Don't they take an oath to uphold the Constitution when sworn into Congress? I had thought I'd read that somewhere in school.

Perhaps I am mistaken.

I've been a Democrat all my life but the insult to the people of America today is all I can take. I'm so angry with my elected officials, they should have backed Kucinich. Most of the educated people on this planet want Cheney and Bush impeached! We voted for change. I'm going to vote for Ron Paul and I'm going to push my Dem friends to do the same. Paul Kane, you're as sad as the rest of the mainstream media - no balls to stand up and tell the truth. Could the media hide the events in Congress today any better if they tried? The people of this country are finally rising out of their sleepy complacencey and will vote out those who continue to side with corruption, war, lies, human rights abuses, Constitute trampling, etc, etc,

I'm an independent who will also be temporarily registering Republican so I can vote for Ron Paul in my state's primary.

I also support the impeachment - but would like to include Bush as well. But what about Pelosi? I have no respect for her either and would not be happy with her replacing them.

Apparently the Democrats are no better than the Republicans as far as Gutting, Usurping and Crapping on our United States Consitution in order to aid and abet the Neo Con Parasites to continue to Pig Out at the United States Treasury Trough to the tune of almost 10 trillion American Taxpayer dollars in deficits the Neo Con Republicans have foisted on us, our kids, and grand kids.
It will take a Revolution to get rid of the Neo Con Parasites infesting the Executive Branch especially the Neo Con United States Supreme Court Justices where the Conflict of Interest and Collusion begins. Get rid of the Neo Con Federal Lawyers, Judges and Prosecutors and replace them with Non Partisan career employees.
Don't just impeach the Neo Con parasites... Impeach any lawmaker who is aiding and abetting these Slimey Scumbags. Republican or Democrat

The US is so screwed. Wonderful people, but brutal leadership on all sides. Good Luck to you all.

The American people gave Democrats the control of Congress with one clear mission: change course from what Bush and Cheney had been doing since 2001.

After one year in the majority, Democrats have failed miserably. They failed to end the Iraq war. They failed to stop Bush from escalating tension all over the Middle East and South Asia. They failed to hold Bush accountable in his dealings with brutal dictators such as Musharraf. No wonder why the American people are tired of this useless Congress.

But when Democrats had the chance to start doing some good, they turned their backs to fellow Dennis Kucinich and voted NOT TO IMPEACH CHENEY !!!

WHAT A BUNCH OF COWARDS !!!

All over the country, people should begin organizing in order to kick both REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS out of Congress as soon as possible, so they don't cause further damage to the U.S.A.

Our Democratic leaders need to be voted out of office. This is supposed to be a representative government. The vast majority of the American Public want to go forward with impeachment.

guess what? a noisy, all-caps minority doesn't make "We The People." I, for one, would prefer that my elected representatives move forward with the business of running the country, instead of dragging themselves into the political equivalent of the Iraq war.

Kucinich tried a blatant political stunt, people saw through it. Big deal.

If congress won't consider impeaching a vice president or president who took this country to war based on their lies, then what just what WOULD they consider grounds for impeachment?

Congress is as corrupt and evil as BushCo.

Throw ALL the bums out!

Apparently Pelosi and Hoyer have decided they aren't going to run for re-election. They certainy won't be relected the next time around.

don't worry about it.

bush will be jailed along with most of his sled team, within three years...

it's over...defeat is already rippling through the middle east.

the Russians are moving into Pakistan, and the Islamic Jihad is becoming an economic jihad...

you want peace ??? and prosperity ??? quit trying to f*ck over the world...

there is amovement occuring which is a revolution in the sense that the form of the government matters less than it's ability to adapt to the situation...

Lies are impediments to viewing the world accurately....there are so many things that are interrelated at this moment that inaccurate information,

is so damaging as to exclude the bearer of that inaccuracy...

bushCO und CRONYs are coming apart at the seams, and they will be cleaned like a spermwhale on the beach,

before this is over....be sure and get a piece as they give up the ghost....

fish fry time.

