Democrats for New Hampshire — Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich said President Bush may be setting himself up for impeachment by setting the stage for war with Iran.
“The administration’s preparations for war in and of itself have raised questions relating to impeachment,” Kucinich told The Associated Press between campaign stops in New Hampshire.
The Ohio congressman said he has met with diplomats, ambassadors and other national leaders around the world in recent months to discuss Iran. (More)
Kucinich says he’s pursuing impeachment? Well let’s help him out. Sacks and sacks of mail are about to arrive in Dennis Kucinich’s office initiating impeachment via the House of Representative’s own rules. This legal document is as binding as if a State or if the House itself passed the impeachment resolution (H.R. 635).
Kucinich says he is building his case for impeachment, and is working to build the support of his peers in Congress. He says he intends to impeach. He said he needs us to keep building the groundswell of support for impeachment all over the country. He asks that we send him copies of all the resolutions passed in various States, local Legislative Districts, County Districts and of any petitions with signatures, so that he can present them to the floor of the House. He said he felt that our framing the issue of impeachment in terms of the Constitution is a principled choice, and ultimately more effective than just acting on anger. Here’s video of Kucinich addressing the impeachment issue:
Let’s answer Kucinich’s call with a petition that has it’s precedent in history, and it’s legitimacy in the Rules of the House of Representatives.
There’s a little known and rarely used clause of the “Jefferson Manual” in the rules for the House of Representatives which sets forth the various ways in which a president can be impeached. Only the House Judiciary Committee puts together the Articles of Impeachment, but before that happens, someone has to initiate the process.
That’s where we come in. In addition to a House Resolution (635), or the State-by-State method, one of the ways to get impeachment going is for individual citizens like you and me to submit a memorial. ImpeachforPeace.org has created a new memorial based on one which was successful in impeaching a federal official in the past. You can find it on their website as a PDF.
You can initiate the impeachment process and simultaneously help Kucinich to follow through with the process. Do-It-Yourself by downloading the memorial, filling in the relevant information (your name, state, etc.), and sending it in. We’re not only having you send them to Dennis now, but also to Impeach for Peace. That way, we can collect them all in one place, and deliver them all simultaneously (with cameras rolling) in July. Be a part of history.
I agree with Kucinich…who has FINALLY, after 3 stolent elections – and Dennis’ virtual SILENCE after the theft of the election in OHIO– a myriad of lies by this administration, the mass murder of 650,000 innocent Iraqi human beings FOR PROFIT, TORTURE, ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS (a crime ADMITTED AND FLAUNTED by GWB – and itself grounds for impeachment) …FINALLY found his voice for the impeachment of these cold blooded killers: the Bush/Cheney MAFIA/CRIME FAMILY. There isn’t enough room for the list of crimes in a simple comment section… but, if the American people don’t act now.. they are nothing more than propagandized, silenced and complicit ‘GOOD GERMANS’ of Hitler’s Nazi war crimes, and their fate will be the same… endless shame and national humiliation that they didn’t speak, didn’t demand impeachment and prosecution of these criminals. When the truth comes out…when the corporate media is FORCED to cover the endless hours and days, weeks and months of war crimes tribunals of these sub-humans, the American people, like they did after 9/11 in meekly wondering why the world hates the U.S., will be making all kinds of excuses for their willful ignorance, their denial, and their complicity. Any student of post WWII Germany knows that the stress disorders of the German people were massive and life affecting. 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB… THE WORK OF CHENEY AND BUSH… THE MASS MURDER OF 3,000 AMERICANS IN ORDER TO GAIN CONSENT FOR THEIR LONG PLANNED WARS…FOR PROFIT AND ADDICTIVE POWER. America will be reeling for a very long time…. until it, once again, forgets the lessons of history and are lulled into passivity and self-interest once again.