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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.
Yes. That is all true. But given that everyone knows that Congress *won't* exert its authority, and that impeachment *won't* happen regardless of whether or not Kucinich puts forth this measure, it is, as I said, pointless grandstanding.
He won't be impeached. Period. That has nothing to do with whether he is guilty (he certainly is). It has nothing to do with whether Kucinich puts forth an impeachment bill. It has everything to do with the Republicans controlling enough votes to avoid impeachment. As long as that is the case, impeachment won't happen, despite the wishful thinking of people like Kucinich.
The cake is a pie
Scott McClellan's book says not only that they were lying, it says they KNEW they were lying about the intel when they said it.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-Washingtons-Culture-Deception/dp/1586485563