here is the link to the impeachment poll done by the American Research Group which reported the 54% so you can have sourced info. when going up against the moronic and complicit media:
I think looking at Steny Hoyer is in order, too.
That's NOT a pretty picture if you care about the enviroment
and ending the war in Irak. It's definitely worth looking at to see how far
AIPAC has come in determining what steps America is to take
in defending Israel's liberties, but not America's
while watching it's Treasury go down the drain.
Down below I've taken a look at what
he is saying to the Wall Street Press guys.
Cuz the lobbying and kickback money he would get from
lobbyists, corporations, defense contractors
would be the same old, same old as Pelosi.
The interesting thing IS, that people really were calling for Pelosi's
neck over the issue of ..
TOM MURTHA!
Yup, you'll find this MOST interesting.
Steny Hoyer IN -- John Murtha OUT!!
written back in 2006 on Political Cortex.This is where Steny Hoyer is getting his support from -
people who sincerely do not see that the war in Irak,
fought to get transnational oil and gas interests
greater profit$, while maintaining Isreali and US
military interests are the REAL game.
The cannot see that the Democratic party's inaction
is what is causing America to fall completely apart.
Check into the blogs listed just below and leave some comments.
We should all be helping one another out in the effort
just now.
Nancy Pelosi has to go;
she has a conflict of interest in any impeachment action
against Dick Cheney and, inevitably, George W. BuZh.
"People" are saying that the leak on Scott McClellan's book
is only a PR stunt - but if it is NOT his accusations
should be investigated.
http://kalimao.blogspot.com/2007/11/politics-pelosi-says-impeachment.html
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/11/did-you-know-congressional-candidate.html
http://chickasawpicklesmell.blogspot.com/2007/11/its-time-to-remove-house-speaker-pelosi.html
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Call Insider DNC To Remove Pelosi
Here's an interesting one:
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9786
There's already within the DNC an effort to Remove Pelosi. Why not get this on the table now:
Pelosi's been talking a good game, but her party's numbers aren't holding up," says a Democratic leadership aide who is working behind the scenes to remove Pelosi after the mid-term elections.
In fact, a number of people are working behind the scenes to remove Pelosi. According to congressional sources, her deputy, Democratic whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, and his staff have been making it clear to a number of different business interest groups that they do not support Pelosi's virulently anti-business positions and that they are more than willing to help.
"What comes across is that Hoyer wants Pelosi's job. He knows it will take money to do it and he's reaching out to groups that normally don't have followings in Democratic circles, such as telecom, small businesses and various chamber of commerce groups," says a lobbyist for a manufacturers coalition. "Hoyer's fundraisers are making it clear that his leadership PAC is becoming a good venue to kill two birds with one stone: get our issues heard and work against Pelosi."
--- The issue: Just because Stoyer "wants" her job, it doesn't mean he has the support of the GOP and DNC to do that. The DNC can be mobilized with the GOP to defy both Pelosi and Stoyer.
Stoyer, just because he's the Majority Leader, doesn't mean that the Majority will vote to support him, especially since the Majority -- in the House -- have defied him and Pelosi on impeachment.
Let's find out who else is working -- within Congress, now -- to unseat Pelosi; and ask, "Why aren't they openly defying her now that she's (apparently) blocking the investigation into Cheney?
Iraq, Iran
Hoyer also expressed skepticism that Congress will be able to approve legislation in 2008 that would force President George W. Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq. ``We may be stuck because he vetoes and the Republicans stick with him, but the American public want a change in policy,'' he said.
On Iran, he said that the decision to take military action ``is in the purview of the U.S. Congress,'' and should not be decided unilaterally by the Bush administration. He said the U.S. and the European Union should intensify diplomatic efforts to dissuade Iran from building a nuclear weapon, though ``we ought not to take the military option off the table.''
While public opinion polls show low approval ratings for the Democrats in control of Congress, Hoyer said they are being productive, and the party is likely to benefit in next year's elections because Bush keeps rejecting measures the public supports.
From Willyloman blog:Why would a Democrat stick his neck out to defend this illegal administration, time and time again? Especially at a time when another illegal war is in the works in Cheney’s mind? Why did Steny Hoyer work so hard to kill HR 333 in spite of the obvious reasons that he should not?
Well, one reason might be that there are some who want Cheney to attack Iran before the election of 2008. It is well known that Hillary Clinton just took a beating at the last Democratic Debate for her support of H.R. 1400, Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007, a bill that, among other things, seeks to extend even greater sanctions on the government of Iran, and declares the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be a terrorist organization. That would be similar to the US Marines being called ‘terrorists” in this country.
