Rep. McKinney Files Articles of Impeachment
Outgoing lawmaker cites numerous abuses of the Constitution by President Bush
By Matt Pascarella
Published: Friday December 8th, 2006
Editor’s note: GNN has been covering this story as it unfolds on Capitol Hill. We will have video of Rep. McKinney’s floor speech and an exclusive interview with the Congresswoman up shortly.
Good for her! She's one of the very few who have enough conscience to speak the truth. It's a shame she lost it-her temper and then her congressional seat.
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 151551 (OP) 12/8/2006 11:20 PM
"No American is above the law"
Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:03:07 -0800
_NEWS IMAGE_
Standing up for what's right
By Cynthia McKinney
Rep. McKinney's floor statement on the impeachment of George W. Bush
Download a PDF of the Articles of Impeachment (H.R. 1106) here.
December 8, 2006
Mr. Speaker:
I come before this body today as a proud American and as a servant of the American people, sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Throughout my tenure, I’ve always tried to speak the truth. It’s that commitment that brings me here today.
We have a President who has misgoverned and a Congress that has refused to hold him accountable. It is a grave situation and I believe the stakes for our country are high.
No American is above the law, and if we allow a President to violate, at the most basic and fundamental level, the trust of the people and then continue to govern, without a process for holding him accountable—what does that say about our commitment to the truth? To the Constitution? To our democracy?
The trust of the American people has been broken. And a process must be undertaken to repair this trust. This process must begin with honesty and accountability.
Leading up to our invasion of Iraq, the American people supported this Administration’s actions because they believed in our President. They believed he was acting in good faith. They believed that American laws and American values would be respected. That in the weightiness of everything being considered, two values were rock solid—trust and truth.
From mushroom clouds to African yellow cake to aluminum tubes, the American people and this Congress were not presented the facts, but rather were presented a string of untruths, to justify the invasion of Iraq.
President Bush, along with Vice President Cheney and then-National Security Advisor Rice, portrayed to the Congress and to the American people that Iraq represented an imminent threat, culminating with President Bush’s claim that Iraq was six months away from developing a nuclear weapon. Having used false fear to buy consent—the President then took our country to war.
This has grave consequences for the health of our democracy, for our standing with our allies, and most of all, for the lives of our men and women in the military and their families—who have been asked to make sacrifices—including the ultimate sacrifice—to keep us safe.
Just as we expect our leaders to be truthful, we expect them to abide by the law and respect our courts and judges. Here again, the President failed the American people.
When President Bush signed an executive order authorizing unlawful spying on American citizens, he circumvented the courts, the law, and he violated the separation of powers provided by the Constitution. Once the program was revealed, he then tried to hide the scope of his offense from the American people by making contradictory, untrue statements.
President George W. Bush has failed to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States; he has failed to ensure that senior members of his administration do the same; and he has betrayed the trust of the American people.
With a heavy heart and in the deepest spirit of patriotism, I exercise my duty and responsibility to speak truthfully about what is before us. To shy away from this responsibility would be easier. But I have not been one to travel the easy road. I believe in this country, and in the power of our democracy. I feel the steely conviction of one who will not let the country I love descend into shame; for the fabric of our democracy is at stake.
Some will call this a partisan vendetta, others will say this is an unimportant distraction to the plans of the incoming Congress. But this is not about political gamesmanship.
I am not willing to put any political party before my principles.
This, instead, is about beginning the long road back to regaining the high standards of truth and democracy upon which our great country was founded.
Mr. Speaker:
Under the standards set by the United States Constitution, President Bush—along with Vice President Cheney, and Secretary of State Rice—should be subject to the process of impeachment, and I have filed H. Res. _ in the House of Representatives.
To my fellow Americans, as I leave this Congress, it is in your hands—to hold your representatives accountable, and to show those with the courage to stand for what is right, that they do not stand alone.
Thank you.
Somethings up for sure. We have Baker speaking against "those who cannot be named", daddy bush making a splash and crying like a baby, (psycho's only cry for themselves), and now McKinney bringing up the Impeachment. I'd love to be a fly on the wall. The inner circles are stirring.
:CynthiaMc: "Until you are willing to organize your friends and neighbors and literally shut down cities - drive at 5mph through the streets of major cities on the freeway and stop commerce, refuse to show up for work, refuse to borrow and spend more than you make, show up in Washington DC with a million of your neighbors and literally shut down The Capitol you WILL be bent over the table on a daily basis." Karl Denninger
She’s a pompous ass, a malcontent, who is angry she lost. People were sick of her outrageous acts. Her assault on that officer was her undoing. This is her last hurrah. She is going down in flames. Good bye to old trash.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 137330 12/8/2006 11:33 PM
In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.
The legislation has no chance of passing and serves as a symbolic parting shot not only at Bush but also at Democratic leaders. Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has made clear that she will not entertain proposals to sanction Bush and has warned the liberal wing of her party against making political hay of impeachment.
McKinney, a Democrat who drew national headlines in March when she struck a Capitol police officer, has long insisted that Bush was never legitimately elected. In introducing her legislation in the final hours of the current Congress, she said Bush had violated his oath of office to defend the Constitution and the nation's laws.
In the bill, she accused Bush of misleading Congress on the war in Iraq and violating privacy laws with his domestic spying program.
