Hagel Suggests Possibility Of Bush Impeachment: ‘He’s Not Accountable Anymore’
Hagel Suggests Possibility Of Bush Impeachment: ‘He’s Not Accountable Anymore’
According to a new report in Esquire magazine, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has suggested that Congress may consider the impeachment of President Bush before his term ends:
“The president says, ‘I don’t care.’ He’s not accountable anymore,” Hagel says, measuring his words by the syllable and his syllables almost by the letter. “He’s not accountable anymore, which isn’t totally true. You can impeach him, and before this is over, you might see calls for his impeachment. I don’t know. It depends how this goes.”
The conversation beaches itself for a moment on that word — impeachment — spoken by a conservative Republican from a safe Senate seat in a reddish state. It’s barely even whispered among the serious set in Washington, and it rings like a gong in the middle of the sentence, even though it flowed quite naturally out of the conversation he was having about how everybody had abandoned their responsibility to the country, and now there was a war going bad because of it.
Hagel isn’t the only one frustrated. The desire for more accountability over Bush has led to increasing calls for impeachment from the Washington State legislature, the mayor of Salt Lake City, and town hall meetings in Vermont.
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) said pushing for impeachment would be counterproductive because it would break off efforts to recruit conservative support for changing the course of the war in Iraq. “We’re trying to get [conservatives] to vote against the war. They’re coming around. You don’t hear them singing the virtues of George Bush like they used to. But nothing will turn this into a partisan lockdown faster than impeachment.” Inslee added, “Ending the war is what’s important now.”
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Senator Hagel I love you
If only you voted better on Trade, then I would want you to be President
Ron Paul or Chris Dodd ‘08
ANYONE BUT DEFENSE CONTRACTOR CRONIES AND FREE TRADE COOKS!
March 6th, 2007 at 7:43 pmHear that, Pelosi?
It’s time to put impeachment ‘back on the table’…after all, it’s why you’re currently Speaker.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:44 pmIMPEACH!!!!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 7:44 pmThose of you in WA state remember to write down the things that this rep says. The words are more republican drivel, and he needs to be replaced. Can you imagine anyone more out of touch? Perhaps another republican?
March 6th, 2007 at 7:45 pm“Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) said pushing for impeachment would be counterproductive because it would break off efforts to recruit conservative support for changing the course of the war in Iraq.”
Hahahahaha. Change the course of the war??? What course would that be?
March 6th, 2007 at 7:45 pmThat would be interesting. But Chucky has yet to show me the money. He’s all gas.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:46 pm[…] Hagel is a Republican and real combat veteran. This ain’t Dennis Kucinich or Cynthia McKinney. This is bad for Bush. Hagel Suggests Possibility Of Bush Impeachment: ‘He’s Not Accountable Anymore’ […]
March 6th, 2007 at 7:46 pmYou just try to impeach my President.
I will kick your ass!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 7:47 pmFace it folks, impeaching Bush is the ONLY hope for the GOP. He is an anchor around all of their necks, and i’m not just talking the next presidential election. He will hurt them in the House, Senate, and Prez spots on the ballot.
A good game plan is to swap out Cheney with someone having leadership skills and makes their party look good. Next, impeach Boy-George, and put this new guy in place and let him end the war in Iraq. Holy-Shit, what would Democrats do?
Seriously, if they put anyone with a brian in the Whitehouse who ends the war, the air goes out of the Democratic ballons.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:49 pmSeriously, if they put anyone with a brian in the Whitehouse who ends the war, the air goes out of the Democratic ballons.
Comment by ScrewBush
I totally agree. The Dems are acting like inept morons, for the most part. We have exceptions.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:51 pmSit down and STFU Walker, Texas Ranger. Last time I saw a movie with you in it, you got your ass beat by a short Chinese guy named Bruce Lee.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:53 pmChuck, I kicked your ass once, don’t make me do it again silly redneck.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:53 pmRon Paul or Chris Dodd ‘08
ANYONE BUT DEFENSE CONTRACTOR CRONIES AND FREE TRADE COOKS!
Comment by Deniz Yeter
Please, Deniz. We don’t need another crypto-fascist John Bircher from Texas. Flush out yer damn headgear.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:56 pm“The president says, ‘I don’t care.’ He’s not accountable anymoreâ€
ANYMORE?? Since when has he EVER been accountable?
March 6th, 2007 at 7:58 pmI love Chuck.
In fact, most of the time, I’m proud that I voted for him.
My only concern with Mr. Hagel is that he says things that people like to hear, but he rarely acts.
Although I realize that even setting up a discussion on controversial topics these days is a feat in and of itself, I just wish that he would take more action,
March 6th, 2007 at 7:58 pmOld tree, got it, did it first thing when libby’s verdict was minutes old….Wrote them all and then sent Palosi and Reid along with bush a nice flowery demand for investigation, impeachment, jail and attaching all asset’s of bush/ cheney and the entire administration…The black lemo would be on the way if I had said any more…Blessings..P,S. and Yes I do remember and do vote to remove any bull shit bush backers or enabeler’s…
March 6th, 2007 at 7:58 pmIsn’t Chuck Norris about 4′11″?
He’d fit nicely under my ass-kicking boot.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:59 pmHagel is, and always will be, all talk. How many times has he criticized Bush on Iraq and then did whatever Bush wanted when the time came up for a vote? Has Hagel ever done anything to end the war he opposes?
March 6th, 2007 at 7:59 pmHas Hagel ever done anything to end the war he opposes?
Comment by Jim
Hey Jim ask that question to the Democraps in power now!
March 6th, 2007 at 8:00 pm“Ass-kicking boot” ?
March 6th, 2007 at 8:02 pmHey Chuck,
You could whup Bruce with one hand tied behind you back.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:02 pmFor Chuck to even say the word “impeach” means he’s heard it somewhere. Perhaps even more than once. Maybe the drum beat from We The People has grown loud enough that even Konservative ReichWingNuts are having to pay attention?
Nah. Chuck just wants to rattle the cage and get Emperor Bush’s attention. Someone needs a b***job to get impeached in this country.
Someone please send in the elected officials who will do the bidding of the people and clean up this Imperial Mess!
