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July 30, 2007

IMPEACHMENT TO BE INITIATED AGAINST GONZALES TUESDAY

Filed under: Impeachment Progress News — Mikael @ 3:08 pm

gonzales0124.jpgFrom NBC’s Mike Viqueira
A group of House Democrats will introduce a resolution calling on the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) will sponsor the measure. It will be dropped in the hopper tomorrow.

It’s too early to say whether it will actually get anywhere.

Here’s the text of resolution…

RESOLUTION
Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, should be impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors.
1 Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary shall
2 investigate fully whether sufficient grounds exist for the
3 House of Representatives to impeach Alberto R. Gonzales,
4 Attorney General of the United States, for high crimes
5 and misdemeanors.

(Original Article)

25 Comments

  1. IMPEACHMENT TO BE INITIATED AGAINST GONZALES TOMORROW…

    A group of House Democrats will introduce a resolution calling on the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) will sponsor the measure. It will be dropped in the hopper tomo…

    Trackback by www.buzzflash.net — July 30, 2007 @ 3:13 pm

  2. Excitement and thrills through the halls of Congress to finally have the spine to introduce impeachment against someone other than Bush or Cheney.
    The most corrupt administration in modern times. Since 1 AD ..
    The administration of Bush and Cheney want to change the definition of the presidency and vice-presidents power and duties with no checks and balances as described in the constitution of the United States .. Osama Bin Laden may be on the loose until the United States becomes either a third world country or a dictatorship. Since Bush who had said one reason why Osama assisted the terrorist attack was because he did not like our freedoms.

    Comment by makesenseofit — July 30, 2007 @ 3:59 pm

  3. Are the Dems FINALLY manning-up or is this just another bogus “dog N pony show”?!?!? So 25%ers, how to you keep the faith?! Please share your secret!

    Comment by Lu Cifer — July 30, 2007 @ 4:15 pm

  4. It is about damn time. ww

    Comment by Wayne Winter — July 30, 2007 @ 4:22 pm

  5. I dont know that Ive ever been prouder to be a Washingtonian than today, Mr Inslee even represents my district…:)

    Comment by Sconan56 — July 30, 2007 @ 4:25 pm

  6. Apparently Osama is not the only one who doesn’t like our freedoms. I’d say george and dick like them less.

    Comment by m michaels — July 30, 2007 @ 4:30 pm

  7. Well I guess I know what I’m talking about tonight!

    Comment by Mike Malloy — July 30, 2007 @ 4:40 pm

  8. The proof is there that Gonzales has been for only Bush and not the PEOPLE. He was to serve the people and he has failed.Also acts ignorant. A Rove plan!!!!! ha The people just might of saved us from a complete DICTATORSHIP at election time. Hopefully the neocons will be gone soon!
    ZLD

    Comment by Zola Daniels — July 30, 2007 @ 5:14 pm

  9. Impeach, indict, and imprison all the war criminals and liars, and that list is getting mighty long.

    Comment by Anne Johnson — July 30, 2007 @ 5:15 pm

  10. One can only dream, and hope

    Comment by Melissa — July 30, 2007 @ 5:37 pm

  11. bu$h will not fire his Consigliere, the man who knows where all the bu$h skeletons are buried. He is forcing Congress to impeach and he knows the Dems don’t have the votes to do that.

    Comment by GonzoMustGo — July 30, 2007 @ 5:44 pm

  12. Cheney Mon, Like da mon in black always said, “I hear dat train a comin”

    Comment by Mike Hill — July 30, 2007 @ 6:25 pm

  13. With ALL of the attacks on our Constitutional Representative Republic, it would appear that, not only was/is Mr. Bush a business partner with the Bin Laden family, but neither seem to like the freedoms of the USA. If the early reports are correct, that uncovered information from early FDR’s administration, 43′s grandfather, 41′s father, Prescott Bush, planned to replace FDR with a fascist government….. Is GWB trying to fulfill his grandfather’s plan, and/or make sure our Democracy is sufficiently damaged, to allow the plan? I believe that the House needs to STOP nibbling at the edges, and START PROCEEDINGS TO IMPEACH BOTH MR. BUSH, and MR. CHENEY…. ALL of the excuses as to why the HOUSE can’t or WON’T, are just that, EXCUSES…. If there aren’t enough votes, because of the obstructing Republicans, run-it-up-the-pole, and show which representatives believe protecting the administration is MORE important than PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL BUSINESS, OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, & FOR THE PEOPLE!

    Comment by Ray Biasella — July 30, 2007 @ 6:31 pm

  14. “And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when”…sing it Cheney

    Comment by TaoTxZen — July 30, 2007 @ 6:39 pm

  15. [...] Today I’m traveling all day – from the West Coast at 6:45AM to the East at 10:30PM.  Traveling isn’t as great as it used to be, but my mood really picked up when I read the headline “IMPEACHMENT TO BEGIN AGAINST GONZALES TOMORROW“.  Guess Gonzo has met his match.  He’s told one too many lies, and it’s coming up to bite him in the ass.  Good for the Democrats and others fair-minded enough in Congress to know when they should stop letting Bush and his people trample the constitution. [...]