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What am I missing here, does this not mean that the Judicary is now considering drafting articles of impeachment? And further that the democrats on that committee are in support of such action? I remember my Henry Hyde days: when the judiciary decided to do the same to Clinton.

The Democrats continue to fail this former Congressional staffer. I would advise people to vote for third party candidates in the primaries. Send a message that the failure to end the war, the failure to restore the integrity and power of the Legislature, the failure of Pelosi to impeach these criminals will not be tolerated with silence. The Democratic party MUST grow a spine!

The American people need to tell Hoyer, and Pelosi that it is not necessarily "their" table.

Laws have been broken. The remedy is impeachment. We are either a country of laws, or we are not.

We must vote in individuals of principle and back bone, or our great Democracy does not have a prayer.

Principles matter. The President and Vice President are war mongers, liars, and war criminals. The two of them would be wise to never leave the United States after their terms of office are (mercifully) over because they could well be arrested by other sovereign nations and made to stand trial. The House should vote to impeach them for their intentional lies about the rationale for the war and then they should be convicted by the Senate. It could be done so quickly that there would be no distraction from the upcoming election. Besides that, principles matter and right is right. F*ck Bush and F*ck Cheney.

This just raises more questions:
1. Why has it taken this long?
2. Why is the mainsteam media not reporting this very important event?

It is not everyday articles of impeachment get read on the House floor and that they get sent to Committee, so why is there not breaking news about this?

My take on the sudden change of heart by the rethuglicans in voting to send this resolution into committee: David Swanson's live blog of the vote opines,

"No doubt the Republicans want to get the Dem leaders on tape on the floor defending Cheney against impeachment."

Or could it be that impeachment has been off the table because the Dems are afraid the truth will come out about their complicity in the very crimes Cheney is accused of. If an investigation gets underway into Cheney's role in lying us into war, the Dems collusion will begin to show. Their constant whining, "we didn't know" will be exposed. The back room deals will come to light. The utter spinelessness of the Dems, repeatedly complained about by the American public, will suddenly make sense.

I believe the mask of connivance is slipping as demonstrated by Dianne Feinstein's vote for Mukasey. Her vote is part of the price she's paying to her master the BushCo war-mongering, war services industry which directly benefits her war-profiteering husband Richard Blum, a 75% partner in Perini Corporation. Perini is a construction company that has received nearly a billion dollars in Iraq reconstruction funds.

There are a number of theories running around the blogosphere, from The GOP is trying to embarrass the Dems, to this a GOP trick that backfired on them. I'm sticking to my guns. I think this is the reason dems have been so weak since they took the house.

Whatever the case, I hope the truth comes out, for the very survival of our country.

posts,

some of them seem like they are meant to discredit democrats more than reflect the truth of a situation...

you're being led to a false conclusion...

the best way to get quick action is to arrest some people.

.Erik Prince would be a good place to start.

as well as filing charges for obstruction of justice against the IG for the State Department.

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This is an atrocity. How dare Congress turn their backs on us?

Another thing: the Washington Post disgusts me for not giving this more attention. This hearing was HUGE and all that's on the front page is a tiny little link to this silly blog. This country makes me sick, with its corrupt, inept, two-faced leaders and its lap-dog corporate suck-up media.

You can mark my words well here as the total failure of the Democrats to Impeach
both that Drunken Drug Store Cowboy Idiot
George W Bush and Crazy Draft Dodger Scumbag Cheney will cost the Democrats the
2008 election along with them pushing for
Illegal Alien Amnesty!

Who the Hell are Goofballs Nancy Pelosi
and this creep Steny Hoyer to tell the
American People "Impeachment Is Not On Our
Agenda?" Throw Every Incumbent Traitor &
Coward Democrat & Republican Out Of Office!

I am a reasonable individual and I understand the need for focusing on important matters and such, but honestly... it's like they're saying "oh stop whining people, we KNOW they're crooks but the damage has been done and they'll be gone soon enough, so shut it you're making us nervous." It's despicable. How many times have we seen this? These people have no principles; it's like watching two sports teams at this point. The democrats are cowards who predominantly do not stand their ground when called upon, and the republicans are.. well, I don't even want to go there.

