The Reno Gazette Journal reports on Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) announcement that he intends to file Articles of Impeachment very shortly against George W. Bush…
The BRAD BLOG can confirm recent efforts by Kucinich’s office to prepare such a document. We cannot yet confirm when it will be filed in the U.S. House, but we’re told it may be quite soon.
In the meantime, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) demonstrated that he understands both the U.S. Constitution and American politics, by offering this lesson to his fellow Democrats at a speech last week in Florida. (RAW STORY has the short video):
Wexler said that impeachment hearings weren’t just an option available to Congress, but a requirement.
“This administration has abused its power in office…and it is the obligation — not discretionary — but it is the obligation of this Congress to investigate,” he said. “And that’s what I and some of my colleagues are beginning to call for.”
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“If we want to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power, we need to become more popular. If we want to avoid a traumatic split between Sunnis and Shiites that endangers further our national security, we need to become more popular…If we want to engage with the Chinese in a more beneficial way, we need to become more popular.”
“Let me tell you one more thing those impeachment hearings will do,” he concluded. “It’ll make America more popular.”
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“I urge the Judiciary Committee to schedule impeachment hearings immediately and not let this issue languish as it has over the last six months,” Wexler stated at the time. “Only through hearings can we begin to correct the abuses of Dick Cheney and the Bush Administration; and, if it is determined in these hearings that Vice President Cheney has committed High Crimes and Misdemeanors, he should be impeached and removed from office.”
Wexler is, of course, correct on all points.
Lets see … impeach preznit blush … and presto chango we have preznit Cheney … uh oh …
I love the fact that Kucinich is not a member of CFR and the only one with the balls to pursue Rummy, Cheney, and Bush, but…
Can anyone explain why Kucinich voted for this bill that was rammed through the house in 5 days with no debate?
here is the bill:
HR 847:Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith
Thank you, Kucinich …
Impeachment: An Apology the World Will No Doubt Understand
by Doug Soderstrom, Ph.D.
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0512-28.htm
I wholeheartedly agree. With one exception…
He’s using the word “popular” to describe our perception in the world.
I could care less if we’re perceived as popular, this aint a contest here.
We don’t need to be popular in the world.
What we need is integrity.
Wexler hurts his own important message using this word.
He’ll be vilified in public by the Neocons for implying we’re in some sort of popularity contest.
High crimes and misdemeanors, you say?
Italian Niger Yellow cake memo and the Pentagon (Cheney/Wolfowitz/Perl/Feith) “Office of Special Plans”.
http://nuralcubicle.blogspot.co...rk-of-cia.html
Let’s Add Treason Too Wexler for Destroying Brewster-Jennings. High Crimes and Misdemeanors aint the half of it. Treason the Numero Uno reason to impeach…and they are guilty. Not to mention they are Domestic terroists visa vis their fear mongering and scare tactics intended to threaten and intimidate the public and the government. Patriot Act…Get ’em with their own laws and definitions.
Dennis Kucinich – The Anti-Cheney
So glad he’s there to make noise. I hope he’s balls out in New Hampshire it’s small enough for him. Fuch Iowa.
Go Dennis Go!
Edwards/Kucinich…..no that’s a kick ass ticket
Vman – I like the sound of that ticket.
you are being played.
they always do this, always have.
false flag, steal the country blind.
fear,fear,fear.
Push the sheep to revolt.
Pull back at the last second.
And the sheep are all relieved.
Rinse, repeat.