    Pingback by At least they’re going after SOMEONE with impeachment! : ProudLiberal.org — July 30, 2007 @ 7:07 pm

  16. [...] Cross Your Fingers Because impeachment is on its way. Not for Bush, but Gonzo rather. Hopefully the resolution will get some momentum, because he’s really unpopular on both sides now. Let’s see if this gains some traction and perhaps even leads to the democrats and the republicans supposedly on the verge of breaking with the president gaining some stones with regards to some more issues. We’ll see. [...]

    Pingback by Cross Your Fingers « Kobold E. Kobold’s rant emporium — July 30, 2007 @ 7:10 pm

  17. Three words I can think of that describe the attitudes of Dubya, Evil Dick and their criminal elite regarding the laws of this land. Abrogation. Manipulation.
    Violation.

    Comment by wax mundane — July 30, 2007 @ 7:34 pm

  18. I never thought I’d see a worse AG in my life than John Mitchell, but I was wrong (yes, I’m that old, and if you don’t know who Mitchell is, look him up). But here he is– and, uh, time to go, Gonzo, blank- faced fool that you are. Oh, yeah– and here comes prison, too….

    Comment by Not So Rich — July 30, 2007 @ 8:49 pm

  19. It’s about time. I want Bush and Cheney impeached before they cause anymore disasters! We need impeachment to reclaim our Constitution and our democracy. I hope impeachment proceedings against Gonzales will help unequivocally expose Bush and Cheney. PLEASE, Speaker Pelosi, exercise the power of the House of Representatives.

    Ray Biasella is right. BBC Radio 4 just did a documentary supporting the plot against FDR. The documents from US archives specifically name Prescott Bush. You can hear it over the internet. It’s a shame the U.S. media won’t expose this family for the treasonous people they are.

    Everything George W. Bush is doing is fulfilling this plot. Right-wing “talking points” all across the country are rewriting history in an attempt to deny the successes of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal–as groundwork to undo it.

    My last question is, “Did the Supreme Court know what it was doing when it gave the presidency to George W. Bush? The coup d’etat is nearly complete. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

    Comment by Kaye Fissinger — July 30, 2007 @ 9:09 pm

  20. doesnt matter whether the dems have the votes or not, what impeachment process does is force the media to cover the process. thats where joe sixpack becomes informed for the fitst time of all the attrocities being committed in their names by the monsters in the bush misadministration

    Comment by rxgary — July 30, 2007 @ 9:38 pm

  21. It’s about time! I’ll believe though when the procedure actually starts!

    Comment by Andrushka — July 31, 2007 @ 4:23 am

  22. Quit celebrating, y’all. All that’ll happen is Gonzalez will resign while Congress is in recess. Bush then appoints anyone he wants, and because it’s a recess appointment, they won’t be subject to confirmation hearings. Afterward, if Congress tries to question Gonzalez, he’ll invoke the Fifth Amendment. Bush et al suck, but they’re smarter than our side. My fuggin’ head hurts….

    Comment by JeffLeon — July 31, 2007 @ 7:45 am

  23. If they grudgingly have to give up another scapegoat, they will.
    But Bush, Cheney & Rove will never have to answer for their crimes.

    Comment by SueXian — July 31, 2007 @ 9:24 am

  24. Articles of impeachment have already been submitted for Bush and Cheney. Can’t we get some economy here and do a 3fer

    Comment by Robert — July 31, 2007 @ 1:47 pm

  25. I DO ALOT OF TRAVELING, ON THE TOP OF MY TRUCK IS A LIGHTED SIGN , FLOURESCENT ORANGE BASE WITH BLACK LETTERS ” IMPEACH BUSH CHENEY”.
    MORE AND MORE PEOPLE PASSINF ARE DEMONSTRATING SUPORT AND AGREEMENT WITH THE SIGN. IN ALL OF 3 MONTHS ONLY TODAY DID SOMEONE COME BY WITH WINDOW DOWN AND GAVE ME A THUMBS DOWN. I WONDERRED WHO COULD BE SO BLIND. AT THE THE NEXT LIGHT WE STOPPED NEXT TO EACH OTHER, HE LOOKED OVER AND ASKED ” WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR HILARY ? I SAID ” NO JUST ANOTHER PUPPET LIKE BUSH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE I DO NOT WANT ANY ONE WHO LIES TO START WAR TO HAVE ANY PART IN OUR GOVERNMENT”. THE GENTLEMEN THAN SAID ” DUDE MY THUMBS DOWN WAS NOT BECAUSE I DISAGREE BUT BECAUSE ITS A USELESS ATTEMPT. THEY ARE ALL LIARS EVERYONE OF THEM”. THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN. BUT HE STAYED STOPPED TO HEAR MY REPLY.
    MY REPLY WAS: I HAVE NO DELUSIONS. BUT THESE TWO TRAITORS MUST GO FOR THEIR TO BE AN Y HOPE. MY DAD ALWAYS SAID IF YOU ARE OUT NUMBERRED IN A FIGHT, FIRST KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT. IF YOU ARE THAN PICK OUT THE BIGEST ONE AND HIT HIM SO HARD THAT HE GOES DOWN. AND THAN THE NEXT BIGGEST ONE. CHANCES ARE YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO FIGHT THEM ALL. THE OTHERS SEEING THE BIGGYS GO DOWN MAY JUST CURB THEIR AGENDA AND NOT MESS WITH YOU”. I WANT BUSH AND CHENEY IMPEACHED AND PROSECUTED WITH AS MANY CONTINUE AS MAY CONTINUE TO USE OUR TAX DOLLARS AGAINST US OR STEAL OUR DEMOCRACY FOR THEIR OWN GREEDY PURPOSES. AS HE DROVE OFF HE SAID IT WOULD BE A GRAT DAY BUT I’LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT. SO TO CONGRESS I SAY YOUR IGNORRANT SPENDING TIME ON THE LITTLE GUYS LIKE GONZALES. YOU ALREADY HAVE PROOF BUSH AND CHENEY LIED TO THIS WHOLE NATION TO TAKE US TO WAR.
    THAT ALONE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH REASON TO IMPEACH. IMPEACH AND PROSECUTE WITH NO CHANCE OF PARDON. TAKE DOWN THESE TWO TRAITORS WITH NO CHANCE OF PARDON AND THEY WILL BRING WITH THEM MANY MORE, BECAUSE THEY ARE COWARDS , COWARDS LIE TO GET OTHERS TO FIGHT THEIR BATTLES, AND COWARDS DO NOT LIKE TO HANG ALONE! SET A PRESIDENCE , THIS THE GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE TOOK OUT THOSE TWO TRAITORS, YOU WANTA BE NEXT?