ITMFA NOW!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 8:02 pmSomeone broke their foot off in Chuck Norris’ ass.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:02 pm#17 very good point Jim, to which the answer is a resounding NO. He’s no better than my senior senator, John ‘Straight Talk Express My @$$’ McCain. At least they’re not complete talking point parrots like my other senator, Jon ‘Rubber-Stamp’ Kyl. How we elected a Democratic governor at all let alone twice still escapes me, but I’m glad we did.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:04 pmHe’d fit nicely under my ass-kicking boot.
Comment by Zooey
No but u could fit him under that big lard ass butt of yours.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:04 pmGAWD DAMNED RIGHT!!!
IMPEACH!!
IMPEACH!!
IMPEACH!!
Impeach AG the AG, then Vice Prick Dick(head) Chumpy and then GW Botch, the worst human on Earth!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 8:05 pmThat would be me, For Truth..I was next in line behind Zooey, she got the first kick done and I went for the finish and now have to have my foot surgicly removed..I took one for the team….Blessings…Oh BTW I was married to a guy that looked and acted like Norris many year’s ago…..I’m still here, he’s gone.Not my fault….
March 6th, 2007 at 8:12 pmWhat kind of fantasy world do the GOP live in, Bush claims surge already making progress.
http://www.forbes.com/ feeds/ ap/ 2007/ 03/ 06/ ap3490649.html
Yet one of the deadliest attacks of the year happens today killing 140 innocent Iraqis, and 9 American troops.
Guess that party of PRO-LIFE is showing their standards again!
March 6th, 2007 at 8:12 pmSo Flaco, who do you think should take over power in Iraq, the Sunnis or the Shiites?
March 6th, 2007 at 8:13 pmMeanwhile, “C-SPAN 3″ is a euphemism for shitcanned.
Want to watch the Senate hearing into the US prosecutor firings?
C-SPAN 3. Which is C-SPAN for “Go FY, Senator.”
• Combined with blocking Speaker Pelosi’s utube site over the C-SPAN copyright, and C-SPAN is yet again doing the bidding of their Overlords.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:15 pmChuck Norris got his ass kick in both the movies and real life by Bruce Lee. Sorry, you can’t change reality dumba$$.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:16 pmHere’s something for fun, a bit off topic:
http://www.ericdsnider.com/ snide/ something-wiki-this-way-comes/
March 6th, 2007 at 8:16 pm“Ass-kicking boot†?
Comment by ForTruth
Yup. Same one I wouldn’t bother using on Flaco.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:16 pmBush was never asked to acccount for his disastrous policies. So, it is wrong to say that “he is no longer accountable”. He never was.
This said, it is about time that the Bush brat’s feet are exposed to the fire.
Pelosi needs to put Cheney’s and Bush’s impeachments on the table. NOW!
March 6th, 2007 at 8:17 pmWhat with the what and the what what!?
Sen Hagel mentioning the I-word!!?? Is this the same Hagel from Nebraska?
Then, there is this gem:
“Congress abdicated its oversight responsibility,” he says. “The press abdicated its responsibility, and the American people abdicated their responsibilities. Terror was on the minds of everyone, and nobody questioned anything, quite frankly.”
I am speechless…. did you read that, Bush cultists?
March 6th, 2007 at 8:17 pmI’m still here, he’s gone.Not my fault….
Comment by Sharon
Count your blessings….
March 6th, 2007 at 8:17 pmPRO-LIFE is for innocent babies not grown men/soldiers.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:18 pmIraqis are killing their own Iraqis. It is called war.
The only question I would ask Hagel is…when has Bush ever been accountable?!? Where has Hagel been for the last five-odd years? For myself, I find it difficult if not outright impossible to think of one single incident in which Bush clearly and sincerely has accepted responsibility for something which has gone wrong — which is the true hallmark of accountability, since it’s easy to take credit when things go right. He talks a lot about being “The Decider” — but all too often, when the s**t has really hit the fan, Bush has passed the buck and made every effort either to pin the blame on someone else or to suggest that nobody can really be blamed because “nobody could have anticipated etc., etc.”
March 6th, 2007 at 8:18 pm“Ron Paul or Chris Dodd ‘08
ANYONE BUT DEFENSE CONTRACTOR CRONIES AND FREE TRADE COOKS!” –Deniz Yeter
God knows we have to get rid of these free trade cooks. If they make us eat GMO squirrel meat again, there will be a rebellion!
Nevermind that Ron Paul wants the US to withdraw from the UN.
Gee, I wonder where most of our international treaties (and warcrimes laws) are maintained?
March 6th, 2007 at 8:19 pmFlaco quit whining so much, and get some cheese with that.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:21 pmHay Chris, is it possible to have any reasonable exchange with a troll named flac-o.?….I was going to bitch slap this little black hearted troll but figured he would either melt like a snow flake or get limp like a flake of ceral in milk so didn’t bother….Have at it and good luck..Blessings
March 6th, 2007 at 8:21 pmlater losers
March 6th, 2007 at 8:22 pm#36 Flaco
PRO-LIFE is for innocent babies not grown men/soldiers.
Iraqis are killing their own Iraqis. It is called war.
Right. Only fetuses are considered life. Once you’re born, you’re screwed as far as the right-wingers are concerned.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:23 pmI do Lady Zooey, I do….Blessings
March 6th, 2007 at 8:26 pmI think Flacos mom called him up for dinner.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:27 pmlater losers
Comment by Flaco
Awww, leaving so soon? Clean Sharon’s boot before you return it to her.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:29 pmDarn, I thought it was my fault and was going to appolagize for spoiling Chris’s fun….Blessings
March 6th, 2007 at 8:31 pmJust impeach Dickie and Georgey and then they can end the war in a second.
And let’s not forget to prosecute all the war profiteers hiding under Dickie’s and Georgey’s wings.
And let’s throw in Ann (Pus Crack) Coulter for good measure. Arrest her for using oxygen entitled for decent humans. Find something, anything to put her away in some dank, dark prison cell. Since she doesn’t even qualify as a human being they could put her in a dog pound.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:32 pm“Pelosi needs to put Cheney’s and Bush’s impeachments on the table. NOW!” –Manhattanit
Have you counted the votes? Just because a crossover Republican Senator suggests it could be maybe something that might one day occur, doesn’t change the underlying political FACTS.
