blueoregon.com — John Frohnmayer (I-OR) may have just declared his candidacy for the US Senate yesterday, but he’s come out with guns a’ blazing. The independent candidate has already made news by calling for President Bush’s impeachment.
From the Register-Guard:
Frohnmayer, a Corvallis resident, said in his prepared speech text that it’s time to put Bush on trial in Congress for his “constitutional abuse.” Specifically, Frohnmayer said the president should be impeached because he has issued more than 1,100 “signing statements” in which he proclaims, while signing legislation, how his administration will interpret and apply the resulting laws.
“In defiance of the Constitution, President Bush has signed laws and then said he won’t enforce them, or that he will take on himself the judicial function of interpreting them. … We must respond to this constitutional demolition. If he is not impeached, the same constitutional abuse is available to the next administration.”
Among the four declared candidates for the Senate, Frohnmayer is the only one to call for Bush’s impeachment. Democrats Steve Novick and Jeff Merkley have not done so, although spokesmen for both candidates said they think the option should remain on the table.
Smith has not considered impeachment as an option, spokesman R.C. Hammond said.
John has posted a video to YouTube that articulates the rationale for impeachment:
View it here.