Just a thought...King Albert George tried to force taxation without representation on the colonies resulting in the Revolutionary War.

Now our President aka King George and his Congress are doing the very same thing.

Hmmmm, is it time for another revolution?

Power to the People!!!!!

Hoyer, Pelosi and other Democrats have a cosy relationship with AIPAC and it is Israel which wants an new war.

While nobody noticed that the Dollar is dipping and that this country is going to sacrifice everything for Israel.

Good night and good luck.

Republicrats. They're all Republicrats. Their game is all about money and power and has nothing to do with representing the interests of their constituents. Of course, said constituents cannot afford to pay them nearly as much as they make from the bribes given to them by special interests. The United States Congress makes me sick.

Down with all incumbents.

You have got to be kidding me. Put impeachment on the agenda and get it done. It's not a choice -- it's the congress' responsibility.

Mr. Kane, the writer of this account, makes a point of quoting the excuses for NOT impeaching, and omitting the reasons FOR impeaching.

Fellow readers, remember this. If you want the whole story, you are NOT going to get it here.

I favor impeaching them both, but Cheney first. Pelosi does not deserve to be President, but it's the only Constitutional way to remove the Bush/Cheney gang from power until the next elected President's term begins. Although the last elected President in our history was named Clinton, I hope that the next one is not.

Impeachment should not be for those who lie to the American people to engage in illegal wars. No, no, no! Impeachment should be for those who lie about a personal sexual matter. The Democratic party, along with the MSM, is hopeless, helpless and clueless. I am ashamed of what my country has become and the Dems have no sense or courage to do the right thing!

The DINOs posing as Democrat House Leaders
Steny Hoyer and Crazy Nancy Pelosi along
with all the other yellow coward sell out
Democrats failure to Impeach both Psychotic
Nazis Draft Dodger Simeball Dickey Cheney
and King George 43 W Bush is proof that
the Democrats must have a Death Wish as they all just Committed Political Sucide
and it will cost the Democrats the 2008
Election since none of them deserve to be
re-elected again. How out of touch with
reality can those two creeps Nancy Pelosi
the 13% Approval Rating Democrat Queen of
Congress DINO and her Chief Stooge Steny
The Bedbug Hoyer get here yet now then?

The most recent poll on impeaching Cheney came in the way of the Libby commutation back in July, 2007. It was performed by the American Research Group (ARG), which operates out of New Hampshire.

ARG in July 2007 found that:

+ 54% of adults were in favor of impeaching Cheney.
+ 40% were oppposed.

Since then, major polling firms such as Zogby and Gallup have been offered significant sums to update the impeachment polls, and all have declined.

Back in July, a majority of Americans were in favor of impeaching Cheney. So, no one can accurately characterize this as a fringe issue.

It appears some posters are angry with Democrats for acting like mature, fair-minded statesmen. Pity. It would be a sad day for our current Democratic Congress to emulate the rapacious and mindlessly partisan Republican Congress of the 1990's.

An Email to my Republican congressman sent earlier today:

Dear Congressman,

I was puzzled by your two votes yesterday for advancing the impeachmnent of Vice President Cheney. This is not a position you have taken in the past, despite evidence that the Vice President cherry-picked intelligence in the runup to the Iraq debacle.

So I have a question for you. Have you REALLY changed your mind and are ready to investigate the Vice President, or were these votes a political stunt to embarass Democrats?

If the former, I would like for you to announce your change of position to the press, and let me know what your next steps will be toward moving impeachment forward. If the latter, please apologize to the House of Representatives for wasting their time on a cheap attempt to make partisan points.

I am looking forward to your quick response.

I have never felt so helpless and invisible as an American as I have during this last administration - from both the Republicans and the Democratics. The few people who are speaking out against the illegal war and the loss of our constitution, and who object to having their rights taken away and to having Jihadist Christianity shoved down their throats are labeled as crazy, anti-American fringe groups and are discredited at every turn. Who are we fooling? The "average" Americans (i.e. not rich or powerful) are nothing more than pawns in this game - but we are the ones who are ultimately paying the price!

