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Dennis Kucinich's 35 articles of impeachment towards Bush!

June 10th, 2008 (06:43 pm)




















































































Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles

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 C-SPAN.

"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."

On several occasions, Kucinich referenced RAW STORY and its noted investigative news chief, Larisa Alexandrovna, as source material for the articles. Two of the RAW STORY pieces Kucinich mentioned are viewable here and here.

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, then-Democratic 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.

Tuesday's follow-up story at this link: Mainstream media yawns as Kucinich offers impeachment.

Plus Impeachment resolution gains co-sponsor.

This video is from C-SPAN, broadcast June 9, 2008.


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Kucinich references RAW STORY


A PDF file with the full text of the articles is available at this link.

 


Video clips are available below:

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Kucinich_presents_Bush_impeachment_articles_0609.html

***Update*** Kuncinich's website was "suspiciously attacked" according to this link below:

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/5712

And since the impeachment articles were introduced yesterday, there have now been calls to move it to a judiciary committee:

Kucinich to push for referral of impeachment resolution to Judiciary Committee

By Mike Sheehan | Congress, impeachment | Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who last night presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress, will tonight move that his impeachment resolution be referred to the House Judiciary Committee, per a press release from his office.

The thirty-five articles of impeachment that the Democratic lawmaker from Ohio painstakingly read last night for several hours to the House of Representatives will be read again tonight into the Congressional record by the Clerk of the House.

After the reading ends, Kucinich “will rise and make a motion that the Impeachment Resolution be referred to committee,” said the release. Should a vote occur, further action will be postponed until Wednesday.

“It is imperative that Members of Congress have a thorough opportunity to read the Articles of Impeachment and study the documentation,” said Kucinich, in the release. “When they do, I am confident that they will agree that it is both appropriate and necessary for the Judiciary Committee to begin hearings on the Resolution.”

The reading will begin sometime after approximately 7:30 Eastern on Tuesday night.

Earlier on Tuesday, Kucinich’s office claimed that his official website had been crippled a few hours after delivering his resolution the night before. An e-mail alert distributed by his office said the circumstances surrounding the attack could “best be described as ’suspicious.’”

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Comments

Posted by: ♥ Twillight Princess Stacie ♥ ([info]stacie_chan)
Posted at: June 11th, 2008 05:48 am (UTC)
Stacie -- Miwako [Paradise Kiss]

Compliments of FARK, I give you this. Hopefully you get the reference and LOL.

Posted by: Heathtown ([info]heathtown)
Posted at: June 11th, 2008 05:15 pm (UTC)
It took me a moment!
Drink more!!!

At first I was like "I don't get it!" And then I remembered when I first saw his wife next to him. Wowsers!!!

Unless there was some other reference in there that I was totally oblivious to. :)

Posted by: ♥ Twillight Princess Stacie ♥ ([info]stacie_chan)
Posted at: June 11th, 2008 07:08 pm (UTC)
Re: It took me a moment!
Evil baby Stacie with horns

Yeah, that's supposed to be a representation of him and his red-headed wife. I thought whoever came up with that was pretty funny. hahaha Go to Fark and search for the thread if you want some laughs.

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