My friend Sean Walsh has a personal boycott against the city of Berkeley.  He won’t shop or eat in Berkeley, refusing to have any of his hard-earned dollars go to that insane city government.

After the Berkeley City Council’s vote yesterday, I may have to join his boycott.  The City Council unanimously voted to put a measure on the ballot in November that allows Berkeley voters to vote on impeaching President Bush.  Of course, the vote is meaningless and cost city taxpayers $10,000, but that didn’t deter the committed leftists on the Berkeley City Council.  It’s no surprise that Cindy Sheehan was there urging the City Council on in their wackiness.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the ballot measure charges that the Bush administration violated the Constitution with illegal domestic spying, justified the war with fraudulent claims and illegally tortured citizens.

Berkeley is filled with people who all agree with each other–5 percent of the city’s voters are registered Republicans.  Several  years ago, the Chronicle ran a series on neighborhoods in Berkeley. According to the story, Republicans are rare in the Elmwood District (one of Berkeley‘s most expensive neighborhoods). One lady, who grew up in Elmwood and now lives next door to her childhood home, told the Chronicle reporter, "I don’t think I know any."

I’m sure that the president will not lose any sleep over the Berkeley election.  But his political folks should not be surprised when other lefty cities, like Santa Cruz and Santa Monica, follow Berkeley‘s lead. 

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 29th, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.