crossposted at five before chaos.

As a contrast to the droolin’ fools who write the editorial page at the Caledonian Record, the Brattleboro Reformer came out with both guns ‘a blazin’ today: stating the obvious, that Bush is the worst president ever. And they’re not letting any of the the players in Vermont off of the hook, either:

History will not look kindly on House Speaker Gaye Symington for her insistence that her chamber must focus on “important matters” and that the House “does not have the time” to deal with impeachment.

History will not look kindly on Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, who has talked loudly about impeaching Bush and Cheney, but won’t pursue the issue as long Symington says no.

History will not look kindly on Sen. Bernard Sanders, and his successor in the House, Peter Welch, as well as Sen. Patrick Leahy, for treating impeachment as if it were a barrel of toxic waste. Short-term political considerations apparently are more important than the Constitution, which they took an oath to uphold and defend.

Hear, hear! And of course, the editorial ends with the important question still as of yet unresolved:

Does Vermont want to go down in the history books as standing up to the worst president ever? We, the people of Vermont, have the chance to affect the outcome of this story. We must seize this opportunity.