Posted on 06/29/2007 11:38:14 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
McDermott to Cheney: ‘Resign or face impeachment’ By Chris Good June 29, 2007 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) told Vice President Dick Cheney to “resign or face impeachment” Thursday night as three more House Democrats lent their support to a plan to impeach the vice president.
“The vice president holds himself above the law, and it is time for the Congress to enforce the law,” McDermott said in a floor speech. “For the good of the nation, the vice president could leave office immediately.”
McDermott was one of three House Democrats to come out in favor of impeachment Thursday, along with Reps. Keith Ellison (Minn.) and Hank Johnson (Ga.). Including the three lawmakers, seven members in June have shown new support for impeaching Cheney.
McDermott cited Cheney’s refusal to cooperate with the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), which, pursuant to an order signed by President Clinton, oversees the handling of classified documents by executive agencies. McDermott denounced a 2004 claim that Cheney’s office is not part of the executive branch.
“When a sitting vice president claims that he is not part of the executive branch of government to which he was elected, it is time to remove him from office,” McDermott said.
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He’d probably enjoy it somewhere else.
Cheney to McDermott “Go ahead.....make my day”. POW!
Only 161 to go.
The Rats want a big swig of the Grape Koolaid. Ala Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple....
An open letter to the Hon. Jim McDermott,
Allow me to suggest this constructive alternative to your proposal:
A) That VP Cheney use his Executive Powers to declare you an enemy combatant,
B) That you be locked up indefinitely with your fellow liberal DemonRat $#itbirds in Gitmo.
Any lurking liberals care to differ?
Congress just recessed for their Fourth of July vacation, which has enabled Bush to name a number of recess appointments.
The dogs bark, the caravan moves on...
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