July 11, 2007 - HCDCC voted to endorse Bob Service and Patrick Riggs
(our reps to the State Exec. Boardd) to support this resolution at 
the State Exec. Meeting on July 14-15.

CENSURE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY

Whereas, the United States Congress is empowered by our
Constitution to declare war, to raise and support Armies and a Navy,
and to "make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and
naval forces", and the President is likewise made responsible in the
Constitution to serve as "Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of
the United States and of the Militia of the several states when
called" into service, and to carry out in that office the rules
established by Congress; and

Whereas, the performance of George W. Bush acting as the Commander-
in-Chief of the Armed Forces has been derelict in the extreme,
endangering the lives of our soldiers through a reckless and
militaristic foreign policy; through inattention to training; by not
providing adequate material and supplies; by engaging an invented
enemy with insufficient force and without a policy to complete the
task; and, through failing to use diplomatic means to lessen the
plight of the Armed Forces; and

Whereas the Armed Forces are now weakened, under-equipped, deployed
in grave danger without sufficient support, held to an objective and
task that is impossible to complete, and are being held there without
relief.

Therefore be it resolved that the California Democratic Party
petitions our Senators and the California Democratic Caucus in the
House to submit a resolution of censure against George W. Bush,
President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces, based on his dereliction of duty in enforcing the long-
standing rules established by Congress for the raising, maintenance,
and employment of the Armed Forces, and that the text and intent of
such resolution of censure be largely as stated here:
"Resolved, that the United States Congress does hereby censure
George W. Bush, President of the United States, and does condemn his
improper decisions:

· to wage unending war on an indefinable enemy and without a
military objective

· to send the Armed Forces into harm's way in insufficient
numbers and with deficient and inadequate defensive materiel

· to hold those forces in battle posture at the heart of a
foreign nation's civil war

· to return exhausted soldiers and units to the battle with
insufficient rest, retraining, and rearming

· to allow the physically and mentally wounded to languish
with insufficient benefits and services; and,

· to allow the families, widows and orphans of those Armed
Forces to go without adequate support;  thus constituting a gross
dereliction of his Constitutional duty, presenting a right subject
for condemnation by all Americans, and for censure by the Congress of
the United States."

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