The Baghdad Bush Crime Family should be impeached, tried for war crimes and crimes against the American people, then imprisoned.

May the Dems (war profiteer Diane Feinstein, Pelosi) as well as the Repuglickers who are failing to act, burn in a special corner of hell.

When one considers all the evidence to date regarding events of the U.S. led Iraq invasion, including last week's Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report, plus the many writings from those who worked inside the Bush White House, the scope and depth of the lying is staggering.

President Bush and his White House Neo-Con-men (who signed the Project for the New American Century manifesto for world domination at all cost) should be put on trial before the public for the atrocities they have caused.

And Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be investigated for aiding them, saying the impeachment issue over the Iraq War is "off the table", and as she states in a recent letter to me, "I believe impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney will distract us from our mission…". Well, to Ms. Pelosi and all those who are relentlessly enabling this epic tragedy of senseless death, shattered lives, broken families, mind-numbing abuses of our hard-earned tax dollars, savage corporate exploitation; I say, JUSTICE IS NO DISTRACTION! There is no justice without impeachment!

Many in Congress and the Senate had the same intelligence as the White House administration, yet their conclusions were vastly different and, as it turns out, shockingly correct.

The press, which as we now know from Bill Moyers' insightful PBS documentary, "Buying the War", rather than giving us the benefit of being watch-dog, instead served as lap-dog to the Bush White House—providing no real means for adequate public scrutiny.

The Congressional Black Caucus was, and is, a shining example of stewardship of the public interest and welfare. They stood in the House on the eve of the invasion on Iraq and made fact based, rational, and passionate presentations pleading with the President not to invade Iraq.

Sadly, most Americans to this day still do not know about those presentations because the mainstream press never reported that historic event.

Nevertheless, I shall forever remember that night in 2003, while watching C-SPAN—those powerful words, with truth and humanity from Rep. Maxine Waters:

"Mr. President, you cannot substitute a preemptive strike on Saddam Hussein for finding the terrorists. We want the terrorists to be found….

We want to secure the homeland. We are worried that you have been diverted, that you are about to do this preemptive strike without the documentation….

Yes, every country should be able to defend itself, but we are in no danger from Iraq. As a matter of fact, that is probably one of the weakest points on the globe for us to attack. We are not threatened by Saddam Hussein….

What we see and we are witnessing is the mismanagement of America. Someone today criticized Senator Daschle because he talked about the diplomatic disaster. Mr. President, it is a diplomatic disaster. We are watching before our very eyes the mismanagement of our beloved country. Our schools are falling apart. You said you wished to leave no child behind, but, Mr. President, you have not funded assistance to education that will have our children in the best possible situations where they can learn. Our health care system has fallen apart. In my city, in my county we are closing healthcare clinics. We are closing hospitals….

Mr. President, you are not able to tell us what this war is going to cost and what the cleanup, what the revitalization, the reconstruction of Iraq is going to cost. The American people need to know where our dollars are going. The American people need to understand the cost of this war and why….

Mr. President, we must raise these questions. We must raise these questions because we are patriots. We are folks who love this country. We are folks who have stood by this country no matter what, and we will continue to stand by this country. We will continue to stand by our soldiers. But, Mr. President, you are going to have to account for the leadership that you are giving, and I say to you and all those who are advising you, be it Wolfowitz, be it Secretary of State Colin Powell, be it Condoleezza Rice, be it Karl Rove, or any of those in the inner circle, you are going to be held responsible for what takes place in this world, what takes place with this preemptive strike, what takes place with our soldiers and our families…."

It is now time for us, all of us, to speak up in the name of justice. Our laws say we are entitled to impeachment proceedings, and our morality demands it.

Because we were fooled into war with Iraq, there are so many in this country who weep at the mere sight of the empty chair at the dinner table, knowing their loved one will never return to break bread in the sacred fellowship of family.

Indeed, justice is no distraction! There will be no justice without impeachment!

Perhaps it would have been more ethical for us to watch Saddam murder another 1-million people?

The Iraq war is a strategic battle against radical Islam. It is not about wmd's. The Middle Eastern Dutch youth wear t-shirts that say 2020. The year their culture will be the majority in Amsterdam. Apply that to NYC and imagine your church, park, or art museum closing.

Pacifism only works when the aggressor has established morals. aka England|India. The wife-beating head-slicing car bombers have yet to display this sort of character.

Equality at the Expense of Liberty is Communism. Which... at recent count... has murdered 100 million people. Careful what you wish for.

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How Communist of you to moderate the comments area. Thank you for protecting us from ourselves.

I like Kucinich a lot and understand his basis for his beliefs. However, the world and the American people needed to be deceived. Don't you get it? You want the gov't to wait until there are bombs going off in US busses? I couldn't say, "in busses" as they already have been for over 20 years with little or no action from the US.

Why would no one help him impeachment George W. Bush.Nixon and Clinton were cooler than this munch !

Link: 35 Articles of Impeachment (complete text ~ 65 pages)

Summary: 35 Article Titles

Thank you, Dennis Kucinich!

Everyone, even the Dems was sure that there were WMD's in Iraq when the war started. Why do the Dems always forget that. This is just idiotic grandstanding. Why don't you ask your precious Democrats why they won't let us drill for our own Oil so we can lower gas prices?

Hallelujah, maybe finally this lying President who illegally came into office with the determination that he would take out Saddam, then trumped up the justification, will get his comeuppance. Furthermore, the American people should bring a civil suit against him. his vice president and Paul Wolfowitz to pay back the taxpayer money spent on their war that has killed our military, destroyed our economy, tarnished our credibility to the rest of the world and puts money in Bush and Cheney's pockets.
I wonder why it has taken so long to get this going.

