May Mr. Kucinich read every last word of the resolution. There is nothing anyone can do to humiliate me or my fellow democrats. This president needs to have an example made of him. This is worth the time. Even if this administration is not impeached, it needs to be put on the congressional record that this nation is NOT HAPPY with what he has done to our country. Even in the smallest way. This is an example of a politician ACTUALLY REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE! (Imagine that!)

MR. KUCINICH YOU MAY PROCEED UNOBSTRUCTED!

(bless you sir)

Thank you Dennis for being the only elected official with the integrity to stand up to the thugs in the White House. Even though you tend to be the lone voice against constitutional crimes (like you did for the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act) you're voice speaks the truth. And that needs to be heard!

What a loser. Bush needs to do time. Hoyer is a loser. So is the lady Dem. They all suck. Where is the justice?

IMPEACH BUSH NOW!

I applaud Rep. Kucinich for his initiatives to impeach Cheney and Bush. He seems to be the only one with the guts to confront this criminal administration. It is pathetic he is not finding any support among his fellow democrats. Shame on all of them!

One Nation

I like to think of God as a "Higher Power." I ask a lot of God often and on occasions, I am given an instant answer. Like the time I asked for two extra dollars to buy a latte. At the very moment I placed my request, I received a phone call for work and earned fifty dollars. God increased my request times twenty-five that day. There are times when God is on his "own time." I asked God to remove United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld from his post many times. After two years of constant meditation, Donald Rumsfeld was forced to resign his post as head military adviser.

It's been four years since I asked him to reveal the secret meetings Vice President Dick Chaney held with Hallerburton, Kellogg, Brown and Root. I am confident that the world will discover that Dick Chaney and Donald Rumsfeld planned the Iraq war with a few private companies using the U. S. military as its instrument of power. President Bush gave his approval to this plan without review. He misused information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency as fodder to invade Iraq.

According to the congressional laws of the United States, these actions are equivalent to high crimes and misdemeanors. Of course those who authorized the U. S. President to take America to war will never reconcile the misuse of presidential powers as they are also guilty of war crimes against humanity. The U. S. Supreme Court has the power to correct this great injustice perpetrated against the American and Iraqi people but will fail to do so as it itself is guilty of illegally placing someone in public office who has committed high treason against its own people. Iraq was a foreign body that posed no imminent physical, economic, political or psychological threat to the well being of the Unites States of America. So now I ask for "one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all. I do believe that God works in mysterious ways.

Penis Kookcinich just likes the sound of his own voice.

Go Dennis! You are a TRUE patriot, a citizen and Senator!

it is amazing that a person through his lies can cause so much death and destruction and not be held accountable. i guess the do nothing dems are afraid of owning up to there own complicity in the iraq war. as far as being divisive, any politician who was stupid enough to believe the spin on intelligence should be thrown out of office. any politician who knew the inside reasons for the war should be thrown out of office period.
impeach the presidents!

Hoyer claims that the Judiciary Committee under the Dems has done "lots of things" to hold the administration accountable. Really? Maybe he could cite an example or two because I'm having a hard time remembering anything they've done.

"Hoyer suggested that engaging in a lengthy debate over impeaching Bush in the waning days of his administration was not a productive use of the House's time, given that there is so much other pending legislation for the chamber to deal with."

In other words, it is just too inconvenient for us to abide our oaths, and do our sworn duty. So we won't.
I don't think it is any stretch to label the lack of Congressional Oversight for what it is; Treason; By Callous and Negligent Indifference.

The likes of Hoyer and Pelosi really need to go if they can't see the importance of what Kucinich is trying to do. If we are to salvage any semblance of the rule of law, Bush, Cheney et.al. must be held accountable. This is more important than the next election and business as usual (Hoyer is probably irked because this would take time away from the distribution of earmarks). If these senators are presented with overwhelming evidence of the crimes of the administration and fail to act are they not obstructing justice?

I agree, probably too late. I'm a Dem at I just have to say that there is an 8000 lb elephant that nobody talks about and that is power, specifically the inequality of the two parties to exercise. That is, the repugs, because they are repugs can form a kangaroo court, call in a sitting President, put him under oath, and impeach him through the process. Speaker Pelosi is unfortunately not able to call in an assistant to the President, forget about the oath.

So I take the Speaker at her word... mainly because she knows the outcome, the rubric has been crossed and the President would just stonewall, to the extent of come and get me but you better bring troops. I do however, think the repugs would try to impeach if the roles were reversed, a Dem invaded small country and turned it into a quagmire. But again, the rubric, even a Democratic President would ignor a future Congress to the point of defy. The Presidency has changed since the last impeachment.

