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August 1, 2007 at 19:19:46

34 Congress Members for Impeachment

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By David Swanson

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D., Wisconsin) and Congressman Donald Payne (D., N.J.) have signed on as cosponsors of H. Res. 333, a bill proposing articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, according to Congressman Dennis Kucinich's office. Kucinich is the original sponsor of the bill. Baldwin is the fourth member of the House Judiciary Committee to have added her name to the bill. A fifth Judiciary Committee member, Steve Cohen, has thus far signed on only to a bill proposing the impeachment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

H Res 333 cosponsors include, in addition to Baldwin, Payne, and Kucinich: Jan Schakowsky, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Keith Ellison, Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Albert Wynn, William Lacy Clay, Yvette Clarke, Jim McDermott, Jim Moran, Bob Filner, Sam Farr, Robert Brady.

That bill, H. Res. 589 sponsored by Congressman Jay Inslee, has 15 cosponsors in addition to Inslee: Xavier Becerra, Michael Arcuri, Ben Chandler, Dennis Moore, Bruce Braley, Tom Udall, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, Hank Johnson, Steve Cohen, Keith Ellison, David Wu, Yvette Clarke, Darlene Hooley, Betty McCollum.

Johnson, Ellison, and Clarke are backing both bills.

Congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr. and Maurice Hinchey have recently said that they support the impeachment of Cheney and Bush, but have not yet signed onto any bills.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has opposed impeachment since May 2006, but this week said that if she were not the Speaker she would probably be backing impeachment, and that impeachment of Gonzales is clearly merited.

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DAVID SWANSON is a co-founder of After Downing Street, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997.

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A one-eyed man in a world of the blind is king, but a rational man in a world of the irrational is a fool.
rabblerowzerA one-eyed man in a world of the blind is king, but a rational man in a world of the irrational is a fool.

ShutOut

Our political system is so corrupt that it corrupts or defeats one and all with a death of a thousand cuts. Every agreement reached, every law passed; or not, is a result of mind to mind combat where all are scarred. Combat wounds eventually heal, but self-inflicted wounds fester. Betrayal of a trust leaves you feeling diminished, providing you have a conscience, but not everyone has a conscience, some are stuck in primitive subconscious state. Like Dick Cheney.

A good offense has always been the best defense, and Cheney is one of the most offensive. That’s the mark of the “winners.”

Subconscious is the fight or flight survival mode which some leaders live in and exploit to gather followers and power. But they diminish themselves and their countrymen in their lust for power, and all the pleasures that power bequeaths.

We elect politicians to represent us, but they don’t. Our Representatives represent wealth and power for their own advancement, and that’s the way our political system works. We elect leaders, but once they get to D.C., the political process which excludes any input from the average American, takes over. The individuals we elect don’t determine our fate as a nation, the “process” does. And the process is corrupt by design. Designed by “special interests” who control both parties.

We are ruled by a sociopathic system, and the only way the meek can get out from under, is to rip it apart and start over.

If only we had the time.

Dennis Kucinich is a system “shutout.”

Garvel, too.

by rabblerowzer (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 227 comments) on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 5:52:30 AM

11/3 Democrat, newly elected PCO

Hometown: Vancouver, WA

Interests include media reform, voter reform, energy conservation/consumer moderation
FOIA Gras11/3 Democrat, newly elected PCO

Hometown: Vancouver, WA

Interests include media reform, voter reform, energy conservation/consumer moderation

Dems, please heed Speaker Pelosi's words

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has opposed impeachment since May 2006, but this week said that if she were not the Speaker she would probably be backing impeachment, and that impeachment of Gonzales is clearly merited.

In other words Pelosi agrees that Bush's and Cheney's actions are impeachable but will not take acton, probably due to conflict of interest. How much more explicit does Pelosi need to be? The Dems should not be waiting for the Speaker (or any other Dem) to take the lead on impeachment. Start with Gonzo and work up the (official) chain of command.

by FOIA Gras (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 15 comments) on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 3:27:15 PM