Dems are a bunch of chickens. Cheney is as crooked as they get, he has violated the constitution and deserves to be removed from office (the Bush). What is it that the GOP has on the Dems that makes them such wimps???

Worlds Top 3 Most hated People
#3 Osama Binladen
#2 Dick Cheney
#1 George Bush
Whats up with Pelosi? is she taking backhanders from the GOP? Don't any American Politicians listen to the people that put them there and pay their bloody wages anymore? God I feel sorry for you yanks!

I think we, the American people, should present President Bush with 3 demands: (1)Cheney's resignation; (2)appointment of Senator Hagel as vice-president; (3)Bush's resignation. If Bush fails to act by Dec. 31, 2007, we go on strike beginning January 1, 2008--a national strike, no one except doctors, police, and other essential service providers go to work. The rest of us should take to the streets until our demands are met. WE THE PEOPLE. Please spread this idea--CALL FOR NATIONAL STRIKE BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2008.

Hoyer types are the problem. No strength at all. They fold like chairs.

Those who fail to uphold the constitution will be remembered come election time.

Cheney has been working against the interests of the American people and for his fat-cat friends since the Nixon administration. He has caused much death and suffering through the years.

Hoyer and his pals need to stand up to him. Doesn't matter if it's the very last day of the Bush administration. Just do it. For once.

Thank you Kucinich.

sheesh, i'm just about as liberal as they come but the posts from all the screaming lefties on here are just laughable. impeach the president and the vice president? nowhere on here does anyone say WHAT GOOD IT WILL DO to impeach them! it's a cheapshot talkingpoint for left-of-center whackos like most of the people who seem to be blogging on this. ever heard of winning elections? that's what the dems need to concentrate on now, and i'm glad our leaders have more sense than the bloodthirsty, myopic morons posting all their crazy theories here. let's win the presidency back next year and solidify our hold on congress, not waste time going for blood on a lame-duck president and his chicken-hawk veep.

I'd like to see some good polling on the question of impeachment. I have yet to read of single poll about it, and that surprises me, since it seem they poll EVERYTHING these days. Otr are the numbers not being released because neither the Democrats or Republicans want to see them.

50% of the AMerican people dispprove strongly of the job Bush is doing, another 14% disapprove as well. I bet you'd get at least a 50% yes to the questions of whether impeachment proceedings should be started.

Its upsetting to read the comments about how many people are now going to vote for Ron Paul. What about Kucinich?! He's the one who stood up.
If people want to vote for change (as if voting is really anything but an illusion that we live in a democracy. Didn't we learn from the last election?) Then they should be leaning a little more to the left. Vote for Kucinich if you're going to vote. He's been doing the right thing since before it became popular.

The proper target of impeachment proceedings are the Supreme Court Justices of the Right to Life faction who awarded the Presidency to Bush/Cheney to begin with, in a contemptible conspiracy with Big Oil. Right to Life got to pack the Supreme Court in return for facilitating a War of Aggression against Iraq.

Federal conspiracy law says that all members of a conspiracy are guilty of all crimes committed by the entire conspiracy-- even ones they didn't know about or agree with. So Kennedy, Scalia, and Thomas can be charged with conspiracy to illegally invade Iraq even if their primary purpose was simply to pack the Court with Roberts and Allito. (Even if they hadn't further implicated themselves by ruling to cover up the proceedings of the Çheney Energy task force.)

Last I checked, the top Nazis were hanged for that one.

Their unique ruling of Dec. 11, 2000, (a date which will live in Infamy), which the authors did not even claim to be a binding precedent, overturned more than 200 years of law and tradition that reserved determination of contested elections to the Congress.

Yes Cheney, Bush and other Executive Branch official should be impeached. But clearly the founders never envisioned an oligarchy where the President and Supreme Court get to appoint each other instead of deferring to Congress.

This conspiracy must not be able to escape with the fruit of their crimes. And their stranglehold on the Court is pretty big fruit. This is the crux of the matter that Conyers needs to investigate.

