{"id":5371,"date":"2008-06-06T12:17:45","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T18:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2018-05-21T14:10:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T20:10:20","slug":"impeachment-poem-by-robert-leslie-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/impeachment-poem-by-robert-leslie-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment Poem by Robert Leslie Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High Crimes and Misdemeanors<br \/>\nby Robert Leslie Palmer<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>I<\/b>s it not time to take a stand,<br \/>\nAnd from George Bush the truth demand?<\/p>\n<p><b>M<\/b>angled corpses litter Iraq,<br \/>\nA charge their mortal words do pack.<\/p>\n<p><b>P<\/b>ronounced by dying lips these pleas:<br \/>\nThere are and were no WMDs!<\/p>\n<p><b>E<\/b>vil lies did start this war,<br \/>\nAnd send our troops to foreign shore.<\/p>\n<p><b>A<\/b>nd now we know for what we toil:<br \/>\nIt is no less than desert oil!<\/p>\n<p><b>C<\/b>ongress also fails us now,<br \/>\nDaring not discharge its sacred vow.<\/p>\n<p><b>H<\/b>alliburton&#8217;s dollars made their way,<br \/>\nLeading not just George and Dick astray,<\/p>\n<p><b>B<\/b>ut also Congress as a whole,<br \/>\nFor campaigns funded by its bankroll.<\/p>\n<p><b>U<\/b>nless we shout our discontent,<br \/>\nThey will assume our mass assent.<\/p>\n<p><b>S<\/b>end them letters, send them mail,<br \/>\nTell them that we will prevail.<\/p>\n<p><b>H<\/b>istory bids us take command<br \/>\nAnd from our leaders this demand:<\/p>\n<p><b>N<\/b>ever falsely start a bloody war,<br \/>\nOr you will hear the people roar.<\/p>\n<p><b>O<\/b>n the Bible you swore that you&#8217;d defend<br \/>\nOur Constitution from those who would offend.<\/p>\n<p><b>W<\/b>ell, now&#8217;s the time to carry through<br \/>\nAnd bid George Bush a cold adieu!<\/p>\n<p>Robert Leslie Palmer is a Birmingham, Alabama attorney and a member of the law firm, Environmental Litigation Group, P.C. He received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Tulane University in 1979 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1982, and he is the founder and president of the Alabama Legal Reform Foundation. In addition to being the President of the Birmingham chapter of the Christian Legal Society, he is also a life member of the VFW and served in the United States Army JAG Corps from January 1983 through January 1987, first with the Eighth Army in Seoul, Korea and then with the First Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He may be contacted by e-mail to WaveHoya@charter.net<\/p>\n<p>(Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Crimes and Misdemeanors by Robert Leslie Palmer Is it not time to take a stand, And from George Bush the truth demand? Mangled corpses litter Iraq, A charge their mortal words do pack. Pronounced by dying lips these pleas: There are and were no WMDs! 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