I have been demanding impeachment and war tribunals for Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, et al, for several years. I look forward to seeing these criminals brought to justice. Incarceration is too soft a punishment, they should all be summarily executed for their heinous crimes against humanity and their hideous premeditated dishonesty and manipulation of our United States society.
Dennis Kucinich is a brave and heroic man: A Real American Hero... thank you Senator Kucinich. The Americans that can think for themselves as well as the rest of the civilized world is undoubtedly in complete support of your proposals.

hahaha. It's hilarious how worked up you liberal nut jobs get over Bush. Meanwhile he gets the last laugh because NOTHING is going to happen to him. And, once he is out of office -- you and all your loony friends are going to have nothing to talk about. Since ya know, every sentence you idiots utter is about how much you hate Bush.

Not a word on the MSM, -duh! Thirty-four Bush crimes outlined in the greatest detail, and the major 'news' networks ignore every word. I doubt that their will be any support for this resolution, as the wimps in Congress will avoid controversy of any sort.

Shame on them. Shame on us for not being in the streets.

why has it taken so long? his presidency is almost over, this should have been done years ago...? Most Americans are blindsided and obviously ignorant anyhow, it's sad that I sometimes feel it's a lost cause... we allow this to happen to ourselves

Yes, fascinating - and typical - that there is ZERO coverage of presenting the articles impeachment in any media. It's historic. Whether you support Bush's policies or not, it's stunning that there is no coverage of such an important event. Not just stunning. Frightening.

I would think that Bush supporters and neo-conservatives would welcome the chance to make Kucinich look like an idiot in impeachment hearings. Unless they think some of the 35 articles he presented have some merit.

Agreed Reg. And Chris what part of a manufacturing a lie to start a war do you not get? THEY MADE UP FAKE EVIDENCE! Are you that naive? Do you still believe there were WMD's? Or do you get your jollies of pointing out EVEN THE DEMS was sure that there were WMD's as you put it. Your type of ignorance and the people like you are the reason the United States is in the shape it is today.

Even though Saddam Hussein did what he did; What right did our Elected Servants have to overstep their Bounds of Authority and Circumvent our most sacred laws, namely the U.S. Constitution, also directly violating the Treaty of Versailles, attacking a sovereign nation simply because we didn't like the guy? Even Bush said that Iraq Nor Hussein had anything to do with 9-11. This nation is not a nation of Garbage Men. The rest of the world is the rest of the world and it has nothing to do with ours. But, if an enemy reached our shores and picked a fight with us, we'd be inclined to send them home in a bag. Yes, I would agree with that. Bush has destroyed this nation with his Signing Statements, bullying, new offices not authorized and has in all definitions of the word, proclaimed himself above The Law of the Land, our U.S. Constitution and that he is our Beloved Dictator. Seik Heil! Bush not only needs to be tried and convicted of war crimes; he needs to then be handed over to The Hague in Nuremberg for Genocide as well as War Crimes and swift justice carried out there. Our country is under attack by our elected officials. Anytime they overstep their bounds of authority, they are trying to take away our freedoms. ALL OF THEM!! It's time the nazis in D.C. comes to terms with the fact that they are not going to get away with what they've done to our great nation. And we should be ashamed to have allowed them all to do it. We, as a people need to get out of all other countries around the world and then apologize for our meddling in their affairs. Have you ever noticed that no matter what country we go into, it shortly thereafter falls apart and war breaks out there? We need to install a Flush Handle on D.C. And when it needs to be cleaned out for the same reasons diapers need changing, we pull the handle and start over. Just remember to flush twice; North Korea is a long way.

Support Dennis Kucinich by writing your congressperson today. Let's let our politicians know that this criminal activity will not be tolerated.
http://www.democrats.com/35-articles-of-impeachment

More than 4000 Americans have DIED as a result Bush/Cheney's lies. If they are not impeached, they should be arrested and tried for murder. I don't know why Americans are not all in the streets protesting this illegal regime. We have let them get away with everything. Too comfortable in front of our TV sets? Not our children being killed? Shame on America.

Bye bye democracy. Hello monarchy. 200 years of democracy down the toilet.

I am, sad to say, one of the maniac's constituents.

Sad, truly sad. As Dennis flails around Washington, wasting taxpayer dollars and Congressional time and energy, the City of Cleveland continues to deteriorate.

As a former councilman, mayor and long-time Congressman, Kucinich has to assume much of the blame for the economic failure of the City and the surrounding economy. He's been in a position of power and control in this city for 35 years and the City has absolutely nothing to show for it.

Most of the worlds people say that Bush should be tried and imprisoned for war crimes. Why keep that piece of crap in prison wasting taxpayers money. The death penalty would work but it would be to quick and what could we do kill him, bring him back and kill him again for each American and Iraqi he murdered. I have a great idea! deport him to Iraq, let the Iraqi people take care of him, let the Iraqi people lock him away and interigate him Gitmo style, and yes torture him to death. Dictator Bush deserves no less. He should pay for his crimes with blood and tears.

How can Bush be Impeached? Did he lie under oath? No he didn't. He didn't lie about the intelligence leading into the Iraq War. Every credible intelligence agency in the World said Saddam Had WMDs and he acted on that information. How is that a crime? If anyone is a war criminal its Bill Clinton, do you remember what he did during the Bosnian War? He had his people paint over the American Flag with the United Nations flag right before he ordered bombs be dropped. Now that is a real War Crime and he should have been Hung for doing so.

"Everyone, even the Dems was sure that there were WMD's in Iraq when the war started. Why do the Dems always forget that."

Posted by: Chris at June 10, 2008 11:58 AM

No, Chris. Quite the contrary. Many of us were certain there were no WMDs before the war started. There were weapons inspectors in Iraq, looking everywhere and finding nothing. Photos of milk trucks were never convincing evidence of "mobile weapons labs." Bush DECIDED to attack that sovereign nation anyway. The weapons inspectors barely had time to get out of Iraq before our bombs started dropping. Why does everyone forget about that?