Dana/cnw

This Act of Democrat Treason to Keep Both
War Criminals Draft Dodger Cheney and that
Crazy Dry Drunk Cowboy George W Bush will
cost the Democratic Party for a good many
years to come and I will never give one
more red cent to any Democrat and I also
will never even vote for a Democrat to be
the town dog warden after this Treasonous
Act of That Crazy Republican In Democrat
Clothing Nancy Pelosi Stooge Steny Hoyer
the slimey Democrat hiding his being a
Good German and Loyal Nazi Republican by
wearing Democrat clothes,blocked Impeachment of Bush and Cheney even after
Democrat Mmebers of Congress had got an
over one million signatures calling for
Impeachment of Bush and Cheney and that is
the Will of the America people Hoyer and
Pelosi just trampled by it as well. I just
returned a Hillary Clinton E-mail Campaign
Donation Request and told Clinton not until
you Impeach Bush and Cheney and stop your
insane support of Illegal Alien Amnesty
as well. This phony BS cost the Demnocrats
my vote for 2008 and well beyond as well.

I'm not a "far-left kook" and I have been waiting for these morons to be impeached for a long time. How/why was Spiro Agnew impeached? We know why Nixon was impeached and we know why Clinton was almost thrown out,but his popularity permitted him to retain the Presidency. This administration has almost destroyed this county,it has destroyed other countries,yet they remain in office. This should've happened a long time ago. Again,I'm not a far left kook,and those who write that I am,what does that make you,a far-right kook? I'm just an average American that's fed-up with this sh*t and by the looks of these comments,I'm not alone.

This is NOT A DEAD ISSUE YET - i urge anyone who wants this to be taken seriously to contact the members of the Judiciary Committe and make your views known at http://judiciary.house.gov/

Here's what everyone fails to realize.

The Democrats don't want to end the war.

The don't want to end the war, because they'll have nothing to bash the Republicans with in the 2008 Presidentical elections. To them, it makes more sense to wait until '08, and wait for all of us to get pissed off enough that the Legislative AND Executive branches will be Democratically controlled. Thats their strategy. Lovely, isn't it. Meanwhile, our soldiers die, and the middle east remains a hornets nest, swatted over and over again.

This war isn't going to end anytime soon.

What we can do to force a change:

Organize a National Strike Day. I agree with a previous poster -- This actually sounds like a brilliant idea. Pull the plug on the bastards if they won't listen to us.

Since when did "our agenda" outweigh THE WILL OF THE @)*#!ing PEOPLE?

Impeachment may not be on the hoyer/pelosi agenda, but it sure as hell is on mine and the agendas of many americans, democrat, republican and independent.

how about a total recall of the entire congress of mealy mouthed know-it-alls?

I for one am going to support hoyers oponent when he comes up for reelection.

Are we really to believe that the reason the spineless Dems don't want to impeach the VP is because it take away from their efforts to stop the war? Are they serious? They have caved at every turn, and we are supposed to believe that they are going to utilize this last year to get something major done? Please! Do your damn job Democrats! Enforce the Constitution! You will earn a hell of a lot more votes that way.

Sometimes I just can't figure out where these twits get their information. Clearly not from the polls, and clearly not from their constituents. Maybe from the White House?

By extension, then, Pelosi's and Hoyer's comments and behavior regarding the Democratic agenda, it is clear that getting out of Iraq is not on the agenda, as well. I'm sure that most Democrats and all the Republicans are anxious to allow the military forces to referee the civil war in Iraq, to struggle with the growing presence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and to be prepared and in place for the next Cheney-Bush war planned for Iran. We may very well be witnesses to the end of this Country as a Republic rooted in our sacred Constitution, which is increasingly being shredded in the name of "security and freedom."

I just do not regard this as a "chicken little" exaggeration. It is serious, and it is time for the emergence of the best legal and political minds of this Country to unite and lead the citizens in doing something about it, and promptly.

