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PAUL GAUVIN PHOTO TAKING A TURN ON IMPEACHMENT - David Agnew of Chatham speaks at last Friday's forum on impeaching President Bush.Jim Gould of Cotuit waits his turn. By Paul Gauvin pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com It was billed as a debate on impeachment but strayed into beating around the political Bush as two Cape columnists and two can- didates for state and federal offices squared off in a half-full Tilden auditorium at Cape Cod Community College last Friday. If that quartet had to decide whether to impeach President George Bush,it wouldn't happen for diverse motives clearly articu- lated by the debaters. Francis Broadhurst , a self-proclaimed "token conservative " pundit for the Cape Cod Times and steadfast Bush apologist, was booed on a few occasions for his "my president right or wrong" defense of the administration - but was applauded for delivering it. Independent candidat e Peter White of Yarmouth, seeking to oust U.S.Rep.William Delahunt , 10th District, was unforgiving in unequivocally driving for Bush's impeach- ment and roundly blasting Delahunt in particular and Congressional Democrats in general for failing to try to do so. The applause for his fightin' words was enthu- siastic, indicating anti-Bush sentiment in the audience. White and Broadhurst represented clear pro and con argumentswhilelocal educator and Cape Cod Times columnist Lawrence Brownand secretary of state candidate John Bonifaz, both Democrats, offered nuanced perceptions of what is a complex political and evidentiary process. Brown's pragmatic approach noted that "my first objection to impeaching Bush/ Cheney now - is that it is impossible" be- cause Republicans control both chambers of Congress and wouldn't allow it unless they wanted it. To preface his talk, Brown, an interfaith minister, asked the audience, "Could I ask you to join me in prayer?" Before he could finish came several emphatic "no"response from the audience - but he completed the entreaty anyway. Sounding sometimes as though he were giving a pep talk at a Democratic conven- tion, Brown said. "The Democrats have only so much ammunition - so much time at the microphone. We should not spend our resources in what could only be called a gesture,"albeit Brownisconvinced impeach- able offenses exist. "We need to struggle for objectives that can actually be met." On the other hand, Bonifaz, a lawyer and Harvard graduatelivinginBoston,isn't satis- fiedimpeachment allegations are sufficiently vetted and therefore opted to support a "resolution of inquiry" (House 635,636,637) filed by Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan, Democratic leader of the House Judiciary Committee, that calls for the creation of a select panel "to make recommendations, if warranted , regarding grounds for possible impeachment and the censure of President Bush and Vice-presi- dent Cheney." Bonifaz laid out four areas of inquiry that included Bush going to war by having Congress "somehow" delegate its authority to the president , whether he lied about his reasons for going to war, whether torture was condoned from the top down and the domestic spying "scandal." Broadhurst countered that "Truman, JFK and LBJ" also went to war in the absence of Constitutional declarations. "Should they have been impeached?" he asked. But when he read a story culled from the Internet claiming WMDs had been found in Iraq, the disbelief in the audience was palpable. Cynthia Stead , civic service dynamo, Republican State Committeewoman and former aide to ex-state Rep. Tom George of Yarmouth, said during a turn at an open mike session that if Congress abdicated its war-makingpowers to the President , then it is the Congress that should be impeached. By debate's end, only White would have voted for immediate impeachment, despite the fact that Republican Bush had only one on-stage defender. CONTINUED ON PAGE A:14 Bush escapes Cape forum impeachment Strong support of large family gives him strength By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT - State Rep. Demetrius Atsalis addresses the audience at his re-election campaign's kickoff at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis Monday. Hisdad wasworkingthe door, pasting campaign stickers on jackets as supporters arrived at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis Monday, His mother was smiling and chatting with friends , and his brothers were circulating. His children and wife were nearby. It wastime to commence an- other Atsalis famUy campaign for state representative. The center of this dedica- tion, four-time rep Demetrius Atsalis,looked rather formalin his suit and tie, more man-on- the-wedding-cake than rough- and-tumble old pol. But don't count Atsalis as passive in a year when his Re- publican opponent,WillCrock- er, is questioning the integrity of members of the Legislature in which Atsalis serves. "Everyone knowsI've got the integrity," the representative told his supporters . "I've got my father and brothers to set me straight." "He started off young at this profession,"father John Atsalis said whilehe took abreakfrom sticker-plantingduties."Ithink he's a natural." John Atsalisran for the same seat in the 1960s, against the formidable Republican Jerry Bowles."Hetrimmedmepretty good," he recalled. That experience gives him somequalificationtosumuphis son'sprogress since 1998."He's matured greatly,"he said. That sounds right to Dave and Olive Chase, old friends of the family and loyal backers of Atsalis. "He's his own man," Olive said of the representative. "He has his own positions. As (House) leadership changes, he stays." For his part, Atsalis spoke of bringinghome many variet- ies of bacon, including funds for the museum in which he stood Monday night. Other ac- complishments cited included moneyforthe JFKHyannisMu- seum and statue, Main Street upgrades, field improvements for the Hyannis Mets, and the coming Hyannis Youth and Community Center. One of Atsalis's sponsored bills, to extend investigator's abilitytoresearchunsubstanti- ated reportsofelder abusefrom three months to three years, just passedtheHouse,Hespoke also of continuing the state's work asabiotechnology center. "We took pohtics out of it, our religiousbeliefs,"he said of ap- provalofnewtechnologies."We stepped up to the plate." Atsalis said he would be will- ing to roll back state income taxes to 5 percent, as a large majority of voters demanded yearsagoinareferendum,when eight consecutive quarters of growth are reported. "We've had five," he said. 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