Despite very scant coverage in the mainstream media, you may have heard that on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) read his 35 Articles of Impeachment (
text and video here) against George W. Bush aloud on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Articles are now part of the Congressional Record. This important and historic document will show future generations that not everyone in Congress was willing to ignore or gloss over the many crimes of this administration.
VR has been urging impeachment of Bush for years with ads in the New York Times and Washington Post, our ubiquitous Impeachmobile, our strong support of AfterDowningStreet.org, and with many blog posts. It is therefore with pride that we can report that VR and its co-founder Brad Friedman were consulted by Kucinich's office prior to his filing of the Articles of Impeachment. Brad and VR Election Protection Strike Force blogger Steve Heller provided research and documentation for Article XXVIII, "Tampering With Free And Fair Elections, Corruption Of The Administration Of Justice," and Article XXIX, "Conspiracy To Violate The Voting Rights Act Of 1965."
The House has voted 251-166 to send the Articles of Impeachment to the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic leadership would like the matter to die in committee.
But Rep. Kucinich is not going to go quietly. He has released a
statement:
"It is now imperative that the Judiciary Committee begin a review of the 35 Articles. I will be providing supporting documentation to the committee so that it can proceed in an orderly manner. … Now it is incumbent for the Judiciary Committee to review the evidence. If it fails to hold any hearings on the resolution within the next thirty days, given the gravity of the charges and the moment, I will once again bring a similar privileged resolution of Impeachment to the House."
"Leadership wants to bury it, but this is one resolution that will be coming back from the dead. … We'll come back and many of us will be reading this [on the House floor], and we'll come back with 60 articles, not 35."
To show your thanks and support for impeachment and for Rep. Kucinich, as well as for Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL), who has co-sponsored the resolution, please
sign this petition at Democrats.com. The more signatures that are gathered, the greater the pressure on Congress to act. This petition will also serve as proof to future generations that the American people were not willing to allow their President to commit crimes and not be held accountable.
Also, please email and call your
House Representative and urge him/her to co-sponsor Rep. Kucinich's Resolution of Impeachment, and your
Senators to press them to support efforts to impeach President Bush for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
And perhaps most importantly, please email and call the
House Judiciary Committee and insist they take immediate action on the Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush.
The Constitution cannot protect itself. We, the People must demand our legislators take action to hold George W. Bush and his administration accountable for the Constitutional, statutory and human rights crimes they have committed. The fate of our Constitutional Republic may well be at stake.
All the best,
VR
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