Congressman John Conyers wrote this in a recent email sent out to his supporters and election protection volunteers:
“Although we won back control of Congress, none of us should delude ourselves into thinking that running the legislative branch in a nation wracked by years of one party rule will be easy. We need to put aside any thought of anger or payback. Instead we need to focus on identifying and correcting abuses and pass legislation which serves the interests of the American people…
…As many of you also know, I have agreed with Speaker-to-be Pelosi that impeachment is off the table. Instead, we agree that oversight, accountability and checks and balances, which have been sorely lacking for the last six years, must occur. I have nothing but respect for those who might disagree, but that is where I come out.”
Accountability, checks-and-balances, and oversight is exactly what Impeachment is!!! No other President and Vice President in the history of our country are more deserving of impeachment. It’s not an act of “payback”, it’s showing future Presidents that there are consequences to their actions. (Very lenient consequences considering all the people Bush and Co. have murdered, but consequences nonetheless.) If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are not impeached, than Congress may as well white out that part of the Constitution and for that they should be ashamed.
"Impeachment in the United States is an expressed power of the legislature which allows for formal charges to be brought against a high official of government for conduct committed in office. The trial or removal of an official is separate from the act of impeachment. Typically, the lower house of the legislature will impeach the official and the upper house will conduct the trial.
At the Federal level, the House of Representatives has the sole power of impeaching the President, Vice President and all other civil officers of the United States. Officials can be impeached for: "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." The United States Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments. The removal of impeached officials is automatic upon conviction in the Senate."
Better yet, here’s the exact wording in the Constitution. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution states:
"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
More and more every day both the mainstream media and the government are seeing that a significant portion of our country believes there is a case for the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney. This issue is not going to go away, no matter how many times the new Democratic leaders declare that impeachment is not on their agenda.
Think we don’t have enough arguments for a successful case? Bill Clinton sure didn’t need many reasons. Yet, here are 10 reasons to Impeach George Bush & Dick Cheney. And there’s plenty more where that came from.
- Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal “War of Aggression” against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.
- Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel.
- Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.
- Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.
- Violating the Constitution by using “signing statements” to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress.
- Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
- Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution.
- Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a “Unitary Executive Theory” giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming.
Does reading all that pi$$ you off?? If you care about your country even the slightest bit, than it should. If you want to do something, sign this petition, it’s a great start. Then start talking about this with everyone you can. Write letters to the Editor. Write to your representatives. Talk to your co-workers, friends, and family. Get people to see they’re not the only ones thinking about this. Despite what your apathy and complacency may lead you to think, Bush and Cheney are not guaranteed two more years.