2 posts here refer to Dennis, Nancy and Hoyer as Senators. Glad you are so smart that you have decided that Bush should be impeached when you don't know the difference between a senator and a representative!

If not impeachment, why not Censure?

Let's have a vote for the election! Really would love to see incumbents' vote and arguments...

So there appears to be only one true patriot left in Congress and his name is Dennis Kucinich. And dare I mention he's the only dude with cojones? Must be why he has such a hot wife, she knows a man when she sees one. The fact that his cowardly fellow DodoDems have no guts for an impeachment this country desperately needs to regain its self-respect will condemn them to the same pit of perdition Bush and his psychotic gang is destined for. Nice try, though, Dennis, trying something no other politico is capable of these days, standing upright like a vertebrate creature.

CALL NANCY PELOSI (202) 225-4965 IMPEACH THE LIARS! Thank you Dennis, and thanks for nothing Nancy!

This is a story that deserves much greater prominence in this publication.
There is no real discussion of the detail of the Impeachment Articles themselves. And no analysis of their merits, or lack thereof.
Imagine how the perception of this historic presentation would be altered if it was given the front-page prominence that it rightly deserves.
Congress will not take this resolution seriously, because The Washington Post (among many, many other respected news outlets) does not take the resolution seriously.
In this, The Post fails in its responsibility to inform the electorate.
The Watergate investigations would have never occurred without the public pressure that was inspired by The Post's continuous and ongoing reporting on the affair.
Today, The Post is an empty shell, a facade of The Fourth Estate, with the same face but lacking substance underneath.
The Post has sunk so low as to become an institution that lacks the desire to challenge power run amok.
A once great newspaper has been reduced to being another neutered cheerleader for power, and war.
The Post's failure to ring the bell again and again has allowed the current Administration to violate the Constitution with relative impunity.
If we continue on this course, one day the Washington Post will be mandated into becoming a U.S. version of "Pravda." Maybe The Post is trying to avoid this mandate by voluntarily becoming "Pravda" completely on its own volition.
How utterly shameful.

p.s. Why was Mr. Graham in attendance at secret Bilderberg meetings in Chantilly, VA ?
And why did The Post not report that hundreds of international VIP's; heads of state, giants of banking and industry, were meeting in secret, behind closed doors, in our own backyard?

I guess news is what you tell me it is.

I'm glad I had the Post at my door every
morning growing up. It's a shame that today's generation gets the watered-down pap that now flies under your banner.
We all lose.

I am almost at a loss for words. Those goddamn republicans are getting awaywith murder. An to think they went after Clinton (rake that he is) for that BS with that pig Lewinsky. Pelosi and her ilk are useless. God bless Dennis Kucinich.

At least one Dem has the stones to hold this Administration accountable.

Hon. Hoyer? Since when does political convenience (i.e., the exit of the Bush Administration later this year) dictate what is right?

In the coming years, when the details of the high crimes commited by the Bush Administration are brought to light, many will stand up and sanctimoniously cry "Why didn't we DO anything?".

Well just remember, Dennis Kucinich had the courage to do something.

By the time anyone else is ready to attempt to bring these thugs to justice, Cheney will be dead and Bush will be living under some loophole, blaming everything on Cheney.

Senator Kucinich
You are the only representative with the grit, intelligence and integrity to stand up for what is wrong with our country. Good for you. The Democratic majority in both houses looks Republican more every day. We need to replace them. Maybe Obama will realize it and do it!

To "you guys are so smart"

I realize Kucinich, Hoyer and Pelosi are not senators and probably should have typed congressmen and congresswomen. But the house would need to bring the articles of impeachment, the senate would need to act on them and I guess my mind was racing ahead to the major stumbling block. Not that it wouldn't be a useful excercise...

We have made an email form allowing users to tell congresspeople to support Kucinich

http://officeofstrategicinfluence.com/congress/

Sometimes I wish Bush would inseminate some tonsils in the very least that the media, beyond a supplimental blog (not shocked WaPo would exile it here) and a few sites, would rub it's hairy palms and salaciously mouth the word "impeachment."

And "You guys are so smart!", if that's the best you 21 Percenters can come up with, hope you cover your eyes and when the frogmarches start. Why not lift up the knuckles and actually respond to the raised articles of impeachment.

Now we have Mary making Dennis a senator and imbuing Obama with the mantle of the presidency before the general election. Then giving Obama the power to replace all senators and congressmen on his on volition!

Try studying the constitution before making statements.

Why not lift up the knuckles and actually respond to the raised articles of impeachment

-----------------------------------------------------

Why not figure out which chamber has the responsibility for impeachment and trial first? Like in, get your facts straight!