Nichols's comment is spot on, however it didn't start with Bush. It started with Teddy Roosevelt, got worse with Hoover and then FDR, and got even worse with Nixon, Carter, Reagan and Clinton. It's sad to see you idiots finally clamoring for limiting government excess (probably because now they aren't paying much lip service to doing things "for the people").

Of course, if that little dolt Kucinich was president, that toolbox of executive power wouldn't be such an issue for you morons, for whom everyone else is either "ignorant" or complicit. How colorful, your black and white world.

I'm a Republican and a conservative. And I believe in the Constitution. Unfortunately, President Bush lied to us. McCain would never have done this.

Isn't it amazing there are still people who think the war in Iraq is "justified" and protecting us from radical Islam as people like to say. The only reason we went to war is because Israel wanted us to, and of course, the USA does whatever Israel wants. Now they want us to attack Iran - why don't they send their own soldiers there. And, they think no other country should have nuclear power. Isn't it about time the USA woke up to the fact that Israel is not our "only friend in the Middle East." Israel abuses the U.S., and our politicians go along with it. Bush will go down as the worse president in our history, and the people who got us into this war should be put on trial along with him. These seem to be the "last days of the Roman Empire" thanks to our Congress and the White House.

Bush may not have lied under oath, and I will not get into a discussion over if he know about the lack of WMD's... there is simply no way for common citizenry to know. He did however, support a stance that violated multiple treaties we have signed and ignored our role in the united nations. It seems as if the time it took to get the ball rolling was a way of the democrats to save face. They don't really want to impeach him. They waited this long because they know that it wouldn't have the time to pass before he is out of office. Many democtrats on congress are cowards. I am proud to be an independant. I also respect Sen. Kucinich for his work in this.

Finally we have a courageous member of the House Representative, Mr. Kucinich, who is not afraid to lay out in brilliant detail 35 gounds for impeachment of President Bush and his chhorts. This is long overdue and it is deplorable that both Republicans and Democrats as a whole have not yet done their constitutional duty by holding impeachment proceedings for this criminal and misguided president to hold him fully accountable for his actions in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, Geneva Accords, international law, and United Nations, not to mention world opinion. Has George W. Bush even read our Constitution, which he swore to uphold? Frankly, I doubt it.

Why is it that the 35 Counts Of Impeachement are NOT listed in most news articles? Some are very scary!
You can find a partial list in this article:
http://www.patriotunion.org/news/by_issue/gov_branches/bush_impeachment_finally_starts.htm

i am all for the impeachment of bush, but if he ends up resigning or getting kicked out then cheney would be in office and have a chance for running for president... id rather have a murdering war crazy bastard like bush in office rather than the devil himself

Dave, if you don't understand what crimes Bush committed, may I suggest you read the articles? They are all at a minimum justifiable accusations, and in most cases the infractions have already been substantiated.

Article XXIV is probably the clearest-cut. The language of FISA is absolutely unambiguous, and Bush unambiguously broke the law when he ordered domestic wiretaps without a warrant.

If the democrats were as merciless as the republicans, Bush would have been out of the White House years ago. The fact is, the democrats are IN ON IT. All the lying, subterfuge, the slaughter of our troops, the destruction of our middle class, the growth of the power of the multinational corporations at the expense of American workers -- began with Nixon, was perfected by Reagan, streamlined by Clinton, and has been the creed of both parties ever since. Eisenhower warned us, Kennedy was killed to get it going. With the exception of Johnson's War on Poverty and his Civil Rights agenda, we've been pretty much screwed since the assassinations of the Kennedys and ML KIng.
The American democratic experiment has run it's course. We're screwed. And we perpetuate the screwing by not allowing dissonants like Kucinich and Paul be a part of the electoral process.
We don't hold our representatives accountable. We don't demand a free and unfettered Press. It's our own fault.
I may be paranoid, but it doesn't mean i'm wrong.

Last night on Air America I heard Dennis Kucinich reading the Articles of Impeachment. When it was over I immediately switched to the networks to see what they had to say. Not a word!!! I called our local ABC affiliate to ask why there was no coverage. He said they do local news. I watched Nightline-nothing, CNN nothing. Today there is nothing except The Village Voice did an article. Perhaps the mainstream media think it unimportant that the corrupt Bush Administration might, hopefully, have to answer for it's crimes.

It must be OK to wiretap Americans, lie to the American people in order to get us into a war (there was NEVER any evidence Saddam had WMD's), espouse torture including waterboarding for which we executed Japanese soldiers after WWII, reveal the identity of a CIA undercover operative whose job was keeping tabs on what was happening in Iraq because you don't like what her husband said, allow countless Americans to die in New Orleans without lifting a finger (poor people-just get them out & you can remake it into a mecca for the wealthy-cheap urban renewal), Killing 4,000+ of our children and tens of thousands of Iraqui's by sacrifice to big oil (but our troops are poor and Iraqui's don't count) and then veto a bill to give them education after their service because we might not have enough of them to send someplace else-or back, Deny them medical care after being damaged by our great adventure because it would cost too much (Support Our Troops), destroy the American economy and the middle class by tax favoritism and remaking the Supreme Court, refuse to deal with global warning because as any true narcissist knows the world begins and ends with me. Gee, lying, cheating, stealing-what's not to like?

Thank you Dennis Kucinich. The mainstream media, those watchdogs of democracy, may be ignoring you but I have e-mailed everyone I know. If each of us does that we don't need them. It is time for us to take our country back, regain our rights and restore our Constitution.

Why is no one else joining in with Kucinich? He has brought up even more serious allegations than anyone has suggested before. How can we turn our backs on this? To do so, is to sanction it. I am appalled that other congressmen aren't raising up and demanding impeachment too. We, the people should be loudly voicing our outrage too. Are we asleep?

There is no joy in pursuing impeachment. It should only be used in the most extreme cases. Stained blue dresses do not rise to this. War profiteering, murder, propoganda, failure to "uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States" . . . well, that speaks for itself.

