Ever wonder why Congress is not holding Bush-Cheney accountable

[proud2BlibKansan]

Ever wonder why Congress is not holding Bush-Cheney accountable, not using their constitutional power to exercise their authority and impeach the most impeachable executives in our nation's history? Rep. John Olver (D-MA) has provided a rationale to his constituents that demonstrates how much worse off the country may be then we know.



Rep. Olver is no radical in Congress, indeed he is in the leadership of the Democratic Party serving as Senior Whip for the Democratic Caucus. He has served in Congress for 17 years and prior to that served 24 years in the state legislature of Massachusetts. He has a Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT. His website demonstrates that he is a "meat and potatoes" congressman who seems to spend most of his time bringing economic development dollars to his home district. See http://www.house.gov/olver/



Congressman Olver, who represents the 1st District (the Stockbridge area) of Massachusetts, was presented with resolutions for impeachment passed by 13 towns in his congressional district by 2/3 margins. In response he vehemently refused to support impeachment because he expressed the opinion that if the Congress impeached the president would attack Iran by air, declare a national emergency institute martial law and cancel the 2008 elections.



See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIO-tCPSfHA . The video is from a fundraiser for Democracy Rising (www.DemocracyRising.US) held at Bus Boys and Poets in Washington, DC last night.



Kevin Zeese

Director, Democracy Rising

[partylessinOhio]

1. That's pure BS! * will do that anyway - so Olver is willing to sit on his hands

and let him? Impeachment is the way to stop the insanity.

:mad:

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Agreed!!

[davidwparker]

2. the Dems are complicit in war crimes by continuing to fund the war. See

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/Alstoetter.htm">Judges Trial.

To get to Iran is no problem for them. All you need is another false flag event. It works for all dictators.

[tularetom]

3. I wonder that every friggin waking moment of my life

but I really gotta say I don't buy Rep. Olver's rationale. IMO, bush (or more correctly, cheney) wants bomb Iran and create a situation whereby he could declare martial law and cancel the elections. There is a hell of a lot better chance of stopping him if he is defending himself against impeachment. Even if what Olver says is true, now that it's out in public the misadministration has to know there will be no consequences to whatever actions they want to take.

[EV_Ares]

4. That is pure unadulerated BS and if it is true, then, hell, that is all the

more reason to push for impeachment and get to the showdown. This country will not stand for something like that.

I wish I knew the real reason they will not stop this war. They have the constitution behind them which gives them everything they need to do it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. I wish I knew too

I have some ideas but don't know the real reason.