I don't know why I was shocked that this story is not front page "above the fold"...I guess I'm also old enough to remember when newspapers did their job and went after scoundrels and thugs...more's the pity. To Rep Kucinich...thank you for your patriotic bravery and please don't ever stop trying to do the right thing!!

Congressman Kucinich-
You are a hero and a Champion of the Republic.

Keep up the good work and read every last word of it!!

"Now we have Mary making Dennis a senator and imbuing Obama with the mantle of the presidency before the general election. Then giving Obama the power to replace all senators and congressmen on his on volition!
Try studying the constitution before making statements."

Mary clearly implied it is the Majority LEADERSHIP that needs to be replaced. I think The Party Nominee, especially if elected, will hold some sway over those appointments.

How did someone so "smart," not understand that?

You seem to carefully avoid the clearly stated facts of the Articles presented, perhaps this is because you know that there is no arguing innocence where the administration is concerned. The evidence and documentation of lawbreaking is abundant.

A "smart" guy like you knows this.

So, you use petty, personal attacks to divert the topic from the Articles themselves.
Why? Because logic dictates that those are arguments you cannot win (while supporting The Constitution at the same time).
One cannot argue in support of The Constitution, and in support of this administration without displaying a shocking hypocrisy.
Not that this seems to be any obstacle for those Bush apologists who are so committed to their "side," that they turn away from any truths that reveal the errors in their judgment.

Interesting: None of the usual Bush apologists are sounding off here.
Could it be that even they finally realize that how criminal and corrupt this administration has been, and how it must be held accountable for the sake of our Republic?

(OK, I know I wishing too much here, but it's always nice to dream ...)

Interesting: None of the usual Bush apologists are sounding off here.
Could it be that even they finally realize that how criminal and corrupt this administration has been, and how it must be held accountable for the sake of our Republic?

(OK, I know I wishing too much here, but it's always nice to dream ...)

Interesting: None of the usual Bush apologists are sounding off here.
Could it be that even they finally realize that how criminal and corrupt this administration has been, and how it must be held accountable for the sake of our Republic?

(OK, I know I wishing too much here, but it's always nice to dream ...)

Mea culpa for posting 3 times, folks!
God bless Dennis Kucinich!

We must hold Bush, Cheney etc. accountable. Impeachment is the best start. A Truth Commission would be another. If Americans aren't forced to confront the horrors done in our name, it is more likely to happen again.

I fully support Dennis Kucinich, and so do most other people I know.

There can be no higher action that the House takes than consideration of Articles of Impeachment. This IS the people's business. It is EXACTLY what the House should be doing.

One of the most basic aspects of the U.S. Constitution is the sharing of power, and the limited powers granted to the federal government by the founders. Limited government means maximum freedom.

Congress (at this point, the House) needs to put this at the TOP of their "to-do" list. Most of the other important decisions that they get involved in (baseball doping, anyone?) have NOTHING to do with the 18 powers granted to Congress by Article one.

Impeach. NOW. Then let's have the Senate determine guilt. BEFORE JANUARY. If this is not done, the executive will learn this lesson: hide long enough, and you can get away with murder. Literally.

Would the UFO that dropped off Dennis Kucinich please return to pick him up? His mission has been fulfilled. It was historic. No alien has ever gotten that far in a presidential campaign on any planet. Please leave behind that hot wife of his.

Go Dennis you have my vote sir!

Kucinich-Waxman '08

Dennis Kucinich is a real American and I wanted to vote for him for President.

I'm supporting Obama now, and I hope he has the guts to stand with Kucinich.

I've read the Articles of Chimpeachment and every last one of them is completely true and factual.

Chimpy and his thugs really DID do these crimes.

If Chimpy was a Democratic President, he would be in federal prison right now.

You will notice that the Repukes in here have nothing to say. They cannot argue the actual Articles of Chimpeachment on their merits because they know they will lose on every single article.

So they make childish cheap shots at a Congressman.

I bet that if Bill Clinton had done just HALF of these crimes that Chimpy did, these same Repukes would be screaming for impeachment and imprisonment.

I have been posting the following statement on every WaPo article for the past 5 HOURS:

How is it NOT front-page worthy that a sitting president of the United States had 35 articles of impeachment brought against him yesterday?

How is it NOT newsworthy that phase II of the Senate Intelligence Report regarding the runup to the Iraqi occupation was released yesterday, finding that the Bush administration actually DID exaggerate and manipulate intelligence information to garner support for the occupation??

This is the only article on WaPo other than Abramowitz's COMMENT that addresses what took place in the House for FOUR HOURS yesterday; he discredited the proceedings, of course. Thank god at least ONE reporter takes their role as government watchdog seriously. I salute you Ben Pershing, your actions make me proud to be an American. Now PLEASE, tell your boss and co-workers to follow suit, because we are sick of being ashamed of our country. We can no longer rely on MSM to report facts if reporters like you do not step up to the plate. Thank you sir!

