Kucinich to file for Cheney Impeachment

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2 ... to_be.html

Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney

Looks like he's reached his boiling point.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the most liberal of the Democratic presidential candidates in the primary field, declared in a letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he plans to file articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney.

Kucinich has made ending the war in Iraq the central theme of his campaign. He has even taken aim at the leading Democratic presidential candidates in the field for their votes on authorizing the war.


Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to impeach the president, vice president and "all civil Officers of the United States" for "treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Sources tell the Sleuth that in light of the mass killings at Virginia Tech Monday, Kucinich's impeachment plans have been put on hold. There will be no action this week, they say.

Kucinich's office had no comment on the Congressman's "Dear Colleague" letter -- which apparently was drafted over the weekend, before the school massacre -- or on what the focus of articles of impeachment against Cheney would be.

But Kucinich shouldn't hold his breath on getting anywhere with his impeachment plan. "We'll see a Kucinich Administration before we'll see a Cheney impeachment," quipped one Democratic aide.


Here is the text of his letter, a copy of which was forwarded to the Sleuth:


April 17, 2007

Dear Colleague:

This week I intend to introduce Articles of Impeachment with respect to the conduct of Vice President Cheney. Please have your staff contact my office . . . if you would like to receive a confidential copy of the document prior to its introduction in the House.

Sincerely,

/s/

Dennis J. Kucinich

Member of Congress

[Saint]

impeach...Impeach....IMPEACH...IMPEACH....IMPEACH

IMPEACH

[handsintheair]

impeach...Impeach....IMPEACH...IMPEACH....IMPEACH

IMPEACH

No kidding, and we ought do do it this way too (I say). Cheney first, then Bush. Let's write all our senators/reps and tell them to support Kucinich on this one too.

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[Ry]

I am sure Ron Paul will back him in this. I am in full support of Dennis here. he and Ron Paul are the only real Americans in congress.

[Saint]

I would have to add senators Specter and Leahy, and even Schummer at times has my support. Thats just for my personal list.

[Ry]

my question is whty has it taken this long they have had years to do it

[Saint]

i think the sucky reality is incrementalism got us into this, and it will probably be the main thing that gets us out of it...in time.