I am 37 years old and have never been involved with politics,voting,or chosing a side.Call me whatever you like...I am a now a father of a two year old and since have awoken and come to my senses, and feel I need to get involved in that it's not just ME (irrisponsible) anymore and that I need to make sure there is a world here for him,all generations to come. When you have children it changes you.. I hate war, always have,and all it has done to the countries at the hands of those who are responsible for them..I never,until now,and after doing much reasearch have ever in a million years thought a person who is held in the highest standards for the world to see, Mr.Bush (cause I dont dare to call him my president until I'm proven wrong) would in my wildest fears have cohearsed the people of America into thinking that Iraq was a war we must be involved in. I will be spending the next year getting involved in making sure the Constitution of the US is upheld and that I elect a person who will do his best in preserving those rights written on it.I cant believe as one of the previous poster touched on,this impeachment process was not even mentioned on TV one bit..What has the world come too? Education is key....Our schools are complaing theres no money in the budget for class trips,books,etc...All that money to fund this war could have been spent on education,disease and diasters amongst other things all over globe..

"nowhere on here does anyone say WHAT GOOD IT WILL DO to impeach them!"

1) It will prevent an attack on Iran
2) It will stop the hemmoraging of our civil liberties
3) It will uphold the law and Constitution
4) It will set a precedent for others who attempt to break internation law and start wars of aggression.
5) It will serve justice to an administration that has abused their office and murdered hundreds of thousands of people for profit.
6) It will hedge the influence of an evil force upon the people of the country and world
7) It will bring the truth behind this administration to the American people.

Geez, you have to spell out everything for some people.

THANK YOU!!!! SPREAD THE NEWS!!!!!

I am 37 years old and have never been involved with politics,voting,or chosing a side.Call me whatever you like...I am a now a father of a two year old and since have awoken and come to my senses, and feel I need to get involved in that it's not just ME (irrisponsible) anymore and that I need to make sure there is a world here for him,all generations to come. When you have children it changes you.. I hate war, always have,and all it has done to the countries at the hands of those who are responsible for them..I never,until now,and after doing much reasearch have ever in a million years thought a person who is held in the highest standards for the world to see, Mr.Bush (cause I dont dare to call him my president until I'm proven wrong) would in my wildest fears have cohearsed the people of America into thinking that Iraq was a war we must be involved in. I will be spending the next year getting involved in making sure the Constitution of the US is upheld and that I elect a person who will do his best in preserving those rights written on it.I cant believe as one of the previous poster touched on,this impeachment process was not even mentioned on TV one bit..What has the world come too? Education is key....Our schools are complaing theres no money in the budget for class trips,books,etc...All that money to fund this war could have been spent on education,disease and diasters amongst other things all over globe..

i sick of waiting for the dems to do something. ron paul you have my vote!

So,how about we start contacting every US
Senator and Congressman or Congresswoman
and demand they Expell Crazy old fool Harry
Reid and Screw Up Nancy Pelosi and Steny
Hoyer from Congress and that Congress put
Impeachment of Bush,Cheney and Rice back on
the table and Impeach all three of them as
well as go ahead and Impeach Pelosi,Reid
and Hoyer and have all of them charged with
Treason and War Crimes and Crimes Against
Humanity or we will vote every stinking
sell out treasonous Democrat & Republican
out of office as Bush,Cheney,Rice,Pelosi,
Hoyer and Reid must be held fully accountable and responsible and punished
for their Acts of Treason,Mass Murders,

Down with all incumbents.

2008 Presidential Election Weekly Poll
http://www.votenic.com
Weekly Results Posted Every Tuesday Evening.

Hey Hoyer, since everyone is "just to d-a-m-n busy with your own agendas" to do whats right for the country, and what your countrymen are pleading with you to do as their representatives, then perhaps you should voluntarily "step down!" You're not there for the people, you're not there for the good of the country, and you're only there for yourself, so really what good are you? Get out while you can before getting kicked out! The voters are becoming much more aware of congressional antics and the jig is up. Now we know what y'all do up there, NOTHING! Looks like more indictments are in order as the BushCo team is coming out of the closet for an end run! We're glad your telling on yourselves...

Here's an approximate quick tally of what these political devils are hiding:

The most recent international figures of the war on terrorism I could find are from June '07 reports, except for current U.S. troop deaths that I've added.

Keep in mind that "seriously injured" means cannot return to service or for civilians it means dismembered or maimed for life!