Thank you, Dennis Kucinich. You have more intestinal fortitude than any of the lackeys in the congress or the senate. nancy pelosi should be run out of Washington for ever letting that scumbag bush(and cheney)escape justice. If the congress is too busy to take care of their business, maybe it's time that it's members step down and let someone else handle it. Again, Thank you, Rep. Kucinich, and please know that there are people out here like me who appreciate your efforts, even if your colleagues don't!

this should have been in big bold letters above the fold...

reminds me of last months "Esquire"
"The Cynic and Senator Obama"
http://www.esquire.com/features/barack-obama-0608

we are begging and pleading for the truth to be told

I don't know if he can ammend it quickly, but if he can, Dennis should add "accused of causing the death of..." and read every soldier's name who died.

Mr. Kucinich - you are an American hero and true statesman. Those articles of impeachment should be read slowly and deliberately without regard to the number of hours it takes. Perhaps an hour for every dead American soldier and innocent Iraqi citizen killed would be more appropriate. Maybe an equal number of hours behind bars for the criminals who orchestrated this tragic and unconscionable war would be more just.

Tom3 & Robert,

Hope you are enjoying your echo chamber here.

In the meantime, we will place the proposed articles of impeachment along side Dennis' other major legislative landmark HR 6150, naming a post office building. Both will languish in committee.

Dennis ... I support you in your actions and integrity ... as a voice
for justice and definitely as a representative voice for the people. I totally agree that This Administration should be held accountable for their actions before they leave office. Not after they leave, nor should their actions be swept under the rug until their term is up. I agree and believe that Congress, The Senate and the House of Representatives needs to address this and take Action NOW. It is not something that should be dismissed lightly or buried. The impact down the road for not addressing this is horrific to the
United States and the rest of the world.

Dear "Go Back to the Mother Ship, Dennis"

Thank you for proving my point.

Robert

Robert,

I am calling you, I want you, I need you! I am in your parent's basement.

Mr. Kucinich is an American hero!

When one considers all the evidence to date regarding events of the U.S. led Iraq invasion, including last week's Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report, plus the many writings from those who worked inside the Bush White House, the scope and depth of the lying is staggering.

President Bush and his White House Neo-Con-men (who signed the Project for the New American Century manifesto for world domination at all cost) should be put on trial before the public for the atrocities they have caused.

And Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be investigated for aiding them, saying the impeachment issue over the Iraq War is "off the table", and as she states in a recent letter to me, "I believe impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney will distract us from our mission...". Well, to Ms. Pelosi and all those who are relentlessly enabling this epic tragedy of senseless death, shattered lives, broken families, mind-numbing abuses of our hard-earned tax dollars, savage corporate exploitation; I say, JUSTICE IS NO DISTRACTION! There is no justice without impeachment!

Many in Congress and the Senate had the same intelligence as the White House administration, yet their conclusions were vastly different and, as it turns out, shockingly correct.

The press, which as we now know from Bill Moyers' insightful PBS documentary, "Buying the War", rather than giving us the benefit of being watch-dog, instead served as lap-dog to the Bush White House--providing no real means for adequate public scrutiny.

The Congressional Black Caucus was, and is, a shining example of stewardship of the public interest and welfare. They stood in the House on the eve of the invasion on Iraq and made fact based, rational, and passionate presentations pleading with the President not to invade Iraq.

Sadly, most Americans to this day still do not know about those presentations because the mainstream press never reported that historic event.

Nevertheless, I shall forever remember that night in 2003, while watching C-SPAN--those powerful words, with truth and humanity from Rep. Maxine Waters:

"Mr. President, you cannot substitute a preemptive strike on Saddam Hussein for finding the terrorists. We want the terrorists to be found....

We want to secure the homeland. We are worried that you have been diverted, that you are about to do this preemptive strike without the documentation....

Yes, every country should be able to defend itself, but we are in no danger from Iraq. As a matter of fact, that is probably one of the weakest points on the globe for us to attack. We are not threatened by Saddam Hussein....

What we see and we are witnessing is the mismanagement of America. Someone today criticized Senator Daschle because he talked about the diplomatic disaster. Mr. President, it is a diplomatic disaster. We are watching before our very eyes the mismanagement of our beloved country. Our schools are falling apart. You said you wished to leave no child behind, but, Mr. President, you have not funded assistance to education that will have our children in the best possible situations where they can learn. Our health care system has fallen apart. In my city, in my county we are closing healthcare clinics. We are closing hospitals....