These criminals in the White House, with the enabling of the Democrats and Republicans, as well as the corrupt mainstream media, have been gradually stealing our rights and freedoms with misinformation, distraction, lies, and other nefarious schemes. Of course the elite bankers and globalists, the real leaders(murderers) of the world, give their marching orders and the faux leaders willingly do their bidding. The people of all the world, especially those being wiped out in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and elsewhere, need help now! So become informed and support Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel. Don’t let them make our choices for us, we can make our own decisions. Shut off the TV, don’t read the newspapers, and forget about talk radio. The internet is the last bastion of truth that isn’t controlled by the elites and government. The rest of the candidates are owned and controlled. Put the pressure on them and don’t give in.
confused. re HR 847
Excuse the indelicacy of my language; this is the most stupid fucking bill I’ve ever read. Why is fascism characteristically so ridiculous yet so deadly? Elmer Fudd as the Gwand Inqwisitor. This bill makes me want to laugh until I throw up. Can’t wait for the bill honoring the stickiness of macaroni and cheese – eaten by no less than one third of the world’s people.
If Kucinich signed this maybe he thought it was a joke. I do.
Nothing so benign as a joke… it’s literally a Republican terror tactic.
“Mouth these words in a way that our wingnut base can interpret as reinforcing their theocratic aspirations or we’ll crucify you in the polls with “They are anti-Christian!” propaganda.”
It’s a lose-lose proposition… if you should happen to be living in terror of the Republicans.
Is this going to go anywhere ?
My question of the day,
Should a Libertarian or Republican be allowed Social Assistance ?
If they’re so against it, why do they get it ?
… Floridiot said…
“Should a Libertarian or Republican be allowed Social Assistance ?”
?
Are you saying that they’re antisocial?… 😉
Time to stop being good sheeple, good Dems, good Repubs. It’s time to be decent human beings again… good Americans. The rights of one cannot be trampled by wannabe Kings and dictators. Get rid of everyone in D.C. Impeach them all – try them for treason and dereliction of duty, war crimes, false flag ops and genocide against our own countrymen, lies, terrorist activities, theft of the public treasury, toruture, malfeasance, willful negligence, profiteering, murder, invasion of other countries. They wrote and voted for the Patriot Act, they let tyrannous Executive Orders stand. I say, turn the guns of the legislation they signed upon them all. We the people are the master, government is our servant, not our owner. We owe nothing to the government. Instead, govenment owes us in words and action: 1. uphold the rights of one person against the tyranny of the mob; 2. national defense on our own soil. It has failed both, and miserably so. Time to impeach them all. Charge them, try them in a PEOPLE’S COURT of real everyday Americans. WE are the judge, jury, jailer. Time to get our country back.
Zapper,
I think you know what I mean, but I will elaborate slightly.
Medicare, Medicaid, SSDI, Unemployment Compensation, etc.
You know the evil Social Assistance 🙂
I forgot the biggest one…Public pensions
#7 VMan,
“Patriot Act…Get ’em with their own laws and definitions.”
I don’t want the patriot act. I refuse to accept unconstitutional laws. It goes against our existing US Constitution. We already HAVE a Constitution. Get rid of the existing oath breakers, zap their security clearances and the ability to enter or interact with ANY government agency, redact the unconstitutional crap that was crammed in, and then spend the next 10 years fixing what these oath breakers destroyed.
Punishing all that broke the Constitution along the way.
I don’t want abuse of power in the opposite direction. I want the ability to abuse power eliminated. For this to never happen again, it’s going to take people who are the same caliber as the FRAMERS were. Not this god damned corporate government ran guidance system!!!
For all of you undecided voters
VerminSupreme08
The neo con billionaire’s set bush and cheney up as the fall guys when they took office but the two of them are still to stupid to see that and now it is time to fulfill the mission and act as patsies (a job that -with a prolonged sigh of relief- they are at last completely qualified for)..
