Kucinich:Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney

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Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney

Looks like he's reached his boiling point.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the most liberal of the Democratic presidential candidates in the primary field, declared in a letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he plans to file articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney.

Kucinich has made ending the war in Iraq the central theme of his campaign. He has even taken aim at the leading Democratic presidential candidates in the field for their votes on authorizing the war.


Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to impeach the president, vice president and "all civil Officers of the United States" for "treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Sources tell the Sleuth that in light of the mass killings at Virginia Tech Monday, Kucinich's impeachment plans have been put on hold. There will be no action this week, they say.

Kucinich's office had no comment on the Congressman's "Dear Colleague" letter -- which apparently was drafted over the weekend, before the school massacre -- or on what the focus of articles of impeachment against Cheney would be.

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/04/articles_of_impeachment_to_be.html

[Initech]

1. It's about damn time!

:woohoo:

[Czolgosz]

2. GO DENNIS GO! K & R

[ixion]

3. Kucinich rocks

:applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[Parche]

4. IMPEACH

ITS HEINEKEN TIME!!!!!!!!!

This is the best news I have heard all week!!!





:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[AnOhioan]

5. Proud to have him as my Congressman...and my candidate.

[IndianaGreen]

6. Pelosi may be right, it may be impractical to impeach Bush, but Cheney is another story altogether!

There is a record of Cheney obstructing justice in the Plame case, of subverting the intelligence process in the lead up to the Iraq War, and of acting as de facto President in vetoing Bob Gates proposal to close down the Guantanamo concentration camp.

[Wwagsthedog]

7. D K

All the way!

[LWolf]

8. Great news.

I'm not surprised to hear that, of all of the '08 contenders, Congressman Kucinich has the courage to make this move.

[sueh]

9. BRING. IT. ON.

Good going, Dennis! At a boy!!

[bamacrat]

10. Pesident Kucinich, I can see it now.

I hope:nopity:

[Eurobabe]

11. Put it on record!!! Move 'em out!!

[Alexander]

12. This is politically brilliant, as well as wonderful.

Kucinich knows most of the Democratic base - and indeed, perhaps most of the country - would like to see Bush and Cheney impeached.

I doubt they'll have any love lost for Cheney, since his last measured approval rating was 19%. Since that was over a year ago, and I haven't seen one since, one wonders how low it could be.

[Connonym]

13. We all need to start writing some letters to our representatives

and let them know we support this.