We don’t have the votes for impeachment NOR conviction. Pretending does not make it so. Acting like this is Speaker Pelosi’s fault is counter-productive. Unless you work for the Bushcoviks.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:33 pmLady Zooey, the metal tiped Stetson is O.K. just a little baby powder from the diaper on it…LOL…Blessings
March 6th, 2007 at 8:37 pm“Just impeach Dickie and Georgey and then they can end the war in a second.”
Great! Tell that to the FOUR carrier groups that are about to shell the sh*t out of Iran on whatever pretext can be manufactured.
“And let’s not forget to prosecute all the war profiteers hiding under Dickie’s and Georgey’s wings.”
Because certainly Lockheed Martin doesn’t have any lawyers or control over the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. No, giant corporations which grew 30% in the week after Nine-eleven MUST be run up the gibbet!!!
“And let’s throw in …Coulter for good measure.” –Mr. Evil
Now THERE you have something that might could happen. Coulter committed two acts of vote fraud in S. Florida. Teh registered to vote at an address that was not teh own, and teh voted there, rather than where teh is actually resident. Both are crimes that put people in jail — regrettably, the Thin White Neuter is not a person.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:41 pmLady Zooey, the metal tiped Stetson is O.K. just a little baby powder from the diaper on it…LOL…Blessings
Comment by Sharon
Oh my god, you’re hilarious, Sharon.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:43 pmThere you have in a nutshell the right wing position:
PRO-LIFE is for fetuses.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:44 pmPRO-DEATH is for grown men/soldiers.
Paul, while I hear what you are saying how do we know we don’t have the vote’s when they havent had any investigation’s and have taken it off the table since the moment they got in….If we the people demand it and there is suffecient backing of the people it should be brought forward, Investigated and discussion’s……If they refuse to do this I am jumping ship and going to raise hell with starting up a third party and putting all this bunch out…All of them..They work for us dammit and I am mad as hell.. So far all they have done is put us off as though they are all in this mess together..No one is going to miss my rath if they continue to refuse.. We are the boss not them……Blessings
March 6th, 2007 at 8:45 pmMore food for thought from the Esquire article:
Gradually, though, Chuck moved closer to [his brother] Tom’s view of Vietnam. It was the tapes that did it, the release of recordings of Lyndon Johnson’s anguished phone calls to Richard Russell in which he tells Russell that he knows the war cannot be won. The calls were recorded two years before the Hagels went to Vietnam.
“To know that, and to continue to send kids into that meat grinder…” says Chuck Hagel, sitting in an office in a building named after Richard Russell, an office across the hall from the one out of which Lyndon Johnson once ran the Senate. It seems impolite to ask him, as his sentence fades away and he shakes the voices of Johnson and Russell out of his head, whether we are still talking completely about the past.
All those people were sent to kill and die in a war the policy makers knew could not be won.
Thirty years later, history repeats itself and all the Bush personality cult followers come here to express their support for another meat grinder…
March 6th, 2007 at 8:46 pmGregor, excellent post.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:49 pmDon’t forget to add the New Mexico legislature to your list in the article. I am not sure of the staus but it is brewing out there.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:49 pmImpeach Bush now before the megalomaniac attacks Iran. Call an emergency session and limit debate to 3 hours in the morning for impeachment, and 3 in the afternoon for the Senate trial. Have Bush convicted and ousted by dinner time.
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Hagel needs to ask another 16 GOPer Senators to step forward to call for impeachment too. When Bush sees 67 Senators against him, then he will flee with his parents and brothers to Paraguay.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:05 pmWhen has any major poll ever has asked if citizens favor the impeachment of George Bush AND Richard Cheney? Never, that’s when, but it’d be nice if they did, and we could find out what the public really thinks. They should ask it time and time again, so the public could get used to the idea.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:10 pmThank you for your courage, Chuck Hagel. For too long, “impeachment” has been been a dirty little word in this country. Every time a Senator says “impeachment,” it’s a step in the right direction.
Comment by Paul in LA
Then maybe those of us who have republican representitives should be contacting them in ways besides email to make sure they are seeing something new they never saw before (or at least not since vietnam)…
March 6th, 2007 at 9:12 pmSpeaking of the doofus in chief’s parents, I heard on Democracy Now (NPR) this afternoon:
March 6th, 2007 at 9:15 pmIt was the senior Bush who coordinated the CIA coup which overthrew the first democratically elected president of Ghana. This won him the appointment to head the CIA.
Happy 50th Anniversary of Independance to the nation of Ghana
Just try to impeach my president, and I will KISS your ass!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 9:39 pmTAKE THAT CHUCK NORRIS!! HEH, HEH :D
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March 6th, 2007 at 10:28 pmChuck Hagel
March 6th, 2007 at 11:02 pmChuck Hagel POSITIONS HIMSELF AS THE DARK HORSE 2008 CANDIDATE READY TO TRAMPLE Mitt Scarecrow of Romney Marsh and Rudy Adulterous Bastard and Cross-Dressing Queer Giuliani BY CALLING FOR CHIMPEACHING CHIMPya W. Bush, Torticola DICK-less
March 6th, 2007 at 11:05 pmB(ugger) Cheney, Karl Miss Piggy Rove, CONDOM-lesser Rice, Alberto VO5 Gonzales and other members of Bushland Uber Allies!!!!!
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March 6th, 2007 at 11:14 pmOf course, Hagel would never be senator is he had not been on the board of the conservative corporation that made the machines that “counted” the votes.
Words are easy, let’s have some action.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:33 pmCaption Contest:
“And now a man with a tape recorder up his nose…”
March 6th, 2007 at 11:37 pmSound like Hagel is rearrange his deck chair on the Repug Titanic.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:42 pmThat’s right Chuck, that ship is sinking, so you jump off. And they call liberals wimps.
But you were pretty comfy there in the first class lounge the last 6 years.
Vote against the war and get the impeachment started and maybe then you can get some respect around here.
This is what gets me: “But nothing will turn this into a partisan lockdown faster than impeachment.â€
Oh, yeah? There was a partisan filibuster over ethics reform.
There was a partisan filibuster over the minimum wage.