Impeach G.W. Bush. Really, President Chaney anyone? Also, I do not like Bush at all. At one time I did, but then I learned the truth. So, Bush should NOT be impeached. He has onl;y 1 year left, and by the time it happens, the election will be over. Also, everyone bashes Bush. what about the Clinton’s? He GAVE China missle tech that helps their guidence systems, so that they can now hit anywhere in the U.S.. They couldn’t do that before Bill Clinton. THAT IS TREASON, yet the Dems and liberals supported him. Now we’re supposed to vote for Hilbilly, sorry, meant Hillary? More of the same.
government employees take an oath that reads:
“I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic”…how much plainer does it need to be that congress MUST move to impeach…it is their solemn duty…if we don’t move to uphold the constitution now, what’s gonna keep the next presidential clown from further abuses next time ’round?
i’m tired of hearing from dems that they have more pressing things to do for “the peeps” – like holding hearings on steroid use?! and considering bills that would deny federal educational grants to ENTIRE schools for illegal downloading by as little as one student!? PAH-LEEZE
VOTE Kusinich, Paul, Gravel
People need to sign this first to get rid of cheney, then on to bush.
http://wexlerwantshearings.com/
BTW, Wexler tried to get a great op-ed printed on cheney impeachment, but was turned down by NY Times, WaPo, and Maimi Herald.
As I read HR 847, it appears to be an “apple pie and motherhood” type of resolution that gets introduced and passed frequently in Congress but has no force of law or any effective significance policy-wise for our country. What can anyone disagree about in the resolution? It does not declare Christianity’s supremacy over other religions. Opposition to the resolution by any politician could easily make this a political trap to play to the advantage of flag-waving and Bible-thumping Republicans campaigning for office.
If you do just one thing today, act patriotically!
http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/
more links to the discussion
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2...ings/#comments
A curious media black hole
by Kagro X
Sat Dec 15, 2007 at 05:14:04 PM PST
There have been several recommended diaries about the call by House Judiciary committee members Robert Wexler, Tammy Baldwin and Luis Gutierrez for the committee to actually begin hearings on the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney.
But don’t you find it curious that there’s been literally no traditional media coverage of it? Three Members of Congress, all on the Judiciary Committee, call outright for impeachment hearings, and no one reports it?
The three even wrote an op-ed together explaining their reasoning and offered it to the New York Times, the Washington Post, etc. No one has yet agreed to run it.
Isn’t that interesting, in and of itself? I mean, say what you want about impeachment, but when three members of the Judiciary Committee sign on to a positive call for it, that’s worth a little news blurb, don’t you think?
Of course, it should also be noted that they wrote a 700+ word op-ed inspired by Dennis Kucinich’s impeachment resolution without ever mentioning Dennis Kucinich, but that’s perhaps a subject for another day.
In the meantime, Wexler’s gathering signatures to gauge support for their call for hearings. Interested? Drop him a line, won’t you? Don’t be embarrassed. Your neighbors certainly won’t read about it in the paper.
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COMMENTS and article
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2.../90/473/422609
Denis Kucinich is exactly what America needs! I have been an unabashed supporter since 2004, and I love him more as time passes. He has integrity! He has honesty! He has the future of not just America but the Earth in his mind. I admire him, and want to say this to every voter who likes what he stands for and wants to support him–Do NOT listen to the MSM who tell us that he is not electable! He has been elected to serve his district in Ohio many times! He is a peacemaker and a diplomat. He deserves your vote and your support. He sure could use your money so he can stay in and keep in the game. Please, I beg–help him win! Tell others about him (they won’t hear about him in the news and the newspapers (those are owned by big corporations). Send them to youtubes and discussions and stories online. Go to http://www.dennis4president.com to learn more and contribute. Thanks!
Hey look Brad, kos is making nicey nicey with you. Think they’ll ever run anything bout voting issues? Its Lets make a Deal Time . Jus saying.
Brad, I couldn’t agree more on all issues! Robert Wexler is my Representative and I’ve had the opportunity to speak with him on this issue and the political road blocks that he has had to navigate in order to move impeachment forward. We definitely need to have a lot more of those people the polls say are pro impeachment to get more active in pushing their Congresspeople to do their bidding. Wouldn;t that be a novelty, elected officials actually representing those that put them in office?
Mike Lang
The Lang Report
http://www.thelangreport