Please don't let this call for accountability be silenced. Contact your representatives in Washington and impress upon them that they need to "get on board" and let the people of the United States have hearings and find out what has been waiting to be discovered in the full light of liberty and freedom.

Where are our other fearless leaders- c'mon Chris Dodd- and the rest a ya- you know who you are...and Wexler and the guy from Michigan Conyers who took my personal information- where is my information, in the hands of Homeland Security now? Go Dennis- your the only true Peacemaker of the whole bunch.

Thank You Village Voice for airing all thoughts. I stand corrected... and the more I look at your site the more I like it.

FOLLOW-UP:

Casting Stones-Doesn't the anti-bush thing get old? Can't you people get beyond the pop-culture of hate? It reminds me of kids throwing stones at a defenseless bird because the popular guy thought it was cool. Please entertain alternatives if for only the humor of it.

Both Congress and the UN passed the war resolutions on bad wmd intel. because our country "doesn't have the stomach for war."-Osama Bin Laden. and or the true strategy behind establishing a Democracy in the Middle East. Yes. It's possible and looking quite probable and hardly a "distraction" from idly waiting for another Jihad attack.

The American Identity used to be "Rugged Individualism" and now it's angry hip-hop baby-state multi-cultural political correctness wrapped in self-hate. This is our chief export, not war.

Agreed we need to focus on ourselves a bit but we (along with the rest of the globe) also have the responsibility to stand up to tyrants. Even if they're NIMBY (not in my backyard).

In other words, if the US Legislature could please get to work on providing a platform for presperity and quite waisting our time with Politics we all might just get along. Well, as good as socialists and capitalists possibly can.

Thanks again VV for a constructive platform.

I find it hilarious how many people (I assume they are Democrats, as they support impeachment) are on here accusing the mainstream media as being biased for not immediately plastering this "news" on every television screen in the nation.

C'mon guys. Don't turn on your precious friends in the liberal media now! Not after all they've done for you in the past 12 months! They've loyally stood by our side, showing us that we need to blame "Big Mortgage" for tricking us into ARMs and interest-only loans, causing our housing crisis. They've taught us that we need to hate "Big Oil" for somehow, somewhere, being behind the rising cost of oil. They've instructed us on how wickedly wasteful we are with our lavish incandescant lightbulbs, leaving our grimy carbon footprints square on the forehead of Mother Nature with our global-warming ways. They enlightened us to the clear superiority of our single, shining beacon of hope, Saint Obama! And when you tire of all these "facts," and need to plug your brain into fiction for a while, they've catered to your every need with everything from Grey's Anatomy to Desperate Housewives to our newest shining gem of entertainment, Swingtown.

I mean, really...what more do you people want from your liberal media outlets? They give and give and give...

It sickens me to read here the excuses people are making on behalf of Bush the Murderer. I'm sure there is a special place in hell for such people to burn. No, not everyone believed the WMD lies. No, Saddam was not a threat, he didn't need to die this way, there were far better ways to go about this coup. George HW Bush knew exactly what would happen if Saddam was taken from power... and it did. GHWB predicted this perfectly. There have been so many times over the past seven years that I wished he was back in the White House instead of his imbicle son! Bush the Barbarian must be impeached. In order for the wound to heal, we must first remove all the disgusting filth. We need to make sure no one else thinks they can get away with the theft and damnation of the American people. It's going to take decades to clean up Bush's mess!

Ah yes, the liberal media! Weren't they the ones who brought us the stained dress from the Clinton impeachment circus? I realize, of course, that Clinton's private sex life was immensely more endangering to our country and he should have been pursued by the pack of hyenas on the "liberal" media. I wonder why they're taking it so easy on "W" but then I realize that lying to get us into a war surely pales by comparison with Monica Lewinsky's dress. Liberal media my ass. W , Cheney and friends should have already been impeached and they should also do prison time and pay off the national debt. THAT would be justice, or at least the beginning of it. It wouldn't bring back all those who lost their lives to this escapade called a presidency, but it would be a start.

My friends are dead because of Bush.

We signed up to attack alQaeda, not make his friends war money in Iraq.

Strategic decision? Maybe, but not for the reasons trotted out.

Iraq was a cover to give Bin Laden precisely what he expressly demanded by the attack on the WTC - US military bases out of Saudi Arabia. The Sheiks in SA needed to get the radicalists off of their cases, and Bush needed that ally. It might have looked like a smart and pragmatic strategy, but definitely not one that US citizens wanted to hear in the wake of 9/11.

America has been capitulating to terrorists for almost 6 years. I can't believe that you people did and continue to refuse to see the obvious.

IT IS ABOUT TIME

It was all about the oil. We even screwed that one up. An indictment should be handed up before the International Criminal Court against Bush, Cheney and Rice so they can't haul their sorry arses anywhere outside the country without arrest warrants outstanding.They are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of human beings who never did anything to anyone and, oh yes, for the learned brutality of otherwise nice American soldiers.

Resurrect the Constitution! Please!!
Intersesting that neither Clinton or Obama were never questioned about this subject, or signing statements, or the Patriot Act. Senator Robert Byrd gave some passionate speeches regarding this fiasco. Kucinich will be remembered as the sole defender of the Constitution; how fortunate and grateful are we who live in his tenure.

Personally, I am with the Democratic leadership on this one. It is a profitless endeavor, because the President can hand out pardons like candy. Does anyone believe a leader who abuses the powers of office wouldn't do that?

This is a matter for the 2009 Congress, and the next President.

The charges raised by Kucinich are not to be taken lightly. They are nothing less than high treason, a capital crime.
This is not part of our political theatre--it is a criminal allegation that should be investigated impartially and responsibly.

I think Kucinich is going nowhere with impeachment proceedings, but that doesn't mean he is wrong. If the allegations can be substantiated with convincing facts,
vigorous prosecution will follow.

