Posted on 11/05/2007 9:43:32 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), a long-shot presidential candidate, plans to force the House to vote this week on whether to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
If he pulls it off, it could make for an uncomfortable situation for Democratic leaders and centrist Democrats. Liberal activists are pushing for impeachment, while leaders worry such a move could turn off independent voters. They have made it clear that impeachment of Cheney or President Bush is off the table.
Kucinich says he will offer a privileged resolution on Tuesday requiring House members to vote on what to do with the impeachment measure, which currently has 22 sponsors.
When the motion is offered, it can either be passed, sent to a committee or killed with a “motion to table.” Sending it to committee avoids an immediate floor vote and might be the most appealing option to the Democratic leadership.
The Kucinich campaign says “dozens” of supportive organizations will be lobbying House members on the resolution.
The lawmaker is expected to offer more details Monday night in a conference call open to the public. His presidential campaign will provide additional details on its website.
Kucinich is not the only candidate disparaging Cheney.
During the weekend, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) referred to the vice president as “a crazy uncle in the attic.” He was riffing on reports that he and Cheney are distantly related.
Also, a new book by New York Daily News Bureau Chief Tom DeFrank said that former President Gerald Ford questioned whether Cheney should have been on the presidential ticket with Bush in 2004.
I swear this is it for Cheney. He should fear the KOOK!
Cheney thinks all of this is funny.
LOL!
While we’re at it make it a rollcall vote so everybody goes on record individually for their constituents to see. I’ll bet you’ll get a ton of “present” votes.
“Liberal activists are pushing for impeachment”
Impeached for what reason?
What are the grounds for Impeachment and anyone have a copy of HR 4655 on hand?
Do we know what they would impeach the Vice President for?
What are the “charges” they’re trying to trump up against him?
Reason? Dems don't need no stinkin' reason!
I’ve been calling him Kookyspinich for a long time now.
Fruitcake is probably a better description. Or Pathetic with a capital P and it doesn’t rhyme with Pool, rhymes with Fool!
These people just get dumber and dumber. I can’t imagine how this guy is running for President; except maybe comic relief.
Perhaps we should all mail tin foil hats to him! LOL
They haven't thought that part out. Just a minor detail in a libtard brain.
It’s not really about Cheney, it’s about narcissistic showboating for the dumb Dhims and their little greedy, needy ego’s. That and PR.
'Rats don't need charges...you just have to disagree with them.
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Enrolled Bill (Sent to President))
"CLINTON: Good evening.
Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.
The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of his region, the security of the world.
The best way to end that threat once and for all is with a new Iraqi government -- a government ready to live in peace with its neighbors, a government that respects the rights of its people."
President Clinton
Oval Office Address to the American People
December 16, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html
IF I were him, I'd leave Cheney alone.
Hasn't Denny heard about Cheney shooting his friend
Imagine what he would do to a liberal. LOL!
Given that Dick Cheney’s daughter is gay, and that his cousin is African American, why should he be impeached? He should be running for President.
my assumption is that this concerns
Cheney’s role in the Plame matter.
What Cheney presumably did was dishonorable and sleezy,
but I don’t consider it bad enough to impeach.
with that said, it would be nice if
Cheney did the honorable thing and resigned.
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