Mr. President, you are not able to tell us what this war is going to cost and what the cleanup, what the revitalization, the reconstruction of Iraq is going to cost. The American people need to know where our dollars are going. The American people need to understand the cost of this war and why....

Mr. President, we must raise these questions. We must raise these questions because we are patriots. We are folks who love this country. We are folks who have stood by this country no matter what, and we will continue to stand by this country. We will continue to stand by our soldiers. But, Mr. President, you are going to have to account for the leadership that you are giving, and I say to you and all those who are advising you, be it Wolfowitz, be it Secretary of State Colin Powell, be it Condoleezza Rice, be it Karl Rove, or any of those in the inner circle, you are going to be held responsible for what takes place in this world, what takes place with this preemptive strike, what takes place with our soldiers and our families...."

It is now time for us, all of us, to speak up in the name of justice. Our laws say we are entitled to impeachment proceedings, and our morality demands it.

Because we were fooled into war with Iraq, there are so many in this country who weep at the mere sight of the empty chair at the dinner table, knowing their loved one will never return to break bread in the sacred fellowship of family.

Indeed, justice is no distraction! There will be no justice without impeachment!

Hoyer and Pelosi owe Kucinich an apology...he speaks for a huge consituency. It just shows how out of touch the Democratic leadership is if they think ANYTHING is more important than standing up and calling Bush's corrupt administration what it is! I'm just disgusted with her and all the other party-aligned democrats who won't confront the criminals.

I understand that there are still 35 open seats on the mother ship. Better hurry up and grab them!

I support Kucinich fully!!! He is one of the few enlightened leaders of our country!!!
"Liberty and justice for all", our constitution, our democracy have all become a joke. Kucinich consistently works on behalf of the highest standards and welfare of the American people. He, often single-handedly tries to give moral substance to our "constitutional Democracy!" Bless him and Impeach Bush and Cheney!!!

Dear Washington Post:

Please stop printing articles about impeachment. If you stop, then it is possible that every single conspiracy theorist will spend less time on their computer and more time working on their tinfoil hats.

Thank you for your time.

I support Kucinich fully!!! He is one of the few enlightened leaders of our country!!!
"Liberty and justice for all", our constitution, our democracy have all become a joke. Kucinich consistently works on behalf of the highest standards and welfare of the American people. He, often single-handedly tries to give moral substance to our "constitutional Democracy!" Bless him and Impeach Bush and Cheney!!!

Why has this taken so long? America we are a country of laws. Cheney take your Bush and burn on the dark side!

Those who oppose Kucinich on this thread are uncannily similar in several ways.

They offer no specific criticisms for any of the 35 Articles of Impeachment (the evidence being too obvious and abundant to argue with).

They do not try to convince anyone of Bush's innocence (guessing correctly that that slop won't fly, not any more).

What they ALL do, though, is hurl insults.

So far, without one single exception.
Funny, isn't it?

How those with no logical argument to fall back on, revert to confounded children, ignoring the facts in the hope they will go away. It seems you have no idea how obvious and predictable you are.
Children never do.

Face it, you were duped. These people running our country are not conservatives.

Right or left, we all love the same things about this great Republic, freedom of speech, and of the press, trial by jury, the right to assemble peaceably, and petition the Government for a redress of grievances, the right to vote, the right to privacy (see the 4th Amendment for a reminder if you need it), the right to worship as you see fit, the separation of powers established to prevent the possibility of a Dictatorship taking hold.
When those rights (and others) are threatened, Party Affiliation takes a backseat, or, at least it used to.

Some are so entrenched in their "side," that they ignore the obvious. Easier to do that I suppose, than admit you have been dead wrong, for years.

Praise to Kucinich for his bravery and courage to do this. Bush is guilty of murder, as set forth very adroitly by Former LA DA Vince Bugliosi, in a recent book about this subject. You can read the total scope in Bugliosi's book. Basically, Bush cherry picked the intelligence to drum up a war mentality. There was so much there that showed war was not necessary. Besides that, Bush sent the US off to war without fair and good protection, allowing our young to die in explosions, etc.

As pointed out by Bugliosi, Bush really does not "love" the USA, because if he did, he would not have allowed this insanity go on for 5 years. He has laughed and smiled all the time, even on days when troops were being killed by large numbers. He was partying and going to events and having a great time, while the killing was happening at that very moment.

When you fight a war, then, the Prez is suppose to be fully devoted and serious and put all energy and resources to win, if you love this country. Nope, it was champaign and caviar for him along this way.

God bless Dennis Kucinich!!! I applaud his courage in standing up for those of us in the "silent majority"!!!

