Dick chenny impeachment

Public perception can beat the shit out of political nuance. The Bush Republicans know this and they have abused it for their own nefarious ends. The Democrats , on the other hand, have somehow overlooked this very basic rule of 21st Century American politics, which is a shame since they would more often than not use it for the betterment of the nation. After all, one year ago yesterday, we elected the Democrats in overwhelming numbers to amplify our screaming voices to a decibel loud enough to penetrate the unchecked corridors of power in Washington -- we hired this party to speak for us and to use this expressed authority to end the war and to hold this historically unpopular executive regime accountable.

In the fall of , Rep. This was not too surprising — the Democratic Left had been floating the idea for some time, and Kucinich would later file articles against President Bush himself about seven months later. Moreover, Republicans had just impeached President Bill Clinton within recent memory, and the wounds were still open from that experience. What was unique about Kucinich's impeachment motion, however, was the House Republican minority's way of handling it. On Nov.

Amidst the growing anger over the Bush administration's handling of the war, some Democrats want to impeach Dick Cheney , if not George Bush, for getting the US into this ghastly mess. Cleveland's liberal Democratic congressman and presidential contender, Dennis Kucinich, initiated proceedings this spring , arguing in part that Cheney has "purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and the 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" and "that preceding the March invasion of Iraq, the vice president was fully informed that no legitimate evidence existed of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The vice president pressured the intelligence community to change their findings to enable the deception of the citizens and the congress of the United States.

After months of inaction, Kucinich re-introduced the exact content of H. Res as a new resolution numbered H. Both resolutions were referred to the Judiciary Committee immediately after their introduction and the Committee did not consider either. Both resolutions expired upon the termination of the th United States Congress on 3 January The resolution was authored and submitted by Congressman Dennis Kucinich , a representative of Ohio who was also a presidential candidate in the election.