Personally, I favor investigation and prosecution of all corrupt officials, or situations where power has been abused.
One way to restore the public trust is to vigorously prosecute
officials who betray our trust.

IMPEACH AND THROW THE BASTARD IN PRISON

IF CONGRESS CAN HAVE HEARINGS OVER A PRESIDENT GETTING A BLOW JOB, THAN WHY ARE 35 ARTICLES, HENCE 35 DIFFERENT CRIMES NOT AN ISSUE????

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE NOW!!!!!
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW, LEARN!

He has BIG balls. I hope Cheney does not kill him.

Spot on, Mr. Kucinich. Spot on.

For learning of the law of impeachment

and for a detailed, explained, legally argued itemization of the impeachable offenses (and felonies) Bush and Cheney committed

See http://www.usalone.com/jaffee_on_impeachment2.htm

What exactly did Bush and Cheney do wrong? Did I miss something?

"The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as 'the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.'"
--http://www.terrorism-research.com

According to Dennis Kucinich:

Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.

Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.

Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.

Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.

Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.

Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114.

Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.

Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.

So, the Iraq war is unlawful, which meets the first part of the U.S. Dept. of Defense's definition: "the calculated use of unlawful violence".

The second part of the definition states: "or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies"

Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign
Captives

Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan,
Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy

Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other
Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture

Article XX
Imprisoning Children

Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist
Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government

Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws

Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act

Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the
Fourth Amendment

Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the
Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens

Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements

Secret prisons, the ability to detain any citizen without a trial for an indefinite amount of time, torture that hasn't been seen since the middle ages.

The third and last part of the definition: "in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological."

Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq

Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources

According to Kucinich's articles, the terrorists have taken residence in Washington D.C. Call Homeland Security!

Dennis Kucinich is an f'ing idiot. He is a know-nothing, do-nothing 'politician' whose claim to fame is running the city of Cleveland into default. Since then he has been trying to get back into the public eye by being even more 'out-to-lunch' than he was as Cleveland's mayor. As a 30 year resident of Northeast Ohio I can tell you that nothing would make me happier than to see him become a political leader in your state!!!

"Perhaps it would have been more ethical for us to watch Saddam murder another 1-million people?" says "Seek the Truth" (11:33 a.m.). C'mon, Seek the Truth. You can't go and rewrite history. The Irag war was not sold on the basis of humanitarianism. Following your logic, why don't we have troops in Darfur? Why didn't we invade Cambodia when Pol Pot was murdering millions? The Irag war was a lie from the beginning. That's the issue here, not some rationalization five years later to salvage some kind of success. Is the world better off without Saddam? LOf course, but that's not the issue. We invaded a country with no ties to the terrorists who attacked us, a country with no WMD's, and a country that had not attacked us. We had no justification to go to war with Iraq. And as recent developments in the Senate have shown, congress did NOT have the same intelligence as Bush and his War Cabinet.

Wow! Kucinich is a real foul ball. 35 articles of impeachment! What a farce. One of Bush's alleged crimes is that he didn't prevent Hurricane Katrina from hitting New Orleans. What a crock, The Ohioans who elected this goof-ball should be ashamed. If Bush is to be impeached, it must be only for actions that are clearly ceiminal. Kucinich should br censured for wasting time and energy of House members with this trash.

I see a lot of complaints about wasted time, energy, and money.

Here are some facts:

1. The United States invaded the sovereign country of Iraq without provocation.

2. Iraq has either the second or third largest oil reserves in the world after Saudi Arabia. (Iran is the other country in the top 3).

3. The US military is the largest consumer of oil in the world.

4. Iraq is a wreck.

5. The US economy is a wreck.

CONGRATULATIONS KUCINICH! THANK YOU! I have written to our rep Nancy Pelosi and told her to support it....rather than supporting the bush-cheney incorporated war machine that murders people and makes major profits for large corporate friends. This country is SICK....congress is SICK.....and it is great that at least some media are airing this story and enabling us to publicly support Dennis... By the by, the only goof-balls are the people who vote for lying/cheating/murdering politicians - in both democratic and republican parties - who support the lies and excesses of the bush-cheney regime.

Impeach and imprison!

If only the Democrat-led leadership in Congress had the guts to impeach this criminal president, they would find that not only would they have the support and backing of a majority of the American public, but also the rest of the world, and likely guaranteeing a Democrat win in November for the White House.

The strength of America has always relied on the foundations set forth in its laws and Constitution. To ignore those cherished laws now in the people's greatest time of need, is a crime in itself, and indeed possibly a greater one.

God Bless Kucinich

Kucinich is an idiot for wasting our tax dollars. Jimmy Carter is an idiot for meeting with a criminal muslims faction. I'm glad Hussein is dead. I wish our secret ops could take care of Ahmadinejad, the tyrannical Sunnis, the demented Taliban, and deranged Hammas...you get my point. No, I'm not happy with all our gov't does, BUT...America is a great nation and I stand behind our troops 100%! All of you saying that Iraq was a mistake are diminishing the heroic efforts of all military personnel. Think about it. One more thing; you think the Democrats are going to do a better job by imposing more gov't programs/rules on our nation?? Doubt it. And when you hear the words "world order," you better get prepared for a fight to save the sovereignty of this great nation!!

Finally!! and man do the articles really dig the dirt on Bush

Marcy, sadly you are mistakened if any one of the bloggers on here are "diminishing the heroic efforts of all military personnel." I speak for myself that I always, unequivocally, 100 percent support our troops. I believe you have juxtaposed support of troops with the Bush Administration's policy or course of action.

Your ignorance is enigmatic regarding Representative Kucinich, former president Jimmy Carter and the word 'sovereignty'. Your hatred is blisteringly and perniciously unfounded.

I for one am open to constructive debate, but your diatribe rhetoric is divisive to the core.