At last... it is great to see that a politician is willing to stand against the crimes (at least some of them) committed by Bush and his administration, yet it is even better to see that many of us are willing to voice our thoughts and ideas and finally wake up the country from these last eight years of lies and nightmares created by the neocons. For a while I thought that the values of honesty, integrity, respect, hope, responsibility, and truth had been lost in this land. I'm so glad to have been wrong. The U.S. used to be a great country, let's make it great once again. Holding Bush accountable for his crimes is a necessary step in the right direction.

The American people deserve the truth. We want to have our country back from the criminals. I was going to suggest conducting intensive interrogation techniques on Bush and his staff, or at the very least some annal probing, but impeachment will have to do for now.

Thank you Mr. Kucinich!!!!

For a long time it seemed an impeachment effort would be counter-productive, as it would necessarily impede the process of governance. But now, with the revelations of the last few weeks concerning misfeasance, public lies, planned destruction of evidence, corruption of the top echelons of our military, deliberate unconstitutional acts, consorting with known criminals, misuse of justice officials for political ends, etc. etc., it is clear that impeachment is not only desirable, it is necessary.
How can we allow such criminality in the highest offices in our land and expect that some future domestic tyrant will not take note of our inaction and cowardice?
If nothing else, an impeachment fight would occupy the White House to such an extent that the administration's plunder of our nation's resources would be at least slowed in the final months.

The American press has been a major enabler of injustice during the Bush years, and until recently his biggest cheerleader. There has been no serious discussion regarding any of the Articles of Impeachment in the press, even though most articles contain stories that have been widely reported by the press as violations of federal laws and are based on well documented facts.

The mainstream press has presented Bush in a way that has convinced the public it is acceptable for a President to act like a King or dictator and create his own sense of injustice. Much like a propaganda machine in a dictatorship, it presents violations of law as a necessary part of a President's life.

The press has ignored this great opportunity to have justice heard in an impeachment hearing. This is the legal forum for investigating and debating the legal charges and facts in front of the public. We owe it to history to reveal the real story at a time when justice can be served. We cannot afford to have a president feel they are above the law, or a law unto themselves.

Ironically the press has done more to subvert the rights to speech by denying the forum for the public debate to take place, at this critical time when the Articles are before Congress. The press is characterizing the people who want justice as way out of the mainstream, as a justification for ignoring them.

The Congress, that was elected to provide the oversite, is not in the spotlight of the press. The leadership of Congrees is clearly in a dark hole, and won't come out, and the press will not go after them.

Using the Google search engine I find there is basically a black out by the major press organizations on the Articles of Impeachment resolution before Congress. Look in the papers of the major networks or NPR and you find nothing.

The same press and the right wing conservatives was willing to spend years on the most inappropriate details of Clinton's personal sex life. If Clinton's lying to the American people is the threshold for an impeachment and non-stop coverage, than these 35 Articles would at least warrant consideration by Congrees, and the press. Having a trial is not a rehasing of the facts, it is the forum for justice.

It is ironic that the right wing conservatives and libertarian basic principles and philosophy is that government has no business in a persons personal life. Many believe privacy is as a fundamental right the basic foundation for personal freedom.

Bush has violated every principle in the conservative and libertarian philosophy by eliminating even the most basic of human rights. He has authorized torture, subjected people to obscene humiliation, held innocent people for indefinate periods without any legal basis or counsel. Authorized the kidnapping of citizens of other countries in other countries and then sent them to countries which are known for torturing people to death, including Cuba. Bush also searched and bugged millions of peoples conversations without warrent or legal oversite. Bush made a mockery of the justice system and the legal system by politizing it. And in the process created a huge and disfunctional government that has invaded almost every part of a persons life that can be invaded.

The libertarians and conservatives by philosopy are not ones to invade countries, kill hundreds of thousands of people and imprison thousands more without changes. Nation building is not in their vocubulary. They certainly are not into creating a huge federal government and miliary and intelligence gathering buracracy to support a war with no rational basis, or to support a government in another country that is disfunctional, full of religious doctorine, and infiltrated by terrorists.

The conservatives and libertarians are by principle fundamentally against Bush's philosophy in part because they believe government is incompetent, which in this case has proven to be true in the worst sense. Here is the big example of failed government they have been looking for but they keep their mouth shut.

It took over 200 years to build American's image of freedom and democracy in the world but it has taken only 8 long years to destroy this image. The press and Congress has shown the world that American is not govern but rules but by rulers with no sense of justice. This is not a true image of America and perhaps the most dangerous and arrogant to portray to the world. Can American do justice to itself by seriously considering the law and facts in this case.

