CALLING NANCY PELOSI-The People's Case for Impeaching Bush

[kpete]

CALLING NANCY PELOSI
The People's Case for Impeaching Bush
By Elizabeth Holtzman | November 15, 2006

THE ABC'S OF BUSH'S JOB—Under the Constitution, the president has three central obligations.

First, the president must "faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States." This is part of the oath of office, which is itself mandated by the Constitution.

Second, the president must "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," also part of the oath of office. In other words, the president is required to respect the role of the Congress and the courts, as well as the fundamental liberties reserved to the citizens.

And third, the president is required "to take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed," an affirmative duty imposed directly by the Constitution. This presidential obligation carries great weight. Involved are two responsibilities, similar but separate: first, the president is required to "take care," or to be highly attentive, and, second, the president must see that the laws are "faithfully executed," or that the laws are fully followed. Combined, these impose a very strict burden on the president to ensure the proper implementation of the nation's laws.

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What is expected is that the president will uphold the Constitution and the laws and fulfill the oath of office. Carefully applying the law is a requirement for holding office. The president may not avoid, subvert, or undermine the law. Nothing excuses the president from fulfilling his constitutional obligationsnot incompetence or ignorance or lack of interest. The failure or the inability of a president to fulfill these obligations, for whatever reason, causes serious harm to democracy. Impeachment is the constitutional remedy to protect the future health of the nation.

3 pages - lots of sensible arguments:
http://www.washingtonspectator.com/articles/20061115impeachment_1.cfm

[indepat]

1. Ideological and religious zealots who still support W don't give a shit about the three

central constitutional obligations of the president nor that all three central obligations have been systematically ignored/subverted. The prescribed remedy for failure to meet these three central obligations is crystal clear and the only cure. :patriot:

[BlueEyedSon]

8. That's the great thing about the Constitution. It is the supreme law of the land

even if you don't believe in it.

[porphyrian]

2. Impeachment is imperative.

Get ready for it.

[omega minimo]

3. R

:kick:

[Ms. Clio]

4. k&r

He has proudly admitted to violating FISA, and that is surely at least as high a crime as lying under oath about a blow job.

[bobthedrummer]

5. Elizabeth Holtzman knows how real Nazis influenced America

from their political home in the RW of The Republican Party and how that real Nazi influence was spread throughout our nation originating from the foundation of our national security community.

Many dynastic politically powerful families are historically linked to these real Nazis and share some of the same ideology-the Bush family is the leader in this regard. That is not an opinion, it is a fact.

They've got to GO.

Elizabeth Holtzman's testimony about The Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act HR 4007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/hr071498/holtzman.html

The CIA and Nazi War Criminals
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB146/index.htm

Nazi-US profiteers
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/holocaust_era_assets/bibliographies/trade_with_third_reich.html

How the Bush Family Wealth is Linked to the Jewish Holocaust by Toby Rogers
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ROG309A.html

Old Nazi Networks in US (Republican RW) from the work of Russ Bellant
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/political-science/fascism/bellant/bellant.pt1

Gold Fillings, Auschwitz and George Bush
http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/bushies.htm

It's time for another Bush/Nazis thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x199853

[mtnHov]

12. hence nein-eleven

[Jcrowley]

17. Thanks for that

K&R

[bobthedrummer]

21. Share it with others-these war criminals and profiteers have got to go.

[bobthedrummer]

6. K&R to the Greatest Page

[Gregorian]

7. You know what?

Excuse me for being so off topic. But I would say that America is in an emergency situation.

The furthest thing from our minds should be impeachment.

I want health care, damnit!

I want to have a country where I feel like I'm at home. Not in some corporate lobby. I want to have a place where the children who are growing up to take positions in this society aren't uneducated.

Right now we are standing amidst a train wreck. I'd be willing to let the drunk conductor wander off, and even escape. There are casualties here. And I don't think we have time to waste on anything.

Of anyone, I probably hate bush at least as much, if not more. But I want to see a doctor. I want to see bright young kids. I don't want lingering sickness and impossible fees to have health care. And I certainly don't want to see another generation grow up to repeat the Fox mantras.

Bush is totally unimportant. He's got his coming, whether we spend time litigating his ass or not.

[bobthedrummer]

13. What we've become meets various definitions of fascism-they've

got to go, then the priorities of we, the people, can be met. I agree that this is a "train wreck".

14 Characteristics of Fascism
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/14_Characteristics_Fascism.html

[Gregorian]

15. I'm back and forth on this issue.

But you're correct. I read those characteristics when they first posted. Eyeopening. I already knew we were headed there, a long time ago.

My post assumed, and incorrectly so, that we only have so much manpower to go around. We can investigate and perform for the people simultaneously.

Actually, we have to investigate. I think the impeachment talk is all moot. Once we investigate, it's inevitable that impeachment will follow. That's why I haven't said much in any of the impeachment threads.


I am so pissed today! It's not that the high of our win has diminished. It's that we have gone through this at all. And the wasted lives and time. It's sickening. There is no way we aren't going to investigate him to the bowels of Hades.

Thanks for prodding me. I needed to get in touch with my rage again. :)

[bobthedrummer]

16. Most people have similar feelings-we will get OUR government back

there's so much that needs to be done after these criminals are gone...
:pals:

[mtnHov]

9. why go for the puppet when the puppeteer would be more satisfying? (Ch heinous y)

[specimenfred1984]

10. It's the law, it's that simple

He broke it over and over and over and he's not above it, the criminal was supposed to support and protect it.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. K&R...

"the president must "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,"

On September 23, 2006, during a debate with Senator-elect Jon Tester (D), Senator-expelled Conrad Burns(R) in Butte, MT, said:

"He wants to weaken our families, weaken our security and to basically cut and run" from the war in Iraq, This statement by Burns was one of many in a campaign theme that presented Tester as soft on terror. Burns said he also supports programs monitoring telephone calls.

"He wants to weaken the Patriot Act," Burns also said of Tester.

Tester sought to clarify, saying:

"I don't want to weaken the Patriot Act, I want to repeal it. What it does -- it takes away your freedom ... and when you take away our freedoms, the terrorists have won!"

Tester went on to say, "With things like the Patriot Act, we'd damn well better keep our guns."

While some Democratic candidates lost races by vacillating to hedge bets and appear strong on terrorism , Tester presents the kind of guts Americans admire. Some Democratic hopefuls foolishly made excuses for their wise votes against USA Patriot Act II, which severely inhibits basic civil liberties of ALL U.S. citizens. Tester won by showing spine and offering straight-talk. Whether, left, right or center, Tester embodies the kind of representation we ALL want in D.C.

The Tester comments are even more significant because he was not running for a Senate seat in deep-blue states like Vermont or Rhode Island; he won with those words in Montana, which went for Bush by a 20 point margin (59-39) in the last presidential elections.

Remarks by Tester bring back memories of a very popular current leader, Russ Feingold (D) WI, who is the only Senator to vote against the ORIGINAL U.S.A. Patriot Act.

[earth mom]

14. K & R!

NGU!

:kick:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. kick

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[In Truth We Trust]

19. K&R Impeach!!!

[mmonk]

20. .

:kick:

[bobthedrummer]

22. kick

[bobthedrummer]

23. Even though she didn't take OUR CALL this gets another kick. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

24. call waiting-a weekend kick

[mzmolly]

25. With people like Alberto Gonzo telling * that he's doing a fine

job upholding the constitution, I think we will have our work cut out for us?

[City of Mills]

26. Seems vague

I don't like the use of "faith" or "faithfully" in the oath of office. Way too open to interpretation, especially in light of the questionable separation of church and state in the current administration.