Jeff Inglis at the Portland Phoenix About Town blog has published "Tom Allen's Bill of Wrongs", a list of grievances expressed by advocates of impeaching President Bush, some of whom were escorted by police out of Allen's Portland offices in recent weeks:

A BILL OF WRONGS

for Congressman Tom Allen

You acknowledge that "impeachable offenses" have been committed by Bush & Cheney, but you refuse to sign on to HR 333 or to take a leadership position for impeachment.

You say "I know what my oath of office is", but you refuse to act upon your legal obligation "to protect the Constitution" from both foreign and domestic threats.

You have avoided meeting with your 1st Congressional District constituents to have open discussions about the most important issues of the decade: the Iraq war and the incompetent Bush administration.

You have chosen pragmatic politics over listening to Mainers, who care more about precedents, ethics, morality, and the multiple tragedies associated with war than they do about individuals' political careers.

You have misjudged your constituents to such a great extent that you will have only yourself to blame when you lose the 2008 Senate election.

"Dirigo" is our state motto, but wherever you think you are leading, it is not working. Your people recognize superficiality. We are not with you.

1st Congressional District Affinity Group for Impeachment
13 November 2007