McKinney has made no secret of her frustration with Democratic leaders since voters ousted her from office in the Democratic primary this summer. In a speech Monday at George Washington University, she accused party leaders of kowtowing to Republicans on the war in Iraq and on military mistreatment of prisoners.
McKinney, who has not discussed her future plans, has increasingly embraced her image as a controversial figure.
She has hosted numerous panels on Sept. 11 conspiracy theories and suggested that Bush had prior knowledge of the terrorist attacks but kept quiet about it to allow friends to profit from the aftermath. She introduced legislation to establish a permanent collection of rapper Tupac Shakur's recordings at the National Archives and calling for a federal investigation into his killing.
But it was her scuffle with a Capitol police officer that drew the most attention. McKinney struck the officer when he tried to stop her from entering a congressional office building. The officer did not recognize McKinney, who was not wearing her member lapel pin. [link to www.newsmax.com]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 167319 12/8/2006 11:45 PM
She’s a pompous ass, a malcontent, who is angry she lost. People were sick of her outrageous acts. Her assault on that officer was her undoing. This is her last hurrah. She is going down in flames. Good bye to old trash.
Quoting: getdafukoutb 131547
Man, that whole assult thing was a total set up. TPTB had to take her out because of her brave work standing up to the people. Take this example where she confronts Donald Rumsfeld on the US government doing business with companies that practice in human slave trafficking, missing trillions from the Pentagon budget and why her questions about 9/11 war games were not answered as promised?
Good for Cynthia McKinney... if all politicians were like her our country would still be the greatest country in the world.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 159000 12/8/2006 11:48 PM
Rep. McKinney Files Articles of Impeachment
Outgoing lawmaker cites numerous abuses of the Constitution by President Bush
By Matt Pascarella
Published: Friday December 8th, 2006
Editor’s note: GNN has been covering this story as it unfolds on Capitol Hill. We will have video of Rep. McKinney’s floor speech and an exclusive interview with the Congresswoman up shortly.
like one of those Visa TV ads...this is a priceless moment.......In a real world.....in a real world....unfortunately we live in a hopelessly perverted country........but this women...has balls....this women lives....like few others.....
She’s a pompous ass, a malcontent, who is angry she lost. People were sick of her outrageous acts. Her assault on that officer was her undoing. This is her last hurrah. She is going down in flames. Good bye to old trash.
Quoting: getdafukoutb 131547
Ah, I see...you are unable to attack the message, so you go after the messenger.
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. "Until you are willing to organize your friends and neighbors and literally shut down cities - drive at 5mph through the streets of major cities on the freeway and stop commerce, refuse to show up for work, refuse to borrow and spend more than you make, show up in Washington DC with a million of your neighbors and literally shut down The Capitol you WILL be bent over the table on a daily basis." Karl Denninger
Don't blame me; I voted for Ron Paul.
Silence is consent.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 131547 12/9/2006 12:00 AM
She’s a pompous ass, a malcontent, who is angry she lost. People were sick of her outrageous acts. Her assault on that officer was her undoing. This is her last hurrah. She is going down in flames. Good bye to old trash.
Ah, I see...you are unable to attack the message, so you go after the messenger.
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
Quoting: Redheaded Stepchild
no just pointin out what she realy is
property is theft User ID: 167379 12/9/2006 12:01 AM
if all our so called leaders were like her.......Yup, how many sane people can stand up and honesty say they are proud to be American?....
ANd the congress does nothing to curb this fruitcake BUSH! Even the Democrats once in power play blind, ignorant and dead.
No respect, these whimps get no respect from me, not now, not never!
But this women....this women........Par Excellent!
That's shoddy journalism to say that it has no chance of passing. Doesn't seem very objective. When are they voting on it? Why does it have no chance of passing?
Anonymous Coward User ID: 167379 12/9/2006 12:07 AM
getdafukoutb And YOU are a freaking whippoorwill ASS HOLE who is so angry and useless because NO ONE would even bother go out and vote for your lame butt.
She’s a pompous ass, a malcontent, who is angry she lost. People were sick of her outrageous acts. Her assault on that officer was her undoing. This is her last hurrah. She is going down in flames. Good bye to old trash.
She’s a pompous ass, a malcontent, who is angry she lost. People were sick of her outrageous acts. Her assault on that officer was her undoing. This is her last hurrah. She is going down in flames. Good bye to old trash.
Ah, I see...you are unable to attack the message, so you go after the messenger.
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
no just pointin out what she realy is
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 131547
Yea so you are attacking the messenger. She is absolutely fuckin right and the only one in Congress with enough courage to bring this up. SO you AC can just "Pray, v:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy." - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
Anonymous Coward User ID: 166161 12/9/2006 12:09 AM
As long as you guys sit on your fat butts it's not going to happen ever!
Sitting and crying that your politicians are bought and payed for isn't gonna do you any good...
You'll have to take to the streets by the millions to even hope for a little justice...
As long as you guys sit on your fat butts it's not going to happen ever!
Sitting and crying that your politicians are bought and payed for isn't gonna do you any good...
You'll have to take to the streets by the millions to even hope for a little justice...
If you want it you'll have to take action...
Do you have the will and the stomach?
I doubt it...
Blah murikkkans yikes...
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 696
You sitting there bitching about the couch potatoes is doing exactly what you are bitching about. "Pray, v:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy." - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
Anonymous Coward User ID: 162456 12/9/2006 12:21 AM
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