A simpleton may think the press and Congress (especially the conservatives and libertarians) would be bitter regarding the fact that they have been made fools by the President. Both have reported his propaganda as facts, and gone along with his disasterous policies. You would think the press and Congress would be hungry to make things right. But if the truth came out it would be revealed that the press and Congress were incompetent fools, spokespersons, and enablers. Ironically many of the conservatives and libertarians were the most complicit enablers.

I guess the liberal media and liberal Congress is just too liberal...and will let the president do what ever he wants. The conservatives and libertarians would rather not think about it since he was their man.

I agree with everyone who mentioned that this should be front-page news. And, Nancy Pelosi, how about bringing the country together by restoring our integrity and national pride?

Say what you will, Dennis has a wife who is 100% hottie.

This country is not the only thing that President Bush has diminished in the eyes of the world. Members of Congress are approaching the status of robots. It is becoming more and more difficult to admire the people voters trusted to enforce our constitution.

Like anyone who does not uphold the laws, Bush should be held accountable.

Thank you Dennis Kucinich for not being afraid to do the right thing.

So, Steny "Hoyer was particularly perturbed that Kucinich insisted on reading the entire resolution into the Congressional Record ..." If Hoyer was doing his job, then he would have asked that it be read into the record, and more. Leadership in the House is better than Republican rule to be sure, nonetheless, these cowards have to go. Pelosi should resign now.

Let's forget about impeachment and take action in prosecuting Bush, Cheney and the other involved neocons for high crimes for the war in Iraq, the Katrina fiasco, the failed economy, and other crimes too numerous to mention.

Enron Executives are behind bars for "cooking the books". Enron employees lost their life savings. The architechs of the Iraq war (Cheney, Bush, Card, Rumsfeld, Libby,etc) will "skate" for "cooking the intelligence". Thousands of people lost their lives.

I'm NOT a "Democratic Activist", Mr. Pershing. I'm an American, and if my President is accused of even one of the major crimes listed in these Articles of Impeachment, I demand a hearing in the House of Representatives. Plenty of sources and witnesses are cited for each accusation. It wouldn't take long to investigate the worst of them. Much of the proof is already known, and Bush has admitted to two of them (approving torture and domestic spying).

Let's get on with it. Nothing Congress has investigated so far has produced results or even - gasp! - convictions, and that's what I call "a waste of time."

At least the bombshell has been launched.

The fact that the whole five hours was shown on C-Span (and doubtless downloaded by many) was of vital public interest, and will prove to be historic.

Kucinich has not only the courage to do this uncomfortable job, he does it exceptionally well.
After five hours, he was still speaking with the disciplined passion of true presidential material.
It was positively riveting to listen to him, and I am not used to being riveted by politicians talking.
There were no erms... ahems... or embarrassing silences of any sort, and the material simply HAD to be listened to.

Any comparison of this man with Bush as a statesman is out of the question.

Articulately and eloquently formulated - as well as concisely, despite the five hours - the bulk of the case against Bush is on record at last.

35 articles, and growing . . .

The ultimate insult: To be the target of an impeachment resolution originated by the King of the Clowns.

Cheez.

Dennis Kucinich is a statesman in a zoo of a very few!
I'm sorry that I missed part of the 35 Articles of Impeachment and would like to have Dennis read them over again. When he is finished I would like for him to read Vincent Bugliosi's new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, to the House members because evidently they can't read.

Go Dennis Go. It is just and right to impeach him.

I gave my response yesterday. Where is it among these presentations?

Can anyone put into writing exactly how we irrate citizens of America can force our governing establishment to demand the impeachment of Cheney and Bush, followed by criminal trials of all those who were equally as guilty as the henchmen of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. This certainly would relieve the traffic congestion in DC.

Can anyone put into writing exactly how we irrate citizens of America can force our governing establishment to demand the impeachment of Cheney and Bush, followed by criminal trials of all those who were equally as guilty as the henchmen of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. This certainly would relieve the traffic congestion in DC.

I ask Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for the following reasons:
1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.
2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel.
4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.
5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.
6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress.
7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution.
9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming.

It has been reported in today's news that Iraq does not want an American presence. We have spent billions of dollars for this war to-date, enough to have been used to assist homeowners currently dealing with the foreclosure crisis. Billions of dollars that could have been used for assistance to the Katrina victims, kept in our budget for American programs that are currently failing due to lack of funding, and/or used to help keep the Social Security fund stable for more than the current 2 year prediction. Billions of dollars that could have been used for immediate resources to expedite our weaning from oil dependency. Billions of dollars that could have been used for education assistance, health care reform, and building green jobs in the United States.

We are at war within our own country RIGHT NOW - with an economic crisis, rising gas and utility costs, rising unemployment, and lower GDP.

Please put an end to any further waste of money, and pledge your allegiance to fighting the wars we face today in the U.S.

