"Charges of IMPEACHMENT AGAINST CHENEY Should Be Introduced" (Larry Johnson)

[kpete]

Next Steps in Plamegate
By Larry Johnson | bio
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Although Patrick Fitzgerald indicated he has no plans to file further charges in this case, there is still work for Congress to do. At a minimum, charges of impeachment against Dick Cheney should be introduced.

The evidence presented in the trial shows beyond any reasonable doubt that Dick Cheney was organizing and leading the attack on Joe Wilson that led to Valerie's exposure. It is time for Congress, the House and the Senate, to conduct hearings on the falsified case for going to war and to look specifically at the smear campaign launched against the Wilsons. If a President can be impeached for lying about a blow job then by God a Vice President should be impeached for setting in motion the forces that destroyed an intelligence network during a time of war. Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter, Armitage, Bartlett, Matalin, and Fleischer need to be subpoenaed and marched before an investigative committee. I still want a frog march. They must testify under oath and explain how their campaign to quash the truth about yellowcake uranium was used to whip up public frenzy for an unnecessary and feckless war.

This matter goes far beyond any damage to the Wilsons and their reputations. This raises the question of whether we are a nation of laws or the mere subjects of a gang of bullies. Whatever teflon George W. Bush might have had is now completely scraped off. The debacles of Katrina, Iraq, and Walter Reed provide mountains of evidence of the incompetence and malevolence of this Administration. Now it is settled that several senior White House personnel participated in an organized campaign to smear Joe Wilson and expose his wife. There must be accountability and it is up to the Congress to do more than demand something be done. The House and Senate must act and act decisively to expose the lies of Cheney and his gang.

more at:
http://tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/mar/06/next_steps_in_plamegate

[Bandit]

1. Why would any reasonable person expect a Democratic Congress

to do anything at all about this Administration? What have they done over the last six years that would create such expectations? :shrug: I don't get it...

[Connie_Corleone]

2. I didn't expect anything in the last 6 years since they weren't the majority.

But, if they don't start impeachment against Cheney soon, then they will definitely be irrelevant. Who the hell but 10% of the population likes Cheney.

I think the American people would love to get rid of him as VP.

But, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for the Democrats to do what's right in this situation.

[pat_k]

3. Every Member of Congress should have started yelling "impeach" years ago. . .

. . .Of course, as a Democrat, it is the failure of the Dems to demand action that's the most heartbreaking. Doesn't matter if they were in the minority. Failure to accuse when confronted with crime is complicity, particularly when you're a Constitutional Officer charged with defending the Constitution (and therefore must be "on the lookout" for threats to it, and obligated to sound a "call to arms" when the danger is clear and present).

Any of them can of course redeem themselves any time by opening their mouths, accusing, and doing everything in their power to make impeachment and removal a reality.

[Morgana LaFey]

4. K&R

[Kurovski]

5. K&R(nt)