There was a partisan filibuster over even having a debate on a non-frickin’-binding resolution!
It’s time to put it to those who blindly support the Dictator-in-Chief. Hold impeachment hearings! Get all the evidence out in the open for the American People to see.
And if 33 Republicans and one Independent want to keep this President in office no matter what he has done to the Constitution and upholding the rule of law, let them go on record with their votes!
Then we’ll see who gets replaced come November ‘08.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:09 amThe only way the Republicans can save face as well as salvage whatever integrity they may have by not only impeaching Bush and Cheney, but to prosecute the whole group of warmongers or neocons whatever the name, America knows eho each one is where their promotions (War rewards) has taken them.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:10 amPRO-LIFE is for innocent babies not grown men/soldiers.
Iraqis are killing their own Iraqis. It is called war.
1. You Rethuglicans sure know how to support the troops.
2. Join up, Sally.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:12 am#40
Hay Chris, is it possible to have any reasonable exchange with a troll named flac-o.?….I was going to bitch slap this little black hearted troll but figured he would either melt like a snow flake or get limp like a flake of ceral in milk so didn’t bother….Have at it and good luck..Blessings
Comment by Sharon
Actually I am a good troll.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:17 amI bring light into this dark shithouse of fools.
Jesus Christ, I wish someone would just suck * off already and be done with it…
…preferably by an underage Mexican youth here illegally.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:17 amFetuses are not human children?
TPers think like Hilter when he consider the Jews not human.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:19 amFetuses are not human children?
TPers think like Hilter when he consider the Jews not human.
Comment by Flaco — March 7, 2007 @ 1:19 am
What a fcuking st*pid comment from a right wingnut that just helped murder 600,000 iraqi humans. Are you going to call sperm and eggs human children too, you right wing nut zealot?
March 7th, 2007 at 1:33 am#76
Oh my I just caught my first real moonbat and he is a big one.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:36 am#76
If u pay taxes some of that money goes to the war machine.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:38 amI guess that means u contributed to the death toll.
Heh
#76
Oh my I just caught my first real moonbat and he is a big one.
Comment by Flaco — March 7, 2007 @ 1:36 am
You didn’t catch anything, you just felt my foot wiggling in your cowardly bowels - fcukhead.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:39 am#76 If u pay taxes some of that money goes to the war machine.
I guess that means u contributed to the death toll.
Heh Comment by Flaco — March 7, 2007 @ 1:38 am
Yeah, just like you helped pay for the abortions! Heh!
You St*pid fcuking idiot.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:40 amFlaco, you should stick with molesting little boys, until Dateline catches you. Because you scuk at political commentary, you fcuking idiot.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:42 amApril 28: Nationwide Protests for Impeachment
Come join us!!!
http://www.a28.org
March 7th, 2007 at 2:17 amI think if McCain doesn’t stop his slide in the polls, he might join the chorus. His dumb-assed support for Bush has cost him dearly, and with his ass-kissing of the religious fanatics that make up the republican “base,” he’s circling the bowl with all-important independent voters. The only way to stop his spiral is to distance himself from the Pres.’s Iraq policy; so he’ll either forget about running for Pres., or he’ll soon be calling for Bush’s impeachment as well. This escalation will either demonstrably succeed or fail by about July, but knowing McCain, he’ll try to wring every last ounce of political leverage from his current position before suddenly being against the war all along.
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March 7th, 2007 at 6:39 am“Paul, while I hear what you are saying how do we know we don’t have the vote’s when they havent had any investigation’s and have taken it off the table since the moment they got in”
Sharon, a primary duty of a House leader is to be able to count the votes.
Unless the R start the impeachment of their own president, it’s just not politically possible to have that process apply. It is FAR too weak of a process to support dividing the Congress again. We need to out the criminals and get them out of their illegally-held seats in our Congress and our White House (but that by resignation due to scandal, aka public education).
….If we the people demand it and there is suffecient backing of the people
IF there is sufficient CHANGE of R and D votes for impeachment, that’s a different matter. But it is simple logic to see that EITHER they could run the incredible risk of an impeachment fiasco, or they can do what they should, which is to USE THE PEN OF CONGRESS, and write Bushco’s crimes into EVIDENCE (instead of all the media-reported HEARSAY we’re all pissed off about, in addition to the carnage).
“If they refuse to do this I am jumping ship and going to raise hell with starting up a third party and putting all this bunch out”
Clearly you aren’t paying attention: It’s the VOTE-FRAUD, Stupid.
We don’t HAVE legal elections. We have to fight to get them back. So your third party concept will never get off the ground. Work in your state to restore legal voting!
“They work for us dammit and I am mad as hell.”–Sharon
I’m sure you are, but you’re blaming the wrong people.
As for ‘working for the people,’ yes they do, but that still doesn’t change the vote count. Too much risk; too much chance that the SCOTUS will simply say that impeachment during time of war is unconstitutional. You really have to go back and measure what we’re up against, and then come down on the side of the FIRST WOMAN TO BECOME SPEAKER, whose House has convinced so far 17 R to crossover, and whose House has started writing the EVIDENCE that AG Gonzales has committed fundamental acts of GRAFT that can ‘Meese’ him right out of a job.
Remember: Pelosi became minority leader when she led SIXTY PERCENT of House Dems to vote NAY on the Iraq Resolution.
Have a little faith and work your ass off.
March 7th, 2007 at 7:11 am“Hagel needs to ask another 16 GOPer Senators to step forward to call for impeachment too.” –Jay Randal
Too? Hagel didn’t call for impeachment. He stuck his toe in the water.
Senator Reid said we had I believe it was 6 or 7 crossovers in the Senate on the Iraq War. It may be more than that, but most of that party is corrupt, complicit, and many of them are about to be indicted (for which reason the clutch of OTHER Fitzgeralds were fired).
March 7th, 2007 at 7:15 amComment by Paul in LA — March 7, 2007 @ 7:11 am
While your faith in the current political processes is commendable, there are a couple of misconceptions I’d like to address.
First, third parties don’t have to win seats to be successful. Frequently in American history, 3rd parties have shaped the debate and changed the course of the two major parties. That alone has been sufficient to enact the proposals put forth by the 3rd party.
