Kucinich Changes Pelosi's Tune, Slightly
  Monday, July 14th, 2008

There's not nearly as much press coverage on this as there should be, considering it's magnitude. In the months leading up to former President Bill Clinton's impeachment by the House in December of 1998 - and long after its acquittal by the Senate in February of 1999 - media exposure of the charges (and every sordid detail) monopolized everything from headlines to late night parodies.

Yet since Congressman Dennis Kucinich's introduction of 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush this June, it hasn't made a frontpage headline--or byline--that we've seen.

So Kucinich knocked it down to a single article of impeachment and persists. The article is, "Deceiving Congress with Fabricated Threats of Iraq WMDs to Fraudulently Obtain Support for an Authorization of the Use of Military Force Against Iraq."

And on the same day - Thursday of last week - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has blocked impeachment attempts against both Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in the past, said that hearings may be held on Cong. Kucinich's proposal to impeach.

"This is a Judiciary Committee matter, and I believe we will see some attention being paid to it by the Judiciary Committee."

Still the coverage on the news and in the papers is largely absent. Some sort of decision should be reached today, as the article was introduced as a privileged resolution, requiring lawmakers to act within two legislative days.

"I have informed the leadership of the House should they fail to hold hearings I would come back to the Congress in 30 days with even more articles," Dennis Kucinich said. "I may have to do this one or two more times before I get their attention and Congress starts to take this seriously. After I introduced this there was a discussion among the media that this is dead. Well I hope they believe in life after death because I am coming back with this. Under a privileged resolution I can bring up again and again and again. We cannot be silent. We cannot allow country to be lost to lies."

Contact the Judiciary Committee and tell them what you think. Ain't freedom of speech grand?

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