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35 Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against Bush
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.
Just war theory, learn it.
Part of the blame is on Clinton. Clinton made Nixon look ok, and Bush makes Clinton look like a boy scout. Clinton should have seen jail time but Bush should be executed by international court. Still, the Clinton machine's hatchet job on the impeachment congressmen ensures that noone will ever try to hold the president accountable for their crimes again. The dems know all too well how the Republicans can exact revenge for an impeachment. They themselves handed over the blueprints in 1998.
After reading the comments on this article, it has become clear to me the easiest way to get modded up: 1) Laud the actions of Senator Kucinich. 2) Say something negative about Bush (perhaps "He's a mass murderer" or "He's an idiot" or my personal favorite "He's an idiot AND a mass murderer") 3) Throw in some extra bashing of Republicans. I've discovered the Secret to Slashdot Success! Maybe I should go write a book or something...