Kucinich did not push for impeachment of Bush- why so fast to jump on Obama?

[revolutionnow45]

Activists pressured Kucinich to introduce articles of Impeachment of Bush for years before he finally acted in 2008.

(Please ask David Swanson if you do not believe me)


Why is he so fast to jump on Obama now....what is going on in his mind?

[flvegan]

1. Another thread on this already?

You're in the mood.

[revolutionnow45]

2. you are obviously a fan

I don't get it, can you explain his actions to me?

[flvegan]

5. What actions specifically?

I think I asked you something like that in your OTHER thread.

[DJ13]

6. Didnt you get the memo?

Its another trash Dennis day at the DNC.

[flvegan]

10. I noticed the obvious invasion.

They spin it almost as well as Fox. Proud moment for them, I'm sure.

[Shagbark Hickory]

3. Maybe it's because like most of us, he expected better out of Obama nt

[revolutionnow45]

4. that is no excuse, millions of people were killed in Iraq

Lives have been saved in Libya.


People are saying that Kucinich is just being consistent...but he is not!

[Shagbark Hickory]

8. Hi. We didn't have hundreds of millions of dollars to blow on this now. nt

[leftstreet]

7. Wouldn't Kucinich be the only one able to answer that?

Or, you could post your question in Ask the Administrators

:popcorn:

[mmonk]

9. He was going after Cheney first.

Weak memories around here. He thought he had a better chance going after him.

[revolutionnow45]

12. And even with Cheney, it took years to convince him to do anything about it

If he wanted to Impeach Obama for continuing illegal wiretapping...hey I'm right behind him.

If he wants to Impeach Obama for torture...I'm there.

But he is not going after these obvious violations to the Constitution.

[mmonk]

15. Dennis firmly believes the executive has to go to Congress first

before committing the United States to a conflict. Bush went to Congress.

[ReggieVeggie]

24. as opposed to other Democrats who did nothing?

except of course Pelosi who took it off the table before the 06 elections

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[Gman]

13. I wish he'd get primaried out

'cept then he'd probably just start writing and speaking. Kinda like a neo-Nader.

[L. Coyote]

14. Revisionism. Kucinich is the one who did push to impeach Bush.

[revolutionnow45]

17. We were pushing Kucinich to impeach since 2003

He introduced articles of impeachment in 2008.

[ReggieVeggie]

25. and he did something instead of others who did nothing

[Ozymanithrax]

16. Kucinich is facing a very difficult election, and says outrageous things...

so the left will back him with lots of money in order to make sure his progressiveness is re-elected. I think the correct phrase is doubling down on crazy.

Republicans have done the same thing with the Tea party, states rights, Obama's birth certificate, and their complete insanity against Unions and religious intolerance.

[DevonRex]

18. His UFO told him to do it.

[Motown_Johnny]

19. His district might vanish through redistricting so he is pumping up his resume

in advance of going job hunting

[tekisui]

20. Good grief. He hasn't pushed for the impeachment of Obama.

He hasn't jumped on Obama. He has not called for impeachment nor has he said he should be impeached.

[revolutionnow45]

21. that was a really freaking dumb idea to bring it up- hasn't he met a republican before?

these people are serious hypocrites with no memory of what their hero George W did.

Clinton anyone?

[tekisui]

23. It isn't as though they need his prodding. The bottom line is

no Congress of either party would impeach a president of either party of this. This is old practice now. This constitutional issue is largely irrelevant from decades of ignoring it.

[upi402]

22. He went after Cheney first, 4-07

Introduced articles of Impeachemnt. Even that was a no-go! He was alone on even THAT!
I liked Obama's action but after learning Chomsky feels Libya was a bad action, I'm rethinking.

[LiberalAndProud]

26. Yes, he did.

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/01/kucinich_puts_off_effort_to_im.html

Kucinich puts off effort to impeach Bush
Published: Monday, January 28, 2008, 4:52 PM Updated: Monday, January 28, 2008, 5:28 PM
By Jean Dubail, The Plain Dealer
After promising last week that he'd mark President Bush's final "State of the Union" speech today by introducing articles of impeachment against Bush, Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced he's postponing the effort.

Kucinich said he met with members of the House Judiciary Committee after making last week's impeachment pledge on the House of Representatives floor, and came away "hopeful there will be an inquiry by the Judiciary Committee."

"I will give them the opportunity to proceed before introducing articles of impeachment," Kucinich said in a statement issued by his office. The House Judiciary Committee's spokeswoman did not respond to The Plain Dealer's request for comment.

Last year, Kucinich introduced a measure to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney that has collected 24 cosponsors. His November effort to bring the matter before the full House of Representatives won support from Republicans who wanted to embarrass House Democratic leaders, but was eventually referred to the Judicary Committee.

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-06-11/politics/kucinich.impeach_1_impeach-kucinich-resolution?_s=PM:POLITICS

Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution

June 11, 2008

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio has introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush.Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential candidate from Ohio, introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush into the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Kucinich announced his intention to seek Bush's impeachment Monday night, when he read the lengthy document into the record.

It took him a while, but he did introduce a resolution.

[revolutionnow45]

27. Activists pressured Kucinich to introduce impeachement since 2003- he would not listen

I just don't get him.

[butterfly77]

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