I too, beg you to stop the Bush march towards tyranny as an imperial president placed above the law. The proof that Bush and Cheney have violated their Constitutional oath, committed undeniable acts of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, too enumerable to list in this email, is empirically evident and in plain sight for all to see.

I have high regard and the utmost respect for your forty years of service to your country. I call upon you, in what may be described as the 'Ultimate American Crisis', to introduce Articles of Impeachment against George Bush and Dick Cheney immediately. Your own report, "The Constitutional Crisis", clearly outlines the facts and the unquestionable need for the sake of freedom, democracy and the preservation of our civil liberties, all the reasons you need to Impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

Never in American history have we had a president run so egregiously rough-shod over the Constitution, commit unspeakable acts of torture, bring unnecessary war to bear on our country, advocate illegal wire tapping, cost the lives of thousands of American soldiers and so smugly and brazenly lie to Congress and the American People so often and with so much contempt! As reported by the BBC, never in the history of war has war profiteering been so rampant. And Dick Cheney aka Halliburton has done so with such repugnance for any allegience or pride for this country.

All of this comes at the expense of thousands dead, hundreds of billions of wasted dollars and an American public so dismayed and shocked that only 34% of this nations people approve of this president and only 18% approve of his VP, Dick Cheney!

I ask you, "How much farther must we fall into the abyss of despotism, an autocracy rule and a nation guided by oily, war profiteering leaders? How many more must die in an illegal war? How many more must die in disasters like Katrina due to an incompetent government? How many more civil rights must be violated? How many abuses of power and lawlessness must President Bush perpetrate, before our elected leaders in Congress act?"

A clear majority, 52%, of the public believe George Bush should be impeached. This is the will of the people! The government of the United States is a government of and for the people. Congressman Conyers, it is the brave and courageous representatives of the people of this nation that must step forth and speak loudly of what we all know; that George W. Bush has commit great crimes against this nation, war crimes against sovereign nations of the world, violated his sacred oath of office to protect and preserve the Constitution and poses the greatest threat in American history to slide us into a dictatorship and the final destruction of our great democracy!

Please read Bob Fertik's complete list of resources (http://www.democrats.com/please-john-conyers) to the irrefutable and undisputable facts of George Bush's High Crimes against this nation. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution grants Congress the ultimate power to deter and to punish abuses of power by executive officers of the government. Please do not sit idly by and allow the most dangerous and criminal president since Richard Nixon continue his usurpations against us and be granted such grievous and unjust impunity.

It is with utmost urgency, respect and belief in you that I ask of you to defend our freedom, be a 21st Century Patriot and Impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney! The world, America and its people can no longer wait!

=========
Please feel free to re-use this plea to the esteemed John Conyers who has the right to allow the impeachment proceedings to begin.

Dear Friends,

I have just read and signed the petition: "Put Kucinich on Meet the Press"

Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing
the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. We are
trying to reach 10000 signatures - please go to www.democrats.com and sign the petition

http://www.democrats.com/put-kucinich-on-meet-the-press

Once you have signed, you can help even more by asking your friends and family
to sign as well.

To the poster who was frustrated with the media for the lack of coverage of the impeachment articles -
This will probably incense you even further. The following article appeared on the BBC news site that provides further exposure of the immense war profiteering the current administration has done nothing about. The BBC and "US Officials" conducted this investigation, yet we haven't heard a word of this in any US media. What I find even more vulgar is the fact that Prez Bush signed into law a bill that requires profit disclosures by US companies doing business Iraq during the wartime; he recently rescinded this law (struck it down) and had it rewritten with so many back doors it will make your head spin to read it.

What incenses me further is the total lack of regard by our current House and Senate to want to bury the impeachment articles in Judiciary rather than deal with it. I don't care if Bush/Cheney are exiting office soon or not. Thats like saying don't send a man to prison for committing murder because the offender is already dying.

Our House and Senate also need to remember who voted them into office.. not themselves, but the citizens of America.

** BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions **
A BBC investigation estimates that about $23bn may have been lost, stolen or not
properly accounted for in Iraq.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7444083.stm >

Go Kucinich! Speak loud and clear for us all! The Supreme Courts decision on restoring our Habeas Corpus should also impact the legislatives progression of the impeachment charges >> hopefully! WE must restore the adherence to our Constitution and NEVER again let any President act above the law! This will also restore our credibility in the rest of the world!

Dennis Kucinich, along with Ron Paul, are the only US almost mainstream politicians with any integrity whatsoever. The rest are a bunch of pathetic sheep. Nearly 500 of them.

Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic, just as pathetic as the people who suppor them.

zew027 Blogs rating, add your blog to be rated for free:
http://blogsrate.net