you knew it was coming...
Congressman Dennis Kucinich has introduced a bill of impeachment aimed at Vice President Dick Cheney. According to ABC News, the bill cites manipulation and fabrication of intelligence as a pre-cursor to the war in Iraq.
Well, duh!
It has not, and may never be proven beyond the shadow of doubt that this was the case, or that Dick Cheney was behind it. It is commonly accepted that pre-war intelligence was "faulty", (read that as "falsified"),and many believe that it was the result of a fabrication on the part of the administration to justify a scenario that was intended to be short and quite sweet in terms of electoral dividends. That it was a gross miscalculation is apparent, even to the most partisan right-wing observer, that its intention was, like so many other things, to secure the Congress and White House for the party in power is accepted by many and suspected by even more. Cheney is seen by a lot of folks on either side of aisle as the brains of the outfit, Edgar Bergen to Georgie's Charlie McCarthy, so he is a logical target. But what exactly would one charge the VP with in this bill?
I am hungry for more information on this indictment. I suspect that the effort will not succeed, and that it is offered, (ostensibly by a presidential candidate), in the hopes of hamstringing the party of the right during the upcoming election cycle. I hope that it is more than that, and that the VP is cited for specific acts, rather than just the label of being a green meanie. A solid indictment, as well as a hearing of at least some of the facts in the case, even if the VP were exonerated, would go a long way towards cleaning up the image of our government domestically, (and possibly internationally).
I hope to see that, but I am not holding my breath...
Well, duh!
It has not, and may never be proven beyond the shadow of doubt that this was the case, or that Dick Cheney was behind it. It is commonly accepted that pre-war intelligence was "faulty", (read that as "falsified"),and many believe that it was the result of a fabrication on the part of the administration to justify a scenario that was intended to be short and quite sweet in terms of electoral dividends. That it was a gross miscalculation is apparent, even to the most partisan right-wing observer, that its intention was, like so many other things, to secure the Congress and White House for the party in power is accepted by many and suspected by even more. Cheney is seen by a lot of folks on either side of aisle as the brains of the outfit, Edgar Bergen to Georgie's Charlie McCarthy, so he is a logical target. But what exactly would one charge the VP with in this bill?
I am hungry for more information on this indictment. I suspect that the effort will not succeed, and that it is offered, (ostensibly by a presidential candidate), in the hopes of hamstringing the party of the right during the upcoming election cycle. I hope that it is more than that, and that the VP is cited for specific acts, rather than just the label of being a green meanie. A solid indictment, as well as a hearing of at least some of the facts in the case, even if the VP were exonerated, would go a long way towards cleaning up the image of our government domestically, (and possibly internationally).
I hope to see that, but I am not holding my breath...
posted by eccentric recluse at 5:19 PM
2 Comments:
Go to the Congressman's website and read the indictment. I think it's pretty damn solid.
I agree with you, they're not impeaching anybody.
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