Next, the impeachment clause in the Constitution is not restricted to peacetime. If a sitting President could not be impeached during war, there would be absolutely nothing to prevent a President from totally scrapping the Constitution and becoming a Dictator for life, merely by declaring war on some country or another. Congress is supposed to prevent that from happening by utilizing the impeachment process.
I say let the Democratic controlled Congress bring out all the evidence into the limelight. Even Corporate Media cannot ignore impeachment hearings. Those hearings will involve just a handful of Representatives. Meanwhile the House can go about its business of changing the course of the war through the budget process.
Get the crimes of this Administration out there, in black and white, on the Front Pages of Newspapers across the country for everyone to see. Then “count the votes” in the Senate. I know causing the deaths of nearly 3/4 of a million innocent people who don’t speak English and have a darker complexion is not as sexy as semen stains on a blue dress, but, to me, violating the Constitution and the laws of the United States is a bit more serious an offense than merely catching someone with his pants down.
March 7th, 2007 at 9:12 amWhile I agree that if there is evidence that Bush intentionally lied about the evidence for Iraq that he showed congress he should be impeached. Furthermore, I see no reason that the majority party in both houses can’t investigate that claima and vote no this week to the Iraq war money bill in front of them end the war. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) doesn’t seem to understand the uphill battle he will have if he truly wants to end this war.
TP reports that Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) said: “We’re trying to get [conservatives] to vote against the war. They’re coming around. You don’t hear them singing the virtues of George Bush like they used to. But nothing will turn this into a partisan lockdown faster than impeachment.†Inslee added, “Ending the war is what’s important now.â€
While I appreciate a congressmen like this that is actually working towards what he campaigns on, his efforts to recruit conservatives is a bit forward thinking for now. Maybe he should focus on his own parties interest in Ending this war. Pelosi and Reid are currently recruiting Dems to support the war and vote yes to the new Iraq War money bill that would support and extend this war. Maybe Inslee should start by getting his own party behind him and then work on those conservatives that may come around? Just a suggestion for him anyways.
March 7th, 2007 at 9:56 amIf you really believe Bush is in the wrong, IMPEACH. If not, shut up. All your whining is ugly and tiresome. Put up or shut up.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:15 amImpeachment against PROTUS is a illegal action with wont happend. The congress signed 1892 the proposal that a impeachment of a current PROTUS isnt valid and wont take ever action.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:17 amI agree completely that ending the war in Iraq and preventing another in Iran are the near term objectives. While warranted, impeachment would do great harm to those other efforts.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:26 amThis is ludicrous, I am tired of all the whining and no action from all these two-faced congressman if they truly wish to do this at leats be strong and stand by their views not just test the waters with all these non-binding resolutions and stuff.Join the Stop Hillary Express!
March 7th, 2007 at 10:28 amImpeach? But nobody gave him a blowjob… I doubt he’s ever even HAD a blowjob.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:32 amImpeach Cheney first. Bush second.
Worst thing than Bush being President: Cheney taking over.
9/11 = Inside Job.
Osama Bin Laden = Dick Cheney and Project for a New American Century mob.
Al Qaeda = Al CIA-da
War on Terrorism = Smoke and mirrors to hide real terrorists and agenda.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:33 amImpeach? But George hasn’t had a blowjob. I don’t think he’s EVER had a blowjob, no offense Laura…
March 7th, 2007 at 10:34 amROFL, this whole damn blog is nothing but a massive orgy of liberal dumb asses. gg.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:39 amIMPEACH the bastard NOW!
March 7th, 2007 at 10:41 amIMPEACH
We the people have the power — and the responsibility — to remove executives who transgress not just the law, but the rule of law.
The oaths that the President and Vice President take binds them to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The failure to do so forms a sound basis for articles of impeachment.
The President and Vice President have failed to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution” in the following ways:
1. They have manipulated intelligence and misled the country to justify an immoral, unjust, and unnecessary preemptive war in Iraq.
2. They have directed the government to engage in domestic spying without warrants, in direct contravention of U.S. law.
3. They have conspired to commit the torture of prisoners, in violation of the Federal Torture Act and the Geneva Convention.
4. They have ordered the indefinite detention without legal counsel, without charges and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention — all in violation of U.S. law and the Bill of Rights.
When strong evidence exists of the most serious crimes, we must use impeachment — or lose the ability of the legislative branch to compel the executive branch to obey the law.
George Bush
March 7th, 2007 at 10:45 amhas led our country to a constitutional crisis, and it is our responsibility to remove him from office.
I think you have to shoot someone in the face to get impeached around here… oh .. wait .. I forgot.. THEY got away with that one too… If all we bloggers got together and actually did something!!! WE could kick Chuck Norris’ ASS! Right in the hole!!!
March 7th, 2007 at 10:51 amIf Pelosi is smart, she would put impeachment back on the table. Like yesterday.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:56 amAs a former United States Marine, I think impeaching Bush is a great idea. I joined under the Clinton administration and served under Bush.
Check http://www.impeachbush.org for a wide support for his impeachment, not to mention 90 senators voted to make illegal the participation in the acts of torture by US personnel and VP Dickey Cheney and the CIA Director flew to appeal for it to not apply to the CIA over concern for “National Interest”.
Bush has a 30% approval rating right now. He doesn’t care. He has had his own agenda and always has ever since he’s been in office. He’s used the national crisis hysteria of 9/11 to gather support for his war in Iraq which never produced any weapons of Mass Destruction (while North Korea has) meanwhile our US dollar has fallen (maybe due a large defense bill), and his claims at reducing a deficit are simply false. Our defense bill is roughly 500 billion a year, and we’re pumping more money into external causes for his administrations oil agenda rather than into domestic reform, where it belongs.
Lets restore our national Moral authority and image to the world and impeach Bush, bringing an end to Black Sites, Extraordinary Renditions, and Unlawful Combatant status and try these terrorists while maintaining there human rights!
checkit
March 7th, 2007 at 10:59 amhttp://www.wikipedia.org
http://www.factcheck.org
You know it is really interesting the situation that the USA finds themselves in. He made it impossible for the public to say now after all you were either with us or with the terrorists.
