{"id":2373,"date":"2007-06-28T21:37:04","date_gmt":"2007-06-29T03:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:41:09","slug":"mcdermott-calls-for-cheney-impeachment-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/mcdermott-calls-for-cheney-impeachment-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. McDermott (D-WA) calls for Cheney impeachment, to be 11th signer of H Res. 333 with Reps. Ellison, Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Times<br \/>\nPostman on Politics<br \/>\nCongressman Jim McDermott released a copy of a speech (not a letter as I originally wrote) he gave on the House floor today saying Vice President Dick Cheney should resign or face impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>McDermott has not been among members of Congress who have already called for impeachment of Cheney and\/or President George Bush. He says he will now sign on as a co-sponsor to H.R. 333, Rep. Dennis Kucinich&#8217;s resolution &#8212; introduced in April &#8212; calling for impeachment of Cheney:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For months I have believed that impeachment was a dire course of action. Over these same months, I have seen the vice president repeatedly drive our nation into increasingly dire situations, in Iraq, in Iran, and within our own country as he tramples over the Constitution like it is a doormat.<br \/>\nFor months, I have considered if America would best be served by bringing forth articles of impeachment against the vice president. I kept asking myself: Is the vice president&#8217;s conduct that dire, because impeachment is the closest thing here is to internment on political death row.&#8221; (MORE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Times Postman on Politics Congressman Jim McDermott released a copy of a speech (not a letter as I originally wrote) he gave on the House floor today saying Vice President Dick Cheney should resign or face impeachment. 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