(It was just, correctly, pointed out to me that Clinton in fact supported the The Kyl-Lieberman Iran amendment, and not the House version. Thank you Kathleen for pointing that out. In fact, that amendment “which ratchets up the confrontation with Iran by calling for the designation of its Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization responsible for killing U.S. troops…” is very similar to the House Bill in it’s context and scope. but to be accurate, it is not the same legislation.) quote from TPM .
That designation is seen by many as being useful later to the administration to justify military action against Iran, and specific targets of the IRGC.
But Hillary isn’t alone in her support of this legislation. In fact, several members of the House and Senate attended a conference in March of 2007 to show support for this bill, and for continued aggression toward Iran for “a more stable Middle East”.
Other attendees of this conference were; Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reed, Richard Durbin, Trent Lott, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, Steny Hoyer, and Richard Cheney, the Vice president of the United States of America. Not only did they attend, they spoke at the conference in favor of taking a stronger stance toward Iran.
The conference held in March, was the AIPAC 2007 Policy Conference held in Washington, DC.
From their published press release:
“AIPAC will lobby in support of H.R. 1400, Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007, comprehensive legislation aimed at increasing the economic and political pressure on Iran in order to create the circumstances mostly likely to get Tehran to end its illicit nuclear program.”
“The bill urges the president to add the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to U.S. terror lists, a designation that would further isolate the Iranian regime by cutting off U.S. business contact with all IRGC-controlled industries, which comprise a significant and growing percentage of Iran’s total economy-perhaps as much as 30 percent, as well as with any company doing business with the IRGC.”
“A nuclear capable Iran poses a direct threat to the security of the United States and our allies and threatens to spark a dangerous nuclear arms race in an already destabilized region.”
“Headlining this year’s conference will be all four leaders of Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Reid, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH).Vice President Dick Cheney and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will also address the conference.
Other conference speakers include: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD),…”
Now this is not to suggest that some other country is running the US. But rather that there seems to be a larger plan for the “New Middle East” that we are neither aware of or in favor of, that needs Dick Cheney’s violent hand to craft.
As a people, Americans are typically opposed to nation building. That was a major theme in G.W. Bush’s 2000 presidential bid. Now, it seems, we are in the business of region building. And I am not sure this is the direction we want to take.
Whatever the reason, this conference may have been playing a large part in the seemingly unexplainable rationale for keeping the Bush administration in power, and impeachment “off the table”.
Hoyer Statement on Kucinich Resolution
"I am surprised that Republicans would treat an issue as important as the potential impeachment of a Vice President of the United States as a petty political game. It is beneath the dignity of this institution."This is a continuation of Republicans’ gotcha games that achieve nothing more than short term entertainment for themselves, while showing their disdain for the importance of the people’s business. While Democrats are striving to address the American people's priorities, this episode has served to demonstrate once again the absence of a real Republican agenda for the American people."Speaker Pelosi and I have made it clear that this Congress is not going to proceed with impeachment, and is going to focus on critical issues facing our nation such as health care for children and the war in Iraq."
McClellan's Dish
Impeachment is Back on the Table
By Dave Lindorf
The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White House briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.
There was one problem. It was not true.
I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the Vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the President himself.
--Excerpt from Scott McClellan's forthcoming book "What Happened"
(Public Affairs Books, due out in April 2008)
11/22/07 "Counterpunch" -- -- With that one little statement, released on the Public Affairs Books website this week, all excuses for not impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney, not to mention indicting Cheney (who of course has no immunity from prosecution while in office), have evaporated.
more of this at: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18762.htm
Impeachment: If not now, when?
Lawmakers need to stand up for the Constitution and support impeachment
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. -- Article II, Section 4
On Nov. 6, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney on the floor of the House of Representatives. For one shining moment the will of the majority of Americans and the promise of this nation's founders were truly represented.
The detailed charges were solemnly read from the House podium and televised on C-Span. House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer made a motion to table the bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lobbied hard for votes to table.
In a stunning turnaround, House Republicans changed strategy and voted decisively to prevent tabling the impeachment resolution.
Pelosi was defied by 85 Democratic members who voted against tabling the impeachment resolution. This includes John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and six committee members. The resolution was quickly voted back to the Judiciary Committee, where it is not resting quietly.
Judiciary Committee member Bob Wexler wrote, "The American people are served well with a legitimate and thorough impeachment inquiry. I will urge the Judiciary Committee to schedule impeachment hearings immediately and not let this issue languish as it has over the last six months. Only through hearings can we begin to correct the abuses of Dick Cheney and the Bush administration."