I have been saddened that our neighbors to the south have gone in such a bad direction. It wasn’t an intentional move but a reactionary move to a terrible event that changed the course of history.
But those moments after the 911 were some of the most critical and that is where I think you have been led astray by your leader. The world supported you as action was taken in Afghanistan. Why didn’t that job get finished before the next campaign.
A campaign that was littered with misinformation. There were no WMD nor was Sadamn planning anything.
I feel badly for Americans who have lost countless freedoms under the guise of protecting the country from terror.
Please be strong and stand up for the things that you as a country know is right …and fight the things that you know are wrong…..
Viva USA!
March 7th, 2007 at 11:07 amcheers
scott
Where do I sign up?
March 7th, 2007 at 11:16 amHey, all you retards out there reading this… CHUCK HAGEL is not, and I repeat, is not, a conservative republican. His is a RINO and he doesn’t speak for the party. BIAS is unsheathed here at thinkprogress.org huh?
Make sure you put your tinfoil hats back on before you go outside!!!
March 7th, 2007 at 11:20 amYou guys really want to see Cheney in that chair?
March 7th, 2007 at 11:26 amMake impeachment a symbolic gesture and an indelible mark in history so that the greedy and ignorant will think twice about sacrificing the peace for money and power.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:26 amThose who can, do; those who can’t, we impeach ;-)
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March 7th, 2007 at 11:32 amI think the real answer is to impeach Cheney. This guy in GQ has some really good points:
http://men.style.com/ gq/ features/ landing?id=content_5402
If any one them is true they are a good reason to impeach him.
Besides, Cheney is the real brains. Bush is a bumbling fool. Taking Cheney away would not only remove half of Bushes brain, it would leave him with no one to pardon him.
However, we need to be careful. The U.S. (and the world) is in a very precarious position right now. We need to focus on reducing violence and solving environmental issues. We shouldn’t let prosecuting Bush and his gang side track us. We can take of the prosecutions after Bush is no longer president. However, investigating them could make them more cooperative and start us back on the right track.
On the other hand, I’m not sure if the world can take 21 more months of Bush.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:39 amHe should not only be impeached but arrested for War Crimes along with Blair.
Don’t get me wrong, I would happily nuke a serious and verified threat (Iran) but perhaps via the UN and on REAL evidence not just hearsay.
Over 50,000 dead, American and Iraqi, no weapons of mass destruction and a much more unstable world.
But hey Bush and his “associates” have made trillions of $ on increased fuel costs and reconstruction.
Perhaps we should offer a swap; Bush for Bin Laden, each side to do whatever they want with the criminal?
March 7th, 2007 at 11:39 amI read the op-ed piece in the NY Times published last Sunday,and I was amazed at how far we have come in losing our liberties and status in the world. The best thing that could happen is for both Bush and Cheny to be impeached, convicted, and removed so that we could get these slugs off the world state.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:45 amHey Ted - you guys are losers - nice hat though - really.
Flake-o is obviously a 10-11 year old being homeschooled by Idaho militia fundies…..funny, yes, but probably armed.
BC is a good province of Canada, and an intereting historical epoch, but a very, very lame troll…
Keep squawkin’ Righties - we want everyone on Earth to know for sure what kind of darkness and disease fester in your hearts and minds..
March 7th, 2007 at 11:48 amWhat a joke. He’s just NOW starting to “suggest” an impeachment?
We were lied into a war. They planned an aggressive war against a nation that did not attack us. That is an international war crime.
Oh, but we got a guy merely dangling the “suggestion” out there, to force Executive cooperation?
Again, a JOKE.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:52 am1. They have manipulated intelligence and misled the country to justify an immoral, unjust, and unnecessary preemptive war in Iraq.
If they ever find solid evidence to back this claim, I agree with you and he should not only be impeached, but imprisoned. Currently this is simply a theory backed by nothing but opinion.
2. They have directed the government to engage in domestic spying without warrants, in direct contravention of U.S. law.
I completely agree that is was uncalled for and probably illegal. Can you honestly impeach a president for it though? Seems like it would fall short of that.
3. They have conspired to commit the torture of prisoners, in violation of the Federal Torture Act and the Geneva Convention.
I highly doubt the Dems would try to impeach a president to treating terrorists badly. That wouldn’t look to good in the publics eye. This issue isn’t that important to anyone outside of far left circles. I do agree that torture is a horrible way to gather intel however and really serves no purpose. It is also very illegal and he probably should be investigated and impeached for it. It won’t happen however.
4. They have ordered the indefinite detention without legal counsel, without charges and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention — all in violation of U.S. law and the Bill of Rights.
Again, trying to impeach a president to detaining terrorists is not going to happen. While I agree this was incorrect, I don’t agree that it merits impeachment. Torture certainly merits impecahment however.
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March 7th, 2007 at 12:18 pmHagel continues to bark. He won’t impress me until I see him bite.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:20 pmI just think it is sad and frustrating to see the Democrats be put into the majority with a clear mandate to stop by whatever means necessary the war in Iraq. They haven’t been the minority so long that they forgot the power of those in charge. This is nothing like the Clinton fiasco. That was an abuse of Congress’s power. Most of the country still favored Clinton and saw the impeachment for what it was. The same cannot be said about Bush. Most of the country is against him and everything he stands for. He and his Vice President both should be impeached for what they have done to this nation in our names. They have no shame and clearly have never shown the least inclination to play well with others, which the office of the President is pretty much required to do. He continues to do pretty much what ever he wants while thumbing his nose at Congress when they try to do their Constitutional duty and apply oversight to the Executive Branch. Bush/Cheney are all about power. They’ve never shown any talent towards actually governing the country. They just like to spend other people’s money and bully the rest of the world to get what they want. Congress needs to impeach Bush/Cheney. If they spent a moment thinking about what it is the people said in November, then they’ve spent too much time. It was pretty clear what we want and we want it now. We want our freedom and our country back.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:20 pmPerhaps we should offer a swap; Bush for Bin Laden, each side to do whatever they want with the criminal?
Comment by David Palmer — March 7, 2007 @ 11:39 am
David my-man . . . you are brilliant !
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March 7th, 2007 at 1:02 pm#114
Flake-o is obviously a 10-11 year old being homeschooled by Idaho militia fundies…..funny, yes, but probably armed.
