FINALLY!!
Fucking FINALLY, someone with the balls to issue Articles of Impeachment against Cheney! I really respected Dennis Kucinich before this, but even moreso now.
After a series of delays, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a candidate for president in 2008, announced a series of charges against Vice President Dick Cheney in Washington, DC, late in the day. Kucinich alleged that the Vice President had committed a series of impeachable offenses, and he was therefore introducing Articles of Impeachment against Cheney in the Congress today.The full set of documents can be found on his website here. I hope it happens before the rotten old fucker keels over from any number of health issues he has. He just got out of the hospital yesterday for a blood clot in his leg, and promptly went on to put Harry Reid on blast for telling the truth about the failure of the war in Iraq. Story & video here. Reid bests him with this gem: "I’m not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating."
Kucinich started off by reading the opening words of the Declaration of Independence, arguing they were "instructive at this moment."
"Whenever any government official becomes destructive of the founding purposes, that official must be held accountable," he said.
The Ohio Democrat's move intended to provide a "defense of the rights of American people to have a government that is honest and peaceful."
Kucinich excoriated the Vice President who he called "a driving force for taking us into war against Iraq under false pretenses, and is once again rattling sabers of war against Iran, with the same intent to drive America into war, again based on false pretenses."
The Ohio Congressman, who is running for president for the second time, noted three charges in his Articles of Impeachment, which were submitted as House Resolution 333. The first concerned manipulation of intelligence about Iraq's threat to the US. The second concerned manipulation of intelligence on the Iraq-Al-Qaida relationship. The last concerned what he called having "openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran."
Kucinich claimed the charges were "deeply researched," in the press conference, and insisted that his accusations were not just a political stunt.
"This is not brought forth lightly. I've carefully weighed the options available to Members of Congress, and I have found this path the path that is most important to take," he explained.
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