Honorable Kucinich has laid the Bush Administration's arsenal out on the table for the world to see. I thank him and other respectable senators and representatives for coming forward to get the TRUTH (caps added for emphasis) out.

The Corporate Thief, Murder maniac, and vice president
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2008-06-11 15:44.
Follow the money trail to the VP's front door via Arms sales, Oil profits, General Collusion and using George Bush's burnt out Drug and Alcohol induced lack of thought process as the fall guy. Just like Judis the president traded the Honor and Respect of the United States for a few million dollars and Countless lives of Brave men on both sides of this illegal Occupation of a foreign Nation.
What did Our Founding Fathers do to the Invading British that tried the same thing all those years ago? Names, dates and locations have changed, no doubt the End Results Will be the same for Our Beloved United States as it was for the Brits.
Driven by Greed and a lack of manhood, the cowardly vice president is nothing but a Punk thug in a suit. He thinks himself Above Reproach, the Law and Accountability for Crimes against the United States and World Citizens.
Every time someone has a clue that foul mouth, using Fear and False Patriotism, half man, no balls, Dickless Cheney,he cries and calls them Unpatriotic or Subversives? What a load of Cowardly double speak. That Punk is not even a Veteran.
He is an Awful representation of Humanity and of Leadership. Can you tell I think him a Coward and Thief of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Freedom to all on this Planet? All for his and his Cronies Personal Profits?
Bad enough Jeb Bush was in on it too from the Beginning in the half counted votes in Florida.
The Sad part of all this Evil the current administration has inflicted on this Once Great Nation and the World, NOTHING will happen to him and his kind.

Unfortunately, Slaraway thinks their opinion is the only one that matters, or is politically correct enough for a "meaningful" debate. I don't "hate" anyone; don't misconstrue my words. My post was my opinion, which is my right to share openly. I do thank you, however, for setting down your dictionary/thesaurus long enough to understand my point. **laughter**

The sarcasm and thinly veiled hatred for "liberals" is only the effect of indoctrination. I've experienced first-hand the childish defense ("liberal media"??? is there anyone w/an ounce of intelligence that REALLY believes that?) of the Bush/Cheney cartel, by sons and daughters of poor trash, or poor people w/money (something vastly different from the wealthy). It can only be the sort of blind following that one sees being taught in films like "Jesus Camp". One wonders why there's no shortage of poor neo-cons ready and willing to be bought. The sad thing they'll never understand is that following their so-called leaders will never, magically ennoble them, because their leaders have never had anything noble from a start. The problems that more educated classes have created by staying silent, can be reversed.

For all the people standing up for Bush by denouncing Kucinich, and Democrats in general. Why dont you just read the articles for impeachment and then explain where and why the accusations are false.... to me, they are all pretty tough to defend... is that why you take the simple route of bashing Kucinich and democrats?

All in favor please contact your Congressmen/Congresswomen citing the details for impeachment as laid out by Senator Kucinich,that is ,if you haven't already.

I would be fascinated to hear from the knee jerk conservative responders to this article exactly what would constitute sufficient grounds for Mr. Bush to be impeached. The automatic response from you is to say either

1. Waste of time. Won’t pass senate
2. Too late, already a lame duck
3. Not sufficient grounds for impeachment

The first two are of course irrelevant if true high crimes have been committed. The obvious fallacy of this last one is that the congress has in fact pushed articles of impeachment for presidents for similar or even much lesser charges twice in just a few decades. So seriously, guys, what would it take? Would George Bush have to come to your house and shoot your family? Should we have to have videos of Bush and Cheney beating a detainee in the oval office? What will it take before the frog jumps out of the boiling water? Is defense of political party really more important that defending the Constitution you supposedly love? I get the distinct impression that you would go against any possible attempt at impeachment, regardless of time, severity or any other considerations. That can only mean that you consider a Republican president truly beyond the law. Ironic, since Republicans are the ones who make the most noise about shrinking government power.

According to these discussions, Lincoln should be impeached for creating Camp Douglas in Chicago in 1862, into which not only Confederate prisoners were thrown but Copperhead 'terrorists' as well. According to these discussions, Roosevelt should also be impeached for establishing the cruel conditions at Camp Livingston, Lousiana, in 1942. The neolibs and neocons in this discussion assume a fantasy rule of lawyers can exist under any circumstances and that is not the case. Rule of lawyers is a European fantasy that got 39 million people killed without recourse to justice. Some people in this discussion need to review the Constitution's preamble (note posterity) and apply it to a President's oath of office:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Impeachment is a grand jury style indictment, not a conviction of crimes. It is not a political tool to be used at the whim of 'rule of lawyers' wannabes.

Why didn't the neocons simply amend the constitution to say:

What we say goes.
We own the world.

Then there would be none of this pesky business about impeachment and we could get on with expanding the American empire and making the world safe for Wal-Farts and McStarbucks.

Why is congress wasting their time with a President that is on his way out soon?

With an economy out of control in the midst of a Democratic Controlled House and Senate who's to blame? I'm voting for McCain because the Dems have been doing nothing but blaming Bush and they have been in control for two years and done nothing to help this country.

These impeachment resolutions are simply attempted payback for Bill Clinton. Instead of doing their job Congress is obsessed with getting even with Bush. Congress get to work on the problems that this nation has, and quit trying to get revenge.

I just finished reading an extraordinary book by a prominent attorney whose name is Vincent Bubliosi---"THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W> BUSH FOR MURDER" He presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case the puts George Bush on trial in an America courtroom for the MURDER of nearly 4000 American soldiers, and over 100000innocent civilians Iraqi men, women and children!!
He is dedicated to seeking justice and I am 150% behind him on that.

The book is based upon hard facts and pure objectivity. For more info www.prosecutionofbush.com

Read it and weep and get spread the good news that we the people can work together for justice to be done.

