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By David Swanson
Coming out of today’s meeting with John Conyers, these seem to be the significant developments:
He is circulating a letter among his colleageus for signatures, a letter addressed to Bush letting him know that an attack on Iran will result in impeachment hearings. LET’S ASK EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO SIGN ON! I know it seems bassackwards and we want impeachment before a new war, not after, but this is a way for us to show Conyers the support that will be there any time he moves forward.
He is open to the new argument that we have been making to him, namely that impeachment hearings for Cheney or Bush (on torture, signing statements, spying, war crimes, etc, etc) would hurt John McCain’s candidacy by forcing him to defend the crimes.
He is open to meeting with experts allied with us to hear their arguments for impeachment.
All of that is positive. Still, Conyers continues to believe that elections are more important than justice, that impeachment would be bad for the elections, and that impeachment hearings would be stonewalled by the White House. There are a couple of possible responses to the last point. One is that impeachment hearings, including taking up H Res 799 as instructed by the full House last November, and even marking it up to add new charges, overrule claims of “executive privilege.” Of course Bush and Cheney could claim otherwise, but there is an answer to that. When Nixon refused a subpoena, the House Judiciary Committee passed an article of impeachment against him for that refusal. Cheney and Bush have already refused subpoenas. There’s no need to wait.
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But if Iran attacks what good would threatening impeachment do?
Under the Bush Regime, the Constitution has been destroyed, and there is no longer any such thing as “free speech.” Therefore, because IFP has allowed Comment #2 to stand, they have proven themselves guilty of treason against the Bush Regime and conspiracy to assassinate Dictator Bush, and it’s my duty as a citizen (and agitator) to report IFP to the authorities.
Surely you don’t think the Bush Regime is going to let you off the hook just because you claim not to condone violence?
[IFP posts this comment in the interest of free speech, but absolutely does not condone stupidity as a means to any end.]
It is very poor logic to assume that John McCain is identical to George W. Bush or Richard Cheney. John McCain has at least voiced his opposition to torture of prisoners and has at least voiced his support for closing Guantanamo prison camp (not that does much for the unidentified prison facilities operated by the US).
Give me enough funds and a good enough sniper rifle and let me get on with it.
[IFP posts this comment in the interest of free speech, but absolutely does not condone violence as a means to any end.]
Impeaching Bush and Cheney is not like Impeaching Nixon or Clinton. They will release anthrax attacks and do terror attacks in Washington DC. They are madman. Look at what they have done in Iraq! Horrific crimes. Crimes Against Humanity. These men are mad. King George has gone mad. The Bush Administration have gone mad! Very dangerous. Sociopaths.