Rep. Dennis Kucinich: "Impeachment May Well Be the Only Remedy"

[John Q. Citizen]

Rep. Dennis Kucinich: "Impeachment May Well Be the Only Remedy"

Remarks on the floor of the U.S. House, March 15, 2007

www.kucinich.us

"This House cannot avoid its Constitutionally authorized responsibility to restrain the abuse of Executive power.



The Administration has been preparing for an aggressive war against Iran . There is no solid, direct evidence that Iran has the intention of attacking the United States or its allies.



The US is a signatory to the UN Charter, a constituent treaty among the nations of the world. Article II, Section 4 of the UN Charter states, "all members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. . ." Even the threat of a war of aggression is illegal.



Article VI of the US Constitution makes such treaties the Supreme Law of the Land. This Administration, has openly threatened aggression against Iran in violation of the US Constitution and the UN Charter.



This week the House Appropriations committee removed language from the Iraq war funding bill requiring the Administration, under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution, to seek permission before it launched an attack against Iran.



Since war with Iran is an option of this Administration and since such war is patently illegal, then impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran ."





www.kucinich.us

[Cobalt Violet]

1. Yes, Impeach.

He's right. And he's not too cowardly to say where he stands on the issues like some of the other candidates. :kick: :patriot:

[asjr]

4. He is sooo right!

Are we going to wait until 4000 or 5000 more of our military die? Is there some sort of special tide coming in later that will enable us to impeach? Does our president get some leeway because he is an idiot? I'm sick of this entire government.

[Fresh_Start]

2. Impeachment not enough, war crimes trials

are equally important. Impeachment is not adequate punishment for the perpetrators of gratuitous war.

Not to mention. War crimes trials included the propagandists as well as lower level officials which wouldn't be impeached. We need to make this risky for all the enablers, not just merely remove one ass from office.

[John Q. Citizen]

6. How many heads of state have stood trial for war crimes before they are removed from office?

First things first!

[Fresh_Start]

7. true. I just don't believe the problems are limited to

the heads of state.

Recognize that the international court is less likely to step in, if our judicial system were operating reasonably. So the continued failure of our process will more enable the broader trials which will never happen here.

[brentblack]

3. Kucinich

I would not vote for him to be President as he is far too honest to be in that position. He would be eatan alive like Carter was.

However, gotta love this guy and his bold statements and honesty. I wish I lived (sort of) in his district and could vote for him.

[Sonicmedusa]

5. I am thinking more and more

He is the Real Deal for the democratic party. He certainly isn't the windsock that the other Dems are looking to be.

[John Q. Citizen]

8. My take is this;

Dennis is too real and too sensible to get elected. He has no stings, but he also has no mega bucks contributors.

However, if progressives support him in the primaries, he could get to the Democratic convention with 25%-30% of the delegates.

Hillary, Obama, Edwards and the other status quo candidates are going to be splitting up the rest of the delegates, so none of them are going to show up at the convention with enough delegates to to put them over the top.

This means that Dennis can exert lots of influence over the platform, as well as possibly be in the position to be a king maker. Which means he could also secure commitments from our eventual nominee on some issues near and dear to progressives.

I'm supporting Kucinich in the primaries because it's in my self interest to do so. We need a truly progressive person placing demands on power, and having some power to get those demands met.

[calimary]

9. No "may well be's" about it. IMPEACHMENT absolutely IS

the only remedy at this point.

We HAVE to show that we mean business as a nation, a nation of LAWS and RESPECT FOR THE LAW. Honest to God, if this isn't sufficient evidence of the most EGREGIOUS and ARROGANT abuse of power, I don't know what is. How much of this shit do we sit and take, before we DO something about it that counts?

[John Q. Citizen]

10. Kucinich is signaling that impeachment is back on the table.

I'm all for impeachment whether it can get the 67 votes in the Senate or not.

[calimary]

12. From your keyboard to God's screen!

I just called Kucinich's office to say thank you from a grateful Californian, and MORE please! Having the "I" word come up on Capitol Hill more and more starts to turn it into a fait accompli. Easier for folks to start climbing onto a bandwagon if you provide a bandwagon for them to climb onto.

I. Am. LOVING. This.

Btw - please note the TOLL FREE Capitol Hill switchboard numbers in my sig line for your convenience.

[thethinker]

11. Kucinich is always ahead of the curve

Eventually everyone else comes around to agreeing with him. It just takes awhile. Even many republicans and independents think the war was a bad idea. Kucinich has been saying so since day one.

His health care plan is the only one that will work in the end. We may waste a lot of money trying to make other plans work, but in the end everyone will come around to his thinking.