Comment by tom baker
tom did u write that all by urself.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:07 pmCan u cum out to play. My daddy got me a new 357.
Let’s go kill somethin’.
You know murder carries no statute of limitations.
March 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pmHa, That is a Joke….
March 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pmNow if the people would just open their eyes at look at all the evidence of what really happened on 911 and realized that it WAS on inside job and you would have the whole country to back this impeachment. I can’t believe this country voted for him the first, let alone a second time! Impeach the capitalist ba!@^rd!
March 7th, 2007 at 1:24 pmSenador republicano pide dimisión de Bush…
Según revista norteamericana, el senador Chuck Hagel del partido de Bush, ha sugerido que el presidente de EEUU sea destituÃdo antes de la finalización de su mandato. En inglés….
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March 7th, 2007 at 1:44 pmTo Debbie and Shadow,
Currently the only real charge I can see that is an impeachable one is the idea that Bush/Cheney knew beforehand that the evidence presented to Congress was no true. IF congress could find proof in this regard, they certainly should be impeached and imprisoned for life.
Debbie, to simply say we should impeach them for not playing nice and for doing a really bad job isn’t proper. It isn’t even valid. Furthermore, you can’t impeach someone because or your opinion of what happened. You still need solid evidence. To date, I have never heard anything from anyone that is solid evidence that Bush and Cheney knew the evidence provided to congress was faulty beforehand.
I have heard that the same evidence was presented to Bush, Congress, England, and even the UN. Now we know today that the intel was in fact faulty. What we don’t know is the idea that anyone knew it was faulty beforehand. Furthermore, this evidence was CIA evidence. If anyone knew of problems, the best guess would be someone from the CIA as it was their intel. I can only assume that England, Congress members, and the UN took this intel and studied it thoroughly. I have to assume that they attempted to verify it the best they could and also attempt to see if any of it proved false. Your dems in congress that voted yes almost had to of looked into this stuff with a fine tooth comb. By voting yes, the evidence had to look pretty solid. With all these different governments and all the different congress members looking into how valid the evidence was, you would think they would have found evidence at the time showing Bush/Cheney intentionally made up evidence. How could these 2 clowns fool the entire world? Honestly, really think about that one because it doesn’t seem even kinda plausible to me.
With that said, we certainly should re investigate Bush and Cheney as should the World one more time. Currently, we have found nothing that shows they knew the intel was faulty beforehand but it wouldn’t hurt to make sure that is true. In the end, if they somehow find out their initial research was wrong and Bush/Cheney did in fact make up intel we should impeach and imprison them.
just stop with the laughable rhetoric already though. We don’t impeach people we don’t like. We need to prove they lied and we need to have solid evidence to back it up.
Clintons impeachment was a good example. It was a complete waste of time, effort, and tax payer money. In reality, they impeached him because they didn’t like him just like you want to do against Bush. The difference was they had rock solid evidence that he lied under oath. SO, if you want to impeach, go find some rock solid proof.
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March 7th, 2007 at 1:57 pmIf we do not wake up, we will remember fondly the War in Iraq as the good ‘ole days.
When the War in Iran begins, we can kiss it all goodbye.
We we people of the world allow people of limited, at best, intellect to rule over us is THE mystery of humankind.
March 7th, 2007 at 2:28 pmYou all need to go to http://www.freedomtofascism.com
watch the film for free, then take another look at Ron Paul. He is the only one willing to get rid of the Federal Reserve and let Congress print their own money…….which means NO INTEREST!!! Wake up America!!!!! Hagel would run with the big business boys, and it would be business as usual in Washington D.C. BAD, BAD, BAD!!
Nebraska resident
March 7th, 2007 at 2:36 pmITMFA
March 7th, 2007 at 2:37 pm124 ROger roger
how many times do we have to point out, look into the Downing St. memos; among other things…
March 7th, 2007 at 2:46 pmDo you really want Dick Cheney as President????
March 7th, 2007 at 2:49 pmIMPEACH!!!! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO!!
March 7th, 2007 at 2:49 pmWe impeached former President Clinton and yet we cannot impeach President Bush for what he has done in the six years he has been in office. There’s something wrong somewhere.
March 7th, 2007 at 3:56 pmWhoopee! But do we then get Cheney?
March 7th, 2007 at 4:23 pmThe truth is there will never be any evidence because the only people who could give it are in it so deep they could not hope to gain.
What choice to they have spend the money or go to jail - tough decision.
The Iraq dossier was beefed up, it is a bit like a story two teenagers agree on when they face their parents.
Blair will leave office in July, he is standing down from being a minister so he can go on the lucrative US speech tour. Soon after I suspect he will get a non-exec paper job with one of the Bush “associates” companies.
Perhaps we should send everyone involved to Camp x-ray in Cuba and let the current prisoners play prison guards.
The worst thing about this whole sorry mess is that our children will still be paying the price in 25 and 50 years.
For the record, the US do not have the guts to impeach, even with Clinton you waited till he was out of office.
March 7th, 2007 at 5:40 pmImpeach ‘prez’ Cheney first then mr. Bush.
Both for circumventing the oath of Office to defend the Constitution.
March 7th, 2007 at 5:41 pmstuff like this makes it easy to see who is controled by the same interests. Its not nearly as black & white or should I say Republican & Democrat as people think.
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March 7th, 2007 at 5:45 pmI do agree where they said it would be a “partisan lockdown”. Democrats are in there now trying to get shit done and having Bush impeached will probably ruin lines of communication. So it’s a pretty sticky situation.
March 7th, 2007 at 6:45 pmI agree that impeachment would be counterproductive from a political standpoint. However, these political games have been growing more and more important over the last few decades, while actually serving the country has grown less and less important. It’s time to put politics aside and make an example of a president who doesn’t care one bit about the people he’s meant to serve.
