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Kucinich presents Bush Impeachment Articles (videos, 6/9/08)

by Open-Publishing - Sunday 15 June 2008
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Governments USA

David Edwards and Mike Sheehan
Published: Monday June 9, 2008

An Ohio Democratic lawmaker and former presidential candidate has presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress.

Thirty-five articles were presented by Rep. Dennis Kucinich to the House of Representatives late Monday evening, airing live on CSPAN.

"The House is not in order," said Kucinich to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), upon which Pelosi pounded her gavel.

"Resolved," Kucinich then began, "that President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate. ...

"In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed the following abuses of power..."

The first article Kucinich presented, and many that followed, regarded the war in Iraq: "Article 1 - Creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false case for war against Iraq."
Kucinich, a 2004 and 2008 Democratic candidate for the White House, abandoned a prior attempt to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush in January of this year.

In April of 2007, Kucinich presented impeachment articles against Vice President Dick Cheney, but the effort went nowhere. Kucinich exclaimed that "impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran."
Before leaving office in January 2007, Rep. Cynthia McKinney—currently a Green Party presidential candidate—introduced articles of impeachment against President Bush as her last act in Congress, but that effort also was fruitless.

videos:

http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-20429361.html

Forum posts

  • Yeah, and Nazi Pelosi and the Nancy-Boys in Congress relegated them to the judiciary Committee to die like the Impeachment Articles on Cheney from last year.

    Fear not, Dennis says if they aren’t acted on within 30 days, he’ll return with 60 Impeachment Articles. YOU GO DENNIS!

    Nancy Pelosi should be impeached.

    Cindy Sheehan is running against Pelosi for her Congressional seat. I’ll vote for her.