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# The elephant has run amuck
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/the-elephant-has-run-amuck-editor/
- Published: 2006-10-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:35:01.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Christie Mellor Los Angeles*

The Bush administration has been slowly and systematically dismantling the U.S. Constitution, trampling on the constitutional rights of all American citizens. If lying about a sexual liaison was enough to impeach President Clinton, then surely there is enough to impeach Bush and Cheney a hundred times over. Please stand up for us! This madness has to be stopped.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 10, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)