Posted on 11/05/2007 8:36:31 AM PST by tcrlaf
Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, the liberal Democrat who's launched a presidential campaign, says he plans to force an up-or-down vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on an impeachment resolution against Vice President Dick Cheney.
Kucinich announced last week that he will offer a "privileged resolution" on Nov. 6 that would require House members, within two days, to vote on what to do with the impeachment measure.
He plans to discuss the matter in a conference call on Monday evening.
"The momentum is building for impeachment," Kucinich said in a Nov. 2 news release. "Millions of citizens across the nation are demanding Congress rein in the Vice President's abuse of power."
House Resolution 333 says Cheney should be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors," because he "purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests."
Kucinich insists that Vice President Cheney continues to violate the U.S. Constitution by insisting on the supremacy of the Executive Branch.
The resolution introducing articles of impeachment against the vice president has 21 cosponsors, all of them Democrats.
"Congress must hold the Vice President accountable," Kucinich said last week. He accused Cheney of using his office to advocate the "continued occupation of Iraq and prod our nation into a belligerent stance against Iran."
For the record, at a San Francisco rally against climate change on Saturday, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan wore a T-shirt reading, "Arrest Cheney First," the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Sheehan is now running for the House seat of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Cheney’s responsiblity - drive liberals insane.
The people of his district in Ohio must be absolute, 100% certifiable morons..............
impeaching cheney...yeah..that’ll bring up the lib/dem’s approval ratings!!!
piglosi & crew....dumb & dumber!!!
Kucinich getting advice from the mother ship ?
The Dems could very well pass this to show their kook base that they are doing something against Cheney and Bush. Of course the kook base is savy enough to know that there are not enough votes in the Senate to convict. They will quickly figure out that this is nothing more than an empty gesture by the party leadership to cover up their inability to stop funding the war.
On the other hand, putting the intelligence for the Iraq war on trial in the Senate would be great for the Republicans.
I still say Do Nothing Nancy can reach single digits??
Pray for W and Our Troops
I rather think this is Kookcinuch’s way of raising much needed CASH from the Moonbat Left...
Some of the more delusional are really getting desperate to “Get” somebody, for anything, now.
And they are beginning to realize that a Hillary Candidacy dooms them...
Just put a steak in front of him, that will shut him up.
That’s a stepford-wife gaze if I ever saw one!
Damn, that was FUNNY! Anybody able to post those weird "vote for Dennis" animal pictures from his previous campaign? I'd bet there are a few newer FReepers who would get a chuckle out of them!
I'm so glad he's doing this, the moonbats will lambaste the Rats who duck this vote!
I like it
They need to let James Trafficant out of prison if he will promise to run against Dennis the Menace. Trafficant might have been a moonbat, but at least he was entertaining.
People don’t understand Dennis The Menace. He doesn’t really care about democrat politics. He cares about himself. He likes the attention. He plays to the lefty kooks, but he plays to enough of them to SUPPORT HIS LIFESTYLE!
Every couple of years, he starts up another presidential campaign. Not to win, but to be treated like a king by his followers, who pay for everything! Best hotels, best food, best travel, etc., etc., etc.. It’s a SCAM. He’s crazy like a fox! I’m from Cleveland, and have actually met the little scumbag.
It is not necessarily Ohio.
Ohio is a beautiful state and full of very, very, respected colleges. And that is the rub. We know that almost all educational institutions are run by pro-homo, pro-abortion, Stalinist pinko communists. (not exactly Ohio traditions) They 'educate' students, who come from all over America, into thinking that the more wacko, socialist, and perverted they are, the more 'intelligent' they are.
Nobody in Ohio supports the weirdos that get elected there. They are elected in large part by the influence of colleges.
Mars is in the wrong position.
Naah, that’s the look of a broad who realizes she’s married to a damned idiot Wonka with no Willy.
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