The Misprision of Felony strategy for impeachment using the prosecutorial provisions of the USA Patriot Act, using the powerful discovery articles associated and the unlimited prosecutorial tools included with the USA Patriot Act, (and FISA continuation of that body of law), can discover that the CIA tapes of high level terrorist suspect detainees were destroyed in an effort to conceal.

The CIA destroyed the tapes to conceal them from government offices, but most importantly you. The law doesn't protect you from concealment, only your government. Brilliance and great care coupled with great knowledge of the USA Patriot Act body of law will make some prosecutor extremely famous, I wish Bugliosi would get a clue.

Sentiment will not bring about the successful impeachment of bush; only the accusation of felony crime, crime so horrible so as to shock and awe America will suffice to bring about the impeachment of the President of The United States of America in a time of war.

Impeachment is the great American Shakespearean drama. This drama will be played out on T.V., if it's good enough material. The media will kill it or it will live, they decide. Blogs alone won't do it. The great coliseum is the T.V., not the halls of Congress. The masters are Rupert Murdochs, not the men we elect, bitter truths that empower and free all of us.

So let’s play ball. I got felony violations of the USA Patriot Act in my corner, what've you got Kucinich?

An impeachment that commands the attention of Americans and grabs the short hairs of Congress, (including Kucinich), is the only impeachment that will not be ignored. Americans understand fear and terror. Any person who is indicted under the felony provisions of the USA Patriot Act will be terrified. People get stupid when they are afraid, when they are terrified. Would you like to see bush and cheney terrified, trembling, scrambling, sweating, branded as un-American?

Kucinich is being ignored. I said Kucinich is being ignored.

Americans would be absolutely fascinated and marvelously entertained by an impeachment trial of bush and cheney using articles of impeachment based solely upon felony violations of the USA Patriot Act, destruction of evidence, (CIA tapes), false information on terrorism, (Saddam linked to Bin Laden and the entire tapestry of deception), hundreds of felony violations of the USA Patriot Act, in plain sight. And this would go to trial, nobody is going to ignore a laundry list of USA Patriot Act felony violations.

Imagine the posse of FOX television consultant contractors hired to pontificate on USA Patriot Act theory, imagine the ratings. Imagine the discovery powers a prosecutor would have under the USA Patriot Act. Imagine what a good American could do with the felony prosecutorial powers of the USA Patriot Act at their fingertips, imagine. bush imagined, and look what it got him.

Can you imagine? Can you act as a good patriot must by using the USA Patriot Act to prosecute bush and impeach the President of the United States of America?

The USA Patriot Act is your law and it is the only law that will terminate this un-American administration. bush and his gang are literally pressing the Adz into your trembling hands, daring you, teasing you, playing you.

Tens of millions of dollars have been spent by the 'media' at large in conjunction with government propaganda offices to sell the war and the USA Patriot Act to Americans. This law shines, radiates an energy that when cast upon the accused paints them instantly and forever as horribly and terribly un-American. This is a directed political weapon and it must be focused on those who have committed felony violations of the USA Patriot Act.

The USA Patriot Act is a new political weapon and the people must coop the strategy of Misprision of a Felony within the scope of the felony provisions of the USA Patriot Act. The USA Patriot Act is the most powerful political weapon ever created in the history of mankind. It is brilliant, horribly un-American and treasonous, insanely brilliant.

Good Americans can use the USA Patriot Act to protect themselves from the invasion of Iran that bush desires. bush wants to slaughter millions of human beings in Iran and steal the oil again. Do you want to stop bush?

So tell me, what did you bring to the game Kucinich, you gonna knock it out of the park, all the fans mouths agape, wonder in their glistening eyes? Kucinich is going to put America ... to sleep.

- WAKE UP AMERICA ! -

You wanna watch a T.V. show about how bush was branded as un-American, a terrorist, and tried on felony violations of the USA Patriot Act, and then kicked out of office into the street an outcast from society, (sniff)? I want to make that movie and I want all of you to star in it.

John Edwards could have won the Presidency of the United States of America by calling for and leading prosecutorial efforts based upon felony violations of the USA Patriot Act, he would have been famous and loved. But John Edwards was to busy working on the 911 commission chasing those darn CIA tapes, I guess. John don't know nuthin 'bout the Patriot Act, does he? We shouldn't expect John Edwards to connect any dots, he's just a civil law attorney. John's just another hack, playing the game, filling his pockets with huge amounts of cash.

The articles of impeachment by Kucinich against President bush are old, tired news. For anyone who is truly interested in impeachment, we know all of this. Where's the charisma, the WhizBang blow-your-mind, front page exclusive? Where does it shine? It's a weak attempt that is being ignored, and that damages successive attempts. And here Kucinich is going to spout another 30 articles of impeachment, that will be ignored, and further damage any real powerful effort to impeach.

I mean, if your articles of impeachment fail to ROCK the house and senate, yer a freakin' LUSER! If you throw the dice on impeachment and lose, you've slapped all Americans in the face. If you are going to play this game, you better bring the right equipment, or everybody gets hurt. And planning to emit 30 more articles of impeachment when the first set are being ignored is like saying, I'm gonna rub dirt on your dirt you dirty ... dirtbags.

Felony violation of the USA Patriot Act, that's the beef baby.

Is Kucinich really taking a risk here? Is Kucinich a great Patriot risking his life against an evil empire?

What if bush and cheney were truly terrified of the accusations against them, and felt in their guts that they had been made, would be indicted soon, would be found guilty and would go to jail.

Do you think Kucinich would be safe?

It's going to take supernova brilliance, shock and awe to impeach bush, nothing less. bush can only be impeached with terror, wrap your brain around that my friend.

It would have been a huge news story if Kucinich charged bush and cheney with felony violation of the USA Patriot Act; I mean that would be HUGE. bush and cheney would be absolutely terrified, stammering their responses through the limbags. Blogs would fume, tongues would lather, ivory towers would crash down and the dust would cover all of the media with a conspiratorial cloak stinking of un-Americanism.