March 7th, 2007 at 7:23 pmNixon resigned before impeachment due to a burglary; Clinton was impeached for lying about sex. George Bush is responsible for 9/11–it happened on his watch and he was warned about it more than once during the summer of 2001. How could he ignore a PDB on Aug. 8th entitled, “bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside U.S”??? Then he invaded a country based on lies before he finished up work in Afghanistan with bin Laden. Al Qaeda is now in Iraq. They weren’t there while Hussein was in chage because Hussein hated bin Laden. George Bush is going down in history as the instigator of WWIII. The Civil War in Iraq has many more than simply 2 sides; now with different Shia factions fighting each other. No bid contractors have wasted billion$ while Cheney gets richer on his Halliburton stock options. Innocent Iraqi women and children have died for nothing. Blood money for oil is something nobody wants to talk about in D.C. Well, it’s time we taxpaying Americans start talking. We voted in a Congress in November to STOP this war now and Bush decides to escalate it! Every day it’s more lies; I don’t believe a word anymore and it’s way past time to begin impeachment proceedings. I sign this as a liberty-loving grandmother for peace.
March 7th, 2007 at 7:27 pmThe criminal activity has been ongoing since the beginning of Bush and Cheney’s tenure. We need to remind ourselves regarding all of the negative events, because there have been so many: Constant support for Big Oil (just refer to our costs since this “team” came into control), representation of lies to the U.N. and the world, the war (or so it’s called, invasion might be a better term), over priced contracts with Haliburton, Shaw Group, etc., illegal wiretapping, relations with lobbying groups and their principles, strong minipulation of the media, non-bid government contracts to corporations who provide “kickbacks” to politicians, lack of the capture of Bin Laden (even though it was almost done, but we had to start the war in Iraq before our job was complete), the growth of world wide terrorist activities since our leadership has claimed to end such, medical costs / lack of insurance (anyone notice the drug companies profits these last few years?), and hunreds of thousands of people all over the world are now dead because of decisions made by our leadership, and of course there is much more. At the same time we seem to have forgotten that a President and VP are voted into office to support our way of life and the constitution that insures it: I don’t think anyone (except maybe Bill O’Reilly, Ann Coulter, Jack Abrhamoff, John McCain, and other Bush supporters) can claim to see any type of this effort, just look at Katrina, milatary support, the environment, and the many practices against bettering such. My friends, our nation deserves honest, strong, and loyal leadership that benefits everyone of us, no matter our gender, creed, or religion. Has this been the practice of either of these 2 men at any time during the last 6 years? The question is not “Should we impeach”, it is “How can we not…?”
March 7th, 2007 at 7:38 pmHoly crap, I know someone who is getting beat with the broom by the GOP next election, but hell! Good for him. He’s found his balls to stand up to rank and file politicians too scared to speak up.
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March 7th, 2007 at 8:37 pmi saw that Mr. chuck Norris doesn’t want Mr. president to be impeached. I think everyone should listen to him before he brings back the plagues.
March 7th, 2007 at 9:55 pmThe argument that to initiate impeachment proceedings against your president would widen the political divisions within America is true, but it ignores the fact that the polarisation of American society has already occurred and is increasing as time progresses. At stake here is not just the issue of whether this President has acted criminally or in a way that brings disrepute to the office, of even greater importance is the legacy and legal precedent he leaves behind. Presidents can/have/are and will look to those who preceded them to claim justification for their actions and decisions. The most dangerous actions that Bush has taken have been those that have weakened the power of Congress and the Law over the Presidency, all with the collusion of a compliant legislature and a comatose and fearful electorate. The Presidency under Bush is more imperial in nature than ever before. If Bush is not brought to account then his legacy to future Presidents stands. For those who are against impeachment for the sake of unity are gambling (whether they realise it or not) that George W. Bush is the absolute rock bottom worst President that could ever hold the office and that future generations will never make the same mistake as the ones that live today have and that’s a gamble that in time they will loose and America’s Democracy will die.
March 7th, 2007 at 10:22 pmGive Chimpy a bottle and a blanky and send him back to Wacko, Tx.
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March 8th, 2007 at 3:07 amA dream
Today, I am going to commit political suicide.
Today, I am asking the people of America to stand up and be counted, to have courage.
Today, I do not ask the House of Representatives to pass a bill to de-fund the war in Iraq, nor to filibuster any bill that gives George Bush permission to attack Iran.
Today, I ask the people of America to take back the power that a few small men have taken for themselves.
Today, I ask for the removal of Dick Cheney and George Bush from office, before they can do any more damage to the Constitution of the United States of America; before they can do any more damage to the good standing of America in the eyes of the world.
Today, I call upon Congress to issue an apology to the people of Iraq and to begin proceedings for reparations for war damage to their country.
Today, I call on call upon all peoples and countries of good will to help the people of Iraq achieve peace in their country and the region.
Today, I call upon the people of America to make fundamental changes to the Constitution, to write into law a set of rules that will never let a candidate be elected because of the amount of money he can raise.
Today, I call on Congress and the House to put into effect a bill to publicly fund the elections of both houses and the office of the Presidency. Corruption, greed, graft and lobbying should never again be allowed to defile our Constitution, our Institutions and our way of governing ourselves.
There are many good and true men and women who are called to serve in our Government. But they have to swim in the cesspool of corruption, graft and greed that has been allowed to overtake our Institutions. In what other country can a Senator slip in an earmark to a bill, which no one has seen, has never debated and is voted into law? This practice should stop now, today.
Today, there is much talk of Congressional oversight, but who oversees the overseers? Do the members of the Senate and the House answer to the people that they supposedly represent? Or do the lobbyist and special interests have the final say, by pouring money into the Senator’s pet projects? They say that money talks, and in our Institutions, it silences everyone. This too must stop, today.
I began this speech by saying; today, I am committing political suicide. This is true for every good man or woman who runs for Congress or the House. It is political suicide to say anything against the powerful lobbies and special interests that have a choke hold on our members of parliament. A man or woman can be de-funded by these powerful lobbies, or money can be poured into the opponent’s election run. Moneyed interests are corrupting our best people even before they are elected. This too has to stop, today.
Today, I call on Congress to begin withdrawing our soldiers from Iraq in an orderly fashion.
Today. I call for negotiations with the government of Iran, to remove the tensions that have been ratcheted up under this Administration.
Today, I call on the people of the United States of America to take control of their destiny and the destiny of America.
If this falls on deaf ears, then I will, indeed have committed political suicide. My fate is not important. What is important is changing the politics