WaPo: Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment

[babylonsister]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/kucinich_has_the_true_story_of.html

Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment
By Marie Cocco

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The pathologies that Kucinich recounts extend to the administration's persistent myth-making. There is the matter of misrepresenting the death of former football star Pat Tillman, in which a cover-up was launched to hide the truth that Tillman did not meet a heroic end but was killed by friendly fire. There is the Jessica Lynch fairy tale, in which the former Army private was said to have been brutalized and the subject of a dramatic rescue, a story that also was fabricated.

Besides Iraq, the war on terror and the warrant-less wiretapping of American citizens, Kucinich lays out many other stunning abuses, everything from the effort to keep a Medicare actuary from relaying to Congress accurate cost estimates about a new drug benefit, to the U.S. attorney scandal in which top prosecutors were pushed out of their jobs for their apparent refusal to bring political prosecutions that would please Republicans.

Kucinich does not rant, but relies almost exclusively on the government's own documentation of wrongdoing -- accounts from inspectors general, congressional testimony, memos that surfaced or were subpoenaed. Some of Kucinich's charges truly outline high crimes; others just a blatant disregard for the public. And, politically speaking, they are at this point in time irrelevant.

But if you really want to know "what happened" in the Bush era, take a pass on buying former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's new book. Read Kucinich's articles of impeachment in the Congressional Record -- for free -- instead.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. Recommended! Did this also appear in the Washington Post?

[babylonsister]

5. I'm not sure; she writes for them, but I don't know. nt

[LWolf]

2. K & R n/t

[L. Coyote]

3. "But if you really want to know "what happened" in the Bush era,..."

Says it all....

[WillyT]

4. K & R !!!

:kick:

[groovedaddy]

6. "And, politically speaking, they are at this point in time irrelevant" - REALLY?

What was McCain's (and the G.O.P. in general) response to all of these "infractions"? Given the condition of the country, I contend that the policies of the Bush administration are, politically speaking, very relevant in this election.

[babylonsister]

8. I think she meant the possibility of these articles of impeachment

actually being acted on; sadly, I don't see that happening either.

[groovedaddy]

9. I suppose that's the strategy of most Dems in congress - too avoid this

but I think that's a mistake. The actions of the administration and the fact that vitrually every elected Republican Federal offical went along with them, should be enough to cook the g.o.p. for a very long time, if not for good.

[SpiralHawk]

7. K & r

Well stated. I hope the Post had the courage to publish this, but until someone can affirm that fact I remain dubious...

[G_j]

10. kick!

[spanone]

11. k&r

[L. Coyote]

12. Copy and paste this:

Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0mWVxlSysM
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1zrGUtey20
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP0S7pEb6Xo
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Gkrk6EevI
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aExE6ElXWhA
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9KfWbhvwmE
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGFwdtauCEc
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kA6xJtRHY
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm7sh0ZzyCw
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNSUh61Fr5w
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JznHmWjreTg
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFZbUcwNUK8
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf3x7eo8U84
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDyN_tUqJYQ
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5KYgOAI3yA
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVYmbRyGkhM
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvIJc0ucA2U
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjIvjGIWLSY
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovGNh7kapSo
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1v-jAws4CU
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhkjROmnQU4
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VayMskOeLyA
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eFd-O21-9c
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdaZvXRC0vc
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbJob6I8Z08
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luBzvyuJGyY
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 27. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMLI_lWLto
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 28. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSbGErV3X4c
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 29. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJY_eWVH88w
Kucinich: Articles of Impeachment 30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7br4ONOQU

[Echo In Light]

13. "stunning abuses" ...that's putting it mildly. K&R

[annabanana]

14. Marie Cocco used to get published in NY Newsday. Lord I miss her.

She was the only columnist I regularly agreed with...

[Swamp Rat]

15. k&r