    Comment by THOMAS HORSLEY — August 6, 2007 @ 11:46 pm

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The first impeachment resolution introduced by McKinney included Bush, Cheney, and Rice. Although, even if we only initially pursue Bush, initiating the impeachment process will lead to an investigation that will implicate lots of people in the Bush administration who are guilty of committing crimes, including Cheney.

No matter who we get to replace Bush, we’ll be showing those in power that anyone who breaks the law will be held accountable.

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• It hurts the democracy to go through a presidential impeachment. And Bush is a lame duck anyway.
Holding government officials accountable for their actions strengthens our democracy. Letting lawlessness stand weakens it.

Sometimes reprimanding a child (president) doesn't make the family (Washington) a happy place. But you still have to do it so the child and his siblings (future presidents) learn about accountability. Impeachment is horribly UNDERUSED, which is part of why there's so much corruption at the top. Politicians must learn to fear it. People think things are better because we improved the make-up of our law-making body, Congress. But Bush is BREAKING LAWS. So, it doesn't matter how many laws Congress passes if they don't serve their OVERSIGHT duties as well by impeaching. They swore to defend the Constitution. What are laws without enforcement?

Besides, considering Bush's track-record of breaking laws, he can still do a lot of damage. Our troops, Iran, and our Supreme Court are all endangered so long as he remains in office. Waiting until Bush is out of office will leave us complicit in any further crimes he commits. The Union of Concerned Scientists has estimated that the death toll from a "tactical" nuclear weapon of the kind Bush is contemplating using in Iran would be at minimum 3 million men, women, and children. The path of death would stretch across country boundaries into India.

Perhaps worst of all, we set a terrible precedent by allowing Bush to stay in office after he's broken so many laws. Impeachment will stop future presidents from using Bush's actions as justification for even more lawbreaking and erosion of civil liberties.

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So, your party would rather win elections than do what's right for the country? I hope you're wrong. I also hope the public is willing to throw additional support to any party that holds our elected officials accountable for their actions. This has been historically true with every single impeachment effort launched. And this impeachment effort would begin with majority support (unlike most past impeachments including Nixon).

• Impeachment will never happen. Congress members will block it.
Well, all we need is a majority of support in the House. And 2/3rds vote in the Senate to remove Bush from office will happen once the evidence gets aired on the floor of the House, and subsequently the national media outlets. The political pressure will become too great.

Today's impossibility is tomorrow's reality. Congress members will realize that tying their political future to Bush reduces their chances of getting elected. Remember, one way or another, Bush is gone by 2009— but members of Congress may retain their offices beyond that date. Bush's poll numbers are extremely low, and most Americans support impeachment. This is a bipartisan movement. This means that if we make the pressure unbearable for Members of Congress, they'll turn on him to keep their own seats (like they did with Nixon). It's already starting to happen. While many Members of Congress have behaved unethically in the last few years, it's important to understand that this is related to their warped view of what's in their self-interest. Let's wake them up to their true self-interest (impeaching the president), by showing them our support for impeachment.

And even if we only impeach, and the Senate fails to do their duty and remove him from office, it will only implicate the Senators who fail to do their sworn Constitutional duty.

• But Speaker of the House Pelosi said that Impeachment was "off the table."
Pelosi most likely said this to remove any appearance of conflict-of-interest that would arise if she were thrust into the presidency as a result of the coming impeachment. What we need to do is to pressure Pelosi not to interfere with impeachment maneuverings within her party. Sending her Do-It-Yourself impeachments legitimizes her when she joins the impeachment movement in the future.

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