Sunday, December 10, 2006

 

Ms. Cynthia McKinney left the 109th House with a bang!

Yes she did. Her final farewell consisted of Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. Woohoo!

Here's what she said on the floor of the House:

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.
You can read the rest of her awesome floor speech, HERE.

The one thing the republicans never liked about Cynthia was her speaking truth to power. I don't think she has ever NOT spoken it. She was a walking protest sign if you ask me! What is such a bummer is I wished she had apologized right after it became known that she had hit a White House security guard. If she had made amends immediately, she would still be office. It's sad that we're losing her great spirit and patriotism. She will be missed but she did bring up the Articles of Impeachment before she left so life is good!

Once January 2007 gets here, expect hearings and investigations to be done. Before impeachment happens, this has to happen first, so be patient. Once the evidence is clear and concise, expect impeachment! In the meantime, give Cynthia McKinney a high-five please for at the very least bringing the Articles of Impeachment against the worst president in the history of our nation!

Comments:
Go, Cynthia!! IMPEACH!!!!
 
you go, girl!!
 
But all the whoremedia will talk about is her hair and did she slap that Capitol police man.

What do you think of the Iraq Study Group plan? Regardless of its merits, it sorta fits the pattern of others bailing Bush out again from his own catastrophic failures.
 
Woohoo! Go my Cynthia Ms. McKinney!

She's a wildcat and for that I love heeeeerrrrrrrrr.

Arcturus, yes, the ISG is just a Baby Bush bailout. The final summation is that the ISG's report doesn't amount to crap. Of course, the only thing that will get accomplished with be privatizing the oil! This is why we are there.

Bastards.
 
Still, you've gotta ask: What the fuck was she waiting for? She waits until the last day of the 109th Congress to write up articles of impechment?

Personally, I'm glad that psychopath is out of Congress but, as they say, better late than never and she got the ball rolling without having to worry about suffering political fallout.
 
I know JP. It would have been nice if she had constantly brought up the Articles of Impeachment every week when she was in there! I bet she thought of it. As loony as she was, she was a patriot. She didn't agree with the policies of the Bush Regime at all. I personally am going to miss her, but from I've read on the blogs...not many are.
 
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