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35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush

Posted by kdawson on from the high-crimes-and-misdemeanors dept.

vsync64 writes "Last night, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) spent 4 hours reading into the Congressional Record 35 articles of impeachment against George W. Bush. Interestingly, those articles (63-page PDF via Coral CDN) include not just complaints about signing statements and the war in Iraq, but also charges that the President "Sp[ied] on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment,' 'Direct[ed] Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens,' and 'Tamper[ed] with Free and Fair Elections.' These are issues near and dear to the hearts of many here, so it's worth discussing. What little mainstream media coverage there is tends to be brief (USA Today, CBS News, UPI, AP, Reuters)." The (Democratic) House leadership has said that the idea of impeachment is "off the table." The Judiciary Committee has not acted on articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney introduced by Kucinich a year ago.

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  1. Re:Silliness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't understand why this is silly. If "GWB's assault on the Constitution" doesn't merit impeachment, what does? a blowjob.
  2. The very best thing about this story... by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that I finally have a good reason to use the phrase "Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D'OH!)" in casual conversation.

  3. Re:You don't seem to understand the point... by mrbluze · · Score: 3, Funny

    He might as well have been reading a story about eating shit in a public library or having butt sex with his wife. You mean that wasn't mentioned among the things the President did?
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  4. Kucinich... by crhylove · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... is awesome. He's the only candidate I would have bothered driving to the polls for, despite the fact that when I got there diebold would have just erased my vote.

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  5. Re:Too little too late... by Grimbleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, but you CAN take away their rights for it in the interest of THE CHIIIIIIIILDREEEEEEEEEEN

  6. Re:For the readers from Europe ... by stewbacca · · Score: 3, Funny

    This does not stop our country from thumbing its nose at U.N. resolutions, however. Who is going to enforce it? If history is to judge, I dunno, the US?
  7. Re:Too little too late... by joeman3429 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, it's works kind of like Sauron and the Orcs. Once Bush is out of office, the soldiers will just kind of stop fighting and meander back home, dazed.

  8. Re:Too little too late... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 3, Funny
    unless you are going to try to convince us that he had intercourse with Lewinsky, then you must admit that he did not commit perjury

    there's a good "if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" joke there somewhere.

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  9. Re:Too little too late... by susano_otter · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's completely unfair to compare bush to a mass murderer.
    no petty mass murderer has ever been responsible for the deaths of so many innocent people.

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  10. Re:Too little too late... by chasisaac · · Score: 3, Funny

    How do you know when a Clinton is lying?

    The lips are moving.

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  11. Re:Too little too late... by kenaaker · · Score: 5, Funny
    How do you know when W is lying?

    When you can't see Cheney's right hand and his lips are moving.

  12. Re:Too little too late... by snarfies · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see what you did there.

  13. Get Cheney at the same time by thelandp · · Score: 5, Funny
    Don't forget to impeach Cheney at the same time. If the president is removed from office then the VP would take over.

    Remember: no bush, no dick.

    (damn I was all set for +5 insightful and had to spoil it down to +5 funny with that last line ...)

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  14. Re:...Brought to you by Carl's Jr. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    AMENDMENT XXVIII
    Congress shall make no law exceeding in length this Constitution.

    (Let's make them earn their pay by holding a separate vote on every pork-laden amendment.) ptriot act section 56889

    fbi n cia can spy on ppl. dnt need to ask cngress only prez. prez can amend ptriot act with exec order. prez is root. sudo ptriot act.
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