World Troops "dead" fighting terrorism: 43,791+
World Troops "seriously injured": 190,222+
Civilian Casualties "dead": 789,442+
Civilian Casualties "seriously injured": 1,420,996+

Total approximate serious Casualties: 2,444,451+

Approximate AWOL's due to atrocities: 40,000+

Approximate new total of dead, wounded or missing: 2,484,451+

The real figures are far beyond this June '07 tally. This is also "why" they're beginning talks of re-instituting the draft for your children, which is what they're hiding from you.

They definitely need more warm bodies for sacrifice! If you let them kill off your children for their sacrifices, then y'all deserve it.

"He said that this is the "waning" era of the Bush White House, meaning any impeachment proceedings would merely divert attention from the Democratic agenda of trying to actually halt the Iraq war and domestic items such as expanding health insurance for poor children."

If halting the Iraq war and expanding health insurance for poor children has been the Democratic agenda, they have failed miserably. Try something new, like impeaching the VP and Bush. Hoyer, Pelosi and Reid are pathetic.

No, we wouldn't want you to be diverted from your failed agendas. You certainly weren't diverted from overriding Bush's veto on your pork projects. You and your spineless colleagues are total failures.

Cindy Sheehan for congress. Bye Bye Nancy the Ninny and Steny le Douche. The only thing worse than corrupt Repubs is gutless Dems. You embarass me. (and sicken me)

The congressional Dems are in a tough spot here. They know that they have no grounds to impeach either the Pres or VP yet they they have the looney left that they courted to gain control of congress to answer to. Take the claim of illegal war. How do they pull that off after granting the president the authority to go to war. Remember that the Senate had a Dem majority when they authorized war in Iraq. Then there is the alleged lies about WMD. This will be met with newsclip after newsclip of Dems including Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the 90's espousing these same "lies" Move into the post 9/11 congress and you will find Senators from Clinton to Leahey talking about how we need to take Saddam out. The wackos here want to disregard the law and impeach and convict someone who has broken no laws. You may not like Bush or Cheney as you may not like others in your life but the constitution protects us from being arrested just because you are disliked. Remember some may dislike you and want you arrested. The irony is that the loons that have posted here want to disregard the constitution and illegally impeach everyone from Bush and Cheney to Pelosi and Hoyer. Some want to illegally go after the Supreme court justices as well. Damn the law when it comes to someone you disagree with. Dems in congress must be wondering what to do with crazy uncle Lefty now that he has found his way out of the attack.

BTW, Beezer in a earlier comment wanted a "recent" poll. Rasmusser has obliged:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/general_current_events/31_want_cheney_impeached

The results? Only 31% want him impeached. 40% don't.

The realist in me knows the only way to get past this sorry government mess is to vote more Republicans out and more Democrats in.

This is a sad, I repeat SAD, option. For the Democrats have done nothing to deserve more power. They lack the courage of coviction, and have turned their backs on the constitution as much as any neo-con.

I would LOVE to see a potent third party emerge from all of this.

I am sick and disgusted of both partys.

Why does none of you left-wing extremists bother to look up how many votes both parties have in this Congress, and educate yourselves on the simple fact that the Democrats DON'T HAVE THE VOTES for an impeachment?!! Majority Leader Hoyer and Speaker Pelosi know this.
(Btw, I believe that if Nancy Pelosi was not the Speaker, she would side with Congressman Kucinich, she is quite liberal, but as Speaker she has to represent all fractions of the party, not just hers).
In case you don't remember, the last time a president was impeached the process took over a year. Do any of you want for the legislative process to be held up by this for an entire year? Besides, a little more than a year from now, both Bush and Cheney will be gone anyway.
As for ending the Iraq war, the Democrats tried a couple of times, but it is hard to do against the will of the president and with the Republicans refusing to support the veto override.
You didn't give the Dems a 2/3 majority in the last elections (which is needed for a veto overrride as well as impeachment) so don't complain now.
Give the Democrats a break!

Is everybody who posted on this thread stark-raving mad?

I think you all need a sedative ASAP. Maybe a whole bottle full.

What a bunch of whack jobs.