THE PEOPLE V. RICHARD CHENEY-GQ Magazine-Acting As 4th Estate-Presents 6 Articles Of Impeachment

[kpete]

THE PEOPLE V. RICHARD CHENEY

Resolved, that Richard B. Cheney, vice president of the United States, should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that these articles of impeachment be submitted to the American people
GQ, March 2007


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.......... the vice president has not merely been wrong about the issues; he has been duplicitous, deceitful, and deliberately destructive to the American democracy. These things can no longer be denied by rational minds:

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That in the buildup to war in Iraq, the vice president, lacking confidence in the true casus belli, conspired to invent additional ones, misrepresenting the available intelligence, crafting new “intelligence,” and then spreading these falsehoods to the public, perverting the democratic process that he is sworn to uphold.

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For these and other offenses against the nation, Vice President Cheney, clearly, is guilty of crimes against the state.

Herewith, in the absence of action for the past six years by a timid Republican Congress and a refusal to act by the new Democratic leadership, we, the Fourth Estate, take the mantle of indictment unto ourselves and present these Articles of Impeachment, to be adopted by the United States House of Representatives and voted upon by the United States Senate, at their earliest possible leisure:

Resolved
That Richard B. Cheney, vice president of the United States, be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors; that the evidence hereinafter set out sustains six articles of impeachment justifying immediate removal from office; that said articles shall be adopted by the House of Representatives; and that the same shall be endorsed by the Senate, to wit:

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http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_5402

[wicket]

1. K & R

:kