“My odyssey simply is: I’ve been a registered Republican for in excess of thirty years and I think the Party’s been hijacked by the policies of George Bush! I think a president should be smarter than I am.

“This is my first demonstration. I felt strongly enough to come. What I hope will happen is that the Democrats and Republicans with a mindset similar to mine get people to change their minds about the direction this country is taking. Remember, Clinton was impeached for a lot less. I saw a sign that said, ‘Clinton lied, no one died,’ and that just about sums it up.

— Cathy Hickling, a financial consultant from Maryland, who carried a sign that read, “Republicans for impeachment,” at the antiwar rally in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2005

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