Kucinich: Impeachment is the Right Response (by John Nichols for The Nation)

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BLOG | Posted 04/25/2007 @ 12:05am
Kucinich: Impeachment is the Right Response
John Nichols


Congressman Dennis Kucinich has now filed his three articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney, and the Ohio Democrat is clearly serious about the holding the vice president to account for manipulating intelligence to fabricate a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, manipulating intelligence to fabricate a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, and openly threatened aggression against Iran absent any real threat to the the United States.

Kucinich's House website contains the text of the resolution, H.R. 333, along with pages of documentation supporting the articles, a summary of impeachment procedures, and a copy of the congressman's letter to the vice president.

On Tuesday afternoon, Kucinich explained his initiative at a Capitol Hill press conference that he began by delivering the following statement:

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that, among these, are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the government; and, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.

These words from the Declaration of Independence are instructive at this moment. Because not only whenever any form of government, but whenever any government official becomes destructive of the founding purposes, that official or those officials must be held accountable.

...(snip)...

These articles of impeachment are not brought forth lightly. I've carefully weighed the options available to members of Congress and found this path the path that is the most important to take.

The justifications used to lead our nation to war have unquestionably been disproved. Brave soldiers and innocent civilians have lost their lives in a war the United States should never have initiated. The weight of the lies used to lead us into war has grown heavier with each death. Now is the time for Congress to examine the actions that led us into this war, just as we must work to bring the troops home. This resolution is a very serious matter, and I will urge the Committee on Judiciary to investigate and carefully consider this resolution. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15

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1. Permalink is

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15&pid=189758

Was Cheney attacking Reid as a pre-emptive move to change his own headlines.

I'm reminded of Reagan not cancelling the space shuttle Challenger launch while George Bush was in Honduras illegally handing off $100 million for the Contras. One must control the news to stave off impeachments!!

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2. Contact your local media: NO mention of this story in my local paper this a.m.

Here's what I sent to the Raleigh News & Observer this a.m.

On Tuesday afternoon, April 24th, Representative Dennis Kucinich held a press conference regarding
HR 333 which introduces Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Cheney. I could find not one word
in this morning's edition of the News & Observer regarding this news. How on earth could you not
consider such a story newsworthy?

Numerous polls nationwide have indicated support for impeachment of both Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney
if evidence supports the allegations that lies were told to convince Congress and the American people
that the U.S. should launch a pre-emptive war against Iraq.

It's time for the media to stop acting liking they are owned by this Administration and start behaving
like journalists. Shame on you for your complicity. No matter how many times a lie is told, it does not make it truth; ignoring
the truth will not make it go away.

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3. Here's a good link for making contacts to Congress and media

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cheney