***IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS NEED TO BEGIN NOW ****

[Blaze Diem]

Bringing it about will last beyond the Nov election...John Kerry will certainly be President by then..along with Kerry's "bush clean-up crew".
A shift in the Senate & House needs to come about in Nov. This is critical to holding Bush et.al. accountable.

Impeachment proceedings need to be implemented NOW, There is a need in this world and our Nation to offer SOME kind of reassurance that the United States realizes & is actually doing something about GW Bush and his terroristic Policy. It is a statement that America will NO LONGER tolerate this administration.

I believe that the louder we get on Bush/9-11, the more pressure we put on the WH to come clean...will only increase their need to complete their original mission..why they were put in the WH..

It is a dangerous time, and when our own Administration shows itself to be the REAL ENEMY of planet Earth, how dare we sit black and wait for November...We have an obligation to the World's view of America as well as the absolute safety and survival of our country, to wait not one day longer. It is time for this shadow administration to be removed from implementing any further directives through the privilege of power offered them, by the highest offices of the United States of America.

IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS NEED TO BEGIN NOW***

Carry ON My Friends!
Take Back America
Blaze

[LittleApple81]

1. It won't happen. Repugs control House AND Senate. n/t

[absyntheNsugar]

2. I agree BUT...

Republican Congress, White House and Supreme Court.

How are you going to bell the cat?

[progressiveBadger]

3. And even if that happend.

Look who would become President. Well, at least they wouldn't have to cover the fact that monkey is just a sock puppet anymore.

[elperromagico]

6. Cheney's approval rating is 35%.

That would be a fun few months until Kerry's inauguration.

[Blaze Diem]

4. Proceedings need to begin NOW..

As I said in my post, it needs to be set in motion now. Obviously the critical point is the Nov elections, to bring about a shift in Senate and House power. Kerry will bring a new Attorney General.

It is necessary to begin the restoration of faith in our country. Certainly there is enough to generate talk and forward movement in the direction of impeachment.
It will not come about, clearly, by Nov 4th. The point is that the movement to hold Bush accountable needs to be a drumbeat..louder and louder.

There IS enough information to prosecute.
The motion to begin in this direction can and should be started within the next couple of months...November is not that far away..

This is the ONLY direction America can and should be going in order to restore its once great name and confidence.

[Blaze Diem]

5. I still Say .."Let the drumbeat of Impeachment begin."

Start talking about it, inquiring about it, and keep it going...clearly it will not come to pass within the next 8 months..but the chant should be mainstreamed.

Its good for a democratic power change in the WH, Senate & Congress..

Bush is in a fragile state anyway right now..mere talk of impending impeachment may just add to the pressure..
It won't be until Kerry is elected, and his cabinet in place that prosecution would begin.

[JimT]

7. first...

First, lets get him on criminal charges. Heck, we could probably bust * and his cabinet using their own Patriot Act to charge them with treason. That would be beautiful IRONY.

[Technowitch]

8. Three words my friend: One Party Rule

Sorry friend Blaze, but it's simply not going to happen with the Republican party in charge of all three branches of government.

Impeachment requires articles of such -- basically the charges of wrongdoing -- to be drawn up by the U.S. House of Representatives. Controlled by Repugs Hastert and Delay, they won't even begin an investigation, much less sending any bill containing said Articles to the floor of the House for a vote.

After said Articles are drawn up, it is up to the Senate to hold a trial to determine the President's guilt or innocence. A Republican-controlled Senate would never muster a majority to convict. (Neither will the Senate Republican leaders allow any sort of investigation of the Administration either.)

True, Bush, Cheney, and their friends have committed heinous crimes. They've violated international treaties. They've lied to Congress to get them to authorize military action. They took this country to war on false pretenses. They deliberately ordered the bombing of certain civilian targets in an effort to kill a couple of individuals. They authorized the assassination of a foreign national on another country's soil. They have arrested and held without trial, hearing, or indictment both American citizens and foreign nationals. They have a gulag in Guantanamo, Cuba; other prisoners are being held in conditions that the Red Cross and Amnesty International say are the same as torture. They have "rendered" prisoners to other countries that are even more overt in their torture practices.

The list goes on and on and on. Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney, and several other members of the Administration could very reasonably be charged with Contempt of Congress, willful violations of international treaties and peace agreements (as signed and accepted by the Senate), willful violations of the both the Constitutional and human rights of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, and quite possibly treason.

Impeachment is a power granted by the Constitution, a process, that rests solely in the hands of Congress. They, however, being under the control of the same party as the man in the White House, will not even look into allegations of wrongdoing, numerous as they are.

We, as citizens, must work at the levels of action available to us -- helping Democratic Party candidates win against these corrupt Republicans. Giving generously to causes such as the DU and other outlets where we have a hope of getting real "fair and balanced" news. And most of all we MUST vote, and we need to convince everyone else we know that this election is the most important one in many decades. If this one goes down with the Repugs still on top, I seriously doubt this country can last another four years.

This is, of course, assuming the elections aren't suspended for some "national emergency", conveniently timed...