin with two board members abstaining and 12 others were absent. The vote took place after 1 a.m. and many board members had left, WISC-TV reported.

Earlier in the evening as the board took up the resolution and others, supporters of the measure held a rally outside. Some wore armbands to show solidarity for impeachment. Impeachment supporters wore the color orange, and organizers said that the demonstration was part of the new "orange for change" movement going on across the nation.

The Impeachment Coalition of Dane County organized a mock funeral at the rally, complete with caskets labeled "Democracy" and "The Constitution." Organizers said that while they support the resolution, they're pushing more for accountability than actual impeachment.

"In the overall scheme of things, the vote isn't all that important," said rally organizer Dennis Coyier of the Impeachment Coalition of Dane County. "What's important is that we're here showing solidarity. We want to take our country back and bring it back to what it was, the principles we founded it upon, which are being destroyed."

Thoughts: Has anyone ever heard of this "orange for change" theme?

Let's hold a mock funeral for patriotism and freedom, how about that?
No, Dennis, your vote wasn't important at all. The fact that it took place after 1:00 am shows how pathetic it was, that members of the council left before weighing in because they knew how insignificant the vote would be and were probably disappointed that you would even waste their time on something so trivial.

Lonny Raymond, of Stoughton, said that he opposes the resolution.

"I'm pretty much totally against it, because we did re-elect him as a president," Raymond said.

Jennie Lien, of Stoughton, said she thought the vote was a waste of time.

"I think they should forget about it. They should have forgotten about it when it started, because there are more important things for the people of this county to think about," Lien said. "I think it should just go by the wayside, but they're going to do what they want to do anyway."

We did re-elect him. His numbers will rebound, just you watch. And thank you for some common sense, Ms. Lien. It is sad the Dane County Board is known as a body that is going to do what they want and act politically against our nation's leaders, despite the more important things the people of Dane County could think about.