Kucinich At Dartmouth: "Why Should We Wait?"

[kpete]

Presidential Hopeful Pushes Impeachment At Dartmouth Forum

Hanover, New Hampshire - November 26, 2007

VIDEO AT: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/28963

A month ago, a Channel 3 News poll found Vermonters favor the impeachment of the president and vice president by a margin of nearly two to one.

Monday night, the leader of that initiative in Congress spoke at Dartmouth. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat from Ohio, is running for president. But the forum in Hanover, N.H., was not just getting into the White House -- it was about getting the current occupant out.

"Our constitution is in trouble," Kucinich said. "Are we supposed to wait for George Bush and Dick Cheney to attack Iran before we take action? We can't wait. They're already rattling the sabers of war against another nation. They lied to get us into a war against Iraq. They're lying to push us into war with Iran. Why should we wait?"

Kucinich has sponsored two resolutions in Congress to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney: H. Res. 333 and H. Res. 799. He said he's drafting an extended version relating to President Bush. It's an issue that has divided Democrats. But more than a hundred people who gathered for the forum were on his side.

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[riqster]

1. The people ARE on his side

...it's the lace-panty bunch in DC that are too scared to anger Dubya.

[robcon]

2. Is it "preventive impeachment"?

Worried about what Bush and Cheney "might" do in Iran? Has Kucinich lost his mind?

[riqster]

3. I don't understand your post

Do you support or oppose impeachment?

[robcon]

4. I oppose impeachment.

But Dennis wants to impeach, according to his speech, to prevent what Bush/Cheney "might" do in Iran. That's "1984" and thought-police thinking.

Is he in favor of indicting (another word for impeaching) people now who "might" commit crimes in the future? The OP "Why Should We Wait?" is revealing.

[mmonk]

5. Do you support removing impeachment from the constitution?

The only logical conclusion one can get from not impeaching the most impeachable presidency in your life would be that you are opposed to that constitutional protection.

[robcon]

8. If that's the "only logical conclusion" your world is certainly a strange one.

I think Pelosi's justification, that a failed impeachment drive will only help the Repugs in '08 Congressional and Presidential elections, is also a "logical conclusion." I suspect you are logic-deprived, though, mmonk, so you probably don't see it.

[Echo In Light]

6. Bullshit. Impeach NOW. Go DK!

[riqster]

7. I see now

Actually, he has been pushing for impeachment for well over a year now, and it isn't Iran-driven. The context for the remark you are responding to is: most of the other Dem Congresscritters didn't favor impeaching until AFTER Bush invades Iran: DK's response is that we already have enough impeachable offenses to go on with, and it is not necessary to wait until after some invasion that might or might not happen.

DK does have a habit of going into great detail on a topic once, and cutting it back on repetition: this is a classic example of that phenomenon. He needs to work on that IMNSHO.

[wuushew]

9. Thats how I read it as well

Dennis is continuing to make sense, but that doesn't stop the haters.

[Echo In Light]

10. Yes, but ass-smooching "moderates" don't buy that logical "accountability" jive n/t

[Beausoleil]

11. Yeah

'cause if they impeach Bush (a Repub), based on innumerable impeachable offenses, there will be a disaster in the '08 election, the Democrats will lose big time and another Repub will be elected.

See, just like it happened in '00: after impeaching Clinton (a Democrat) based on no impeachable offenses whatsoever, the Repubs lost big time in '00.

The logic is impeccable.

[Breeze54]

12. You haven't heard their rhetoric about Iran?

:shrug: Are you kidding?

YES!! Stop them before they can do more harm!!!

No, he's been in favor of impeaching them for the crimes they've already committed!!