Impeachment is squarely on the table, and momentum is building. A year ago, almost no elected official breathed the word impeachment. Now impeachment has hit the House floor, and our electeds have gone on record. Millions of Americans are demanding an end to executive abuse of power.
After six years of state of emergency, the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, continual war and occupations, our Constitution is deeply in crisis. Americans are in danger of losing our system of government and civil rights if they do not roll back the Bush administration's assault on the rule of law.
Allowing Cheney and George W. Bush to finish their terms without being impeached means future presidents are free to copy their lawless behavior. Of course many important issues deserve the attention of Congress. But the Constitution is the foundation of our democracy, not just an issue. Without the Constitution, we have nothing.
Polls show that 74 percent of Democrats and the majority of American adults support impeaching Cheney. "Never in our history have the high crimes and misdemeanors been so flagrant, and the people of our country know it," writes local author Richard Behan.
Kucinich has targeted Cheney first, but investigations will implicate the president as well. For the first time in the history of the Gallup Poll, 50 percent of respondents say they "strongly disapprove" of the president. Richard Nixon had reached the previous high, 48 percent, just before an impeachment inquiry was launched in 1974. With these numbers, why aren't Bush and Cheney gone already?
The vice president is accused of:
These violations of the Constitution and international treaty are just the tip of the iceberg. More articles of impeachment can be added at any time, and ample evidence to convict is on the public record. Representatives need to introduce articles regarding:
It's astounding that our representatives to Congress carry on with business as usual knowing that Americans lack habeas corpus and a working code of law. I want my representative, Dave Reichert, to block the doors of the House until habeas is restored as a basic human right in this nation!
In light of Bush's steady drumbeat for war with Iran, Kucinich said he will consider an impeachment resolution against him.
"Impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran," he says.
"The most conservative principle of the Founding Fathers was distrust of unchecked power. Centuries of experience substantiated that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Constitution embraced a separation of powers to keep the legislative, executive and judicial branches in equilibrium," Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer and associate deputy attorney general in the Reagan administration, said in the October 2006 edition of Washington Monthly.
If Congress were serious about oversight, there already would be dozens of bills and resolutions calling for impeachment of Bush and Cheney. The "Unitary Executive Theory" violates the principle of balance of power in the Constitution. The president cites this "unitary" power in hundreds of signing statements that say he can ignore laws passed by Congress.
The First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are all now subject to the caprice of government officials. The Military Commissions Act allows U.S. citizens to be detained without due process if they are declared enemy combatants. Without our permission, this country has become an exporter of torture.
Congress has failed to provide oversight and exercise its authority to rein in a criminal administration. Only swift action on impeachment can redeem it now. The people have done the heavy work of bringing impeachment forward. Representatives need only ask if the allegations are serious enough to warrant investigations.
George Bush and Dick Cheney promote an imperial presidency. They assert that the executive is the most powerful branch of government, undermining the judiciary and Congress in violation of the Constitution's bedrock principle of shared power among three co-equal branches. This subverts the very nature of our system of government.
"This is an attempt by the president to have the final word on his own constitutional powers, which eliminates the checks and balances that keep the country a democracy. ... That's a big problem because that's essentially a dictatorship," Fein said.
Washington For Impeachment and Citizens to Impeach Bush and Cheney are working to inform the public, collect signatures to petitions, provide forums, and lobby representatives. Washington was the second state to sponsor a bill for impeachment in the state Legislature.
Washington State Democratic organizations have passed resolutions in 11 Democratic legislative districts, five counties and the Washington State Democratic Central Committee. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, has received impeachment resolutions from almost every legislative district within his congressional district. When will he represent the will of his constituents and honor his oath to protect the Constitution?
The national movement to impeach is a non-partisan effort to restore the Constitution and the rule of law. People across the political spectrum can unite to preserve the Constitution and civil liberties given to us by the founders. Impeachment is the peaceful, orderly, constitutionally prescribed way to rid ourselves of a lawless administration.
The issue is not about removing Bush and Cheney as much as it is about preserving the Constitution and redeeming the office of the executive. The Constitution is the contract of governance between the people and the government. What happens when major portions of the contract are violated?
Congress has failed to call the president and vice president to account, so citizens must turn up the heat. Members of Congress who fail to demand investigations are covering for criminals. Every elected official has sworn an oath to "support and protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic." Anything less than impeachment and a full repudiation of the Bush administration's crimes and violations of the law is a dereliction of duty and a betrayal of the public trust.
If we want our democracy back, we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work to clean out the House.
RELATED INFORMATION:
H.RES.799, Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.res.00799:
Kucinich Statement on Privileged Resolution
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=78092
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