Home > It’s Time to Impeach Cheney
by Dennis Kucinich
As a member of Congress, I have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution and the laws of our nation, and I have pledged to represent the views of my constituents and of all Americans.
That’s why I feel both duty and sorrow in pursuing the path of impeachment against Vice President Richard B. Cheney.
While the impeachment movement has generated intensely strong sentiment and activism, there have been only two polls published on the question of impeaching Vice President Cheney. In a national poll, 54 percent of Americans favored impeachment. In one state poll, 64 percent of Vermonters favored impeaching the Vice President.
Twenty-one of my colleagues have heeded the public demand and signed on as cosponsors of my resolution, H Res 333. Others in the Congress have claimed they have more important priorities, but have told their constituents they will keep their views in mind if the matter ever comes up for a vote.
Well, the issue is coming up for a vote this week on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the “distraction” will require members to balance their priorities between Constitutionally proscribed justice and recourse and the alternative: Constitutional abuse and
dictatorial power.
Only by taking up impeachment can we reinstitute a balance of powers and slow down the rush to launch a new war of aggression against Iran.
I am urging my colleagues to recognize that impeachment will not create a crisis by briefly disrupting their schedules on Capitol Hill. The crisis, as Americans outside the Beltway know, is upon us. Congress, the first branch of our government, to which the first half of the Constitution is devoted, has been reduced to almost a bystander as the policies of the wealthiest nation and the largest military ever known are set in secret by the Vice President’s office. Under Bush/Cheney, we have become a nation that illegally threatens and launches aggressive wars for political – not national security — reasons. For this crisis of confidence, this denial of our Constitutional beliefs and rights, impeachment is the only cure available.
I urge you, my fellow citizens, to share your sentiments with your Members of Congress and with your family, friends, and the news media in support regarding the rule of law and the imperative of impeaching a vice president who has misled both the public and the Congress about the gravest matters possible: war and peace. Please join with organizations like www.ImpeachCheney.org in making your voices heard as soon as possible! Every individual Member of Congress will have to decide within days where they stand.
On Tuesday, when I introduce my privileged resolution to force this issue to a vote, some other member of Congress will almost certainly move to table (kill) it. A Yes vote to table is a vote to delay the enforcement of the rule of law aside. A No vote to table is a vote to give impeachment a chance for a full and fair hearing. Please help me get this message out.
And, please help me sustain and expand YOUR platform on this and other issues by voting for me in Democracy for America’s presidential poll:
Forum posts
6 November 2007, 14:30
Good Luck Dennis......Be careful that you don’t suddenly get depressed and shoot yourself in the head 5or6 times....also avoid small airplanes..NO! avoid all air flights!!!..
6 November 2007, 17:38
Thanks Dennis. The country is with you though the government isn’t. Go for it.
6 November 2007, 22:42
The Motion to table failed. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Conyers will sit on it. He refuses to soil Nancy’s pretty TABLE!
6 November 2007, 23:43
Will Cheney Resign?
So that.....
George picks Brother Jeb for V.P.?
Then Jeb will run for Prez in 2008?
Americans fall for this kinda Crap!
All !
The !!
Time!!!
7 November 2007, 00:07
Buck Fush-Kenny B-
9 November 2007, 09:50
Finally, a move to dethrone King Dick, as opposed to removing W so that Big Dick would’ve ascended into the top spot. King Dick’s been running the show with his Neocon buddies all along with W as the sock puppet out front to take all the flak. It’s been quite a cozy setup, unprecendented in American politics, especially, as it turns out, since Big Dick isn’t (supposedly) part of the Executive branch as Mr. Smedly, our civics teacher, once outlined on the chalkboard.
Oddly, the Democrats, spearheaded by a group of spineless "leaders" like Hillary, Pelosi, Reid, and worst of all, Steny Hoyer, are looking the other way because they’re afraid this motion won’t be seen as favorable among American voters. Which just might be true. Why? Because somehow, someway, someone or some nefarious group must’ve slipped a narcotic-like substance in the drinking water from one coast to the other. And ever since then, the people have been walking around with a dazed look in their eyes, few sound ideas in their mind, and virtually no capacity for critical thinking. What a mess.
So, believe it or not, this largely hypnotized mass of lite thinkers bestriding the once great country of America are calling the shots. Yep, it’s true. The politicians have caved in to both special interests and the mindless masses afraid of their shadows. Who could’ve seen this coming?
So when true leaders like Kucinich or Ron Paul come along, the mass media, reading the tea leaves, grinds them into mince meat. It’s been mentioned numerous times that Kucinich admitted to seeing UFOs so, therefore, How could such a nut be credible about anything?
It’s really absurd. The mindless masses need to wake up, but the gatekeepers, particularly the media, hold back anyone with the vision and skill to wake the people up. So America plods along, headed rapidly for decline and fall. Unfortunately, we’re not mad as hell and we are going to take it. So go ahead go, go to the window right now and apathetically say it, we’re not mad as hell and we’re going to take it. All of it. Night and Day. Month after month. Year after year.
If there’s ever been a perfect time for a 3rd party, or 4th, 5th, and 6th party, it’s now. Because as things stand, the political hacks operating within the radius of 495 ain’t gonna get the job done.