Do you have confidence in Kucinich and these articles of impeachment?

When the roaches scurry, they leave tracks, and of course that's all part of the hard-hitting prosecutorial strategy of using the USA Patriot Act to defend this nation from terrorism and those that aid and abet terrorism by disseminating false information on terrorism and by destroying evidence developed through investigations of terrorists. Both of these crimes are extremely serious, egregious felony violations of the USA Patriot Act.

New is good, new is better. We demand criminal accusations so astounding, so incredible as to be unbelievable and any person who stood against those indictments and impeachments would simply be, un-American. Make no mistake, you are either for impeachment, or you in felony violation of the USA Patriot Act. That is the only attitude that will win the impeachment of george bush and save millions of children, women and men in Iran from a horrible and gruesome, terrifying death from the invasion of their lands by United States private armies and your sons and daughters America. bush must be painted as un-American in order for impeachment to succeed, it's the only way.

If Kucinich would have fortified his articles of impeachment against president bush by opening the door for the use of discovery tools included in the USA Patriot Act by the Judiciary committee, by calling for felony indictment using the incredibly powerful felony prosecutorial provisions in the USA Patriot Act Kucinich would have effectively tarred and feathered bush forever. bush's lawyers could then only attack the USA Patriot Act itself in order to destroy the USA Patriot Act. Two birds with one stone.

Kucinich ! How many birdies ya' got? Thirty-five birdies, all in their gilded cage?

America adores irony, the wild story, gotta love da' juice baby. The vast majority has no interest in the Constitution or the law, unless it’s some hot babe on a police show pointing a gun at a dude and shooting him. Ratings talk.

Kucinich has no ratings.

If you are going to bring down a warring tyrant then you will have to throw him to some very real lions. The lions in the USA Patriot Act make Kucinich's application of old, tired laws, (that are being ignored also), a real disappointment. Kucinich needs some help with his presentation. He puts everybody to sleep.

- WAKE UP AMERICA ! -

Do you really want to drool yourself to sleep over 4 hours of droning old law stuff that has failed so often already, or do you want to see bush accused of un-American and illegal activities, felony violations of the USA Patriot Act ... or does everybody want to pretend the USA Patriot Act like, doesn't exist? New, new and improved impeachment brought to you by the felony prosecutorial provisions of the USA Patriot Act. How long would it take them to talk if their cellmate was in a secret prison in Egypt?

Whatever ... right?

Prosecuting by making use of the felony provisions within the USA Patriot Act will bring bush down like a chain saw clears brush. The lawyers will be forced to attack the USA Patriot Act law and its extensions, they will have to attack the theory of the USA Patriot Act and dismember and destroy the USA Patriot Act and associated legislation in order to save their hides.

And they would be branded as un-American for all time. Then they would hold up their executive orders signed by bush to shield him from the very laws he made to keep you in check, and then you would start to connect the dots. Then you would connect the dots.

It really is in plain sight.

Focus on real felonies, not emotional or bandwagon appeals and you will get your man. Felony violation of the USA Patriot Act is a huge, powerful accusation. Is this club so heavy in the hands that the ground itself gives way to the weight of our fears, pinning us?

The glittering generalities of crime, banging on pots and pans will not indict or impeach. Congress is complicit in all of this, and some of them must also be charged with felony violation of the USA Patriot Act.

Terrify them with the USA Patriot Act, please; they have terrified you with it all. Fight back with felony prosecution using the felony provisions of the USA Patriot Act and its extended legislation. Fight for your freedom and the lives and freedoms of hundreds of thousands of Iranian civilians who bush will murder with guns and bombs your labors and taxes pay for.

Bugliosi, the brilliant and perfect prosecutor of heinous and horrible murderers. I wish Bugliosi would get a clue. Wielding the USA Patriot Act, Buliosi could rule. Bugliosi, do you use google.com to search for your name, maybe you can look at some of these high ranking blogs and websites. I mean, you need help, we need help, we can have an understanding and you can offer bushie twinkle toes an offer he can not refuse.

What can be done about Dennis Kucinich?
This sad little man with a myopic view of the world again he wants to champion articles of impeachment against the President for the hopeful and eager approval of his peers. Like Billy Barty’s dream of becoming a leading man, diminutive Kucinich is wasting time and the people’s money with his dreams of becoming relevant. Tom Daschle was recalled, it’s about time Ohio got on the ball!

Larry Hogue

Bush & Cheney should be impeached and if indicted, executed so that the Nation may move forward.

Response to "Chris" June 10th - I forget who first said "we can't drill ourselves out of this energy crisis" or something like that - anyway, extracting more fossil fuels out of the earth may give us 5 minutes' relief from gas prices (although probably not because it's all corporate-manipulated profiteering) but in the long run it only postpones our inevitable need to commit to alternatives. Plus, in the meantime, why pour even more junk into the ozone! To think that raping our last remaining wild places can be justified in the name of maintaining an unsustainable standard of living is shortsighted and selfish - and from a practical standpoint, equivalent to re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. It's too bad people are forced by gas prices to do what we should have done long ago, but at least there's some incentive (of course it doesn't affect the rich, who may continue to use more than their share of the world's resources and pollute the earth for generations to come as long as THEY CAN AFFORD TO). Okay, I'm done for now.

It's funny, those of you who still think that there is still an honest-to-God two party system functioning in America today. Get real people, the days of Real, Pure, Undiliuted Democracy in our country are over-unless the people of this once-great nation get a reality check and do something about it. Personally, I dont see that happening until we elect our first genuine dictator. By all means, everyone keep thier earplugs in and thier blindfolds on! Then complain when gas hits 5 dollars a gallon, milk and eggs double, and wonder why nobody is doing anything about it.

i truly think the bush admin. had mike connell murdered,they are nothing but a bunch of spooks,if you read maxim's (the mysterious death of bush's cyber-guru)feb. 2010.it's very insightful.

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