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Kucinich To File Impeachment Articles Against President Bush |
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Written by Rhonda Erskine
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Sunday, 27 January 2008 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) -- Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich may get
excluded from democratic presidential debates, but he?s voicing his
opinion on the House floor.On Wednesday, Kucinich announced he'll be filing articles of impeachment against President Bush on Monday.
That?s the same day of the president's State of the Union address.
The announcement comes as Kucinich railed the President and Vice President for how they have handled the war in Iraq.
In
his lengthy statement, the Ohio congressman said, "The President and
Vice President lied and 4,000 of our soldiers died. The President and
Vice President lied and a million innocent Iraqis died in a war that'll
cost us two trillion dollars while people here in the states are losing
their jobs, their health care, their homes, their dignity. Lies are
weapons of mass destruction. Lies are also an impeachable offense.
Monday, January 28th is the State of the Union. We already know the
State of the Union. It's a lie."
After minor commotion on the
floor and opposition by republicans, the ostracized presidential
candidate moved to have his words taken off the record.
Kucinich
said, ?I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the offending words, to the
end that they be stricken from the record and that I be permitted to
revise and extend my remarks for the record."
Last April and November, Kucinich almost had the house debating the impeachment of Vice President Cheney.
House democratic leaders blocked the debate by referring the impeachment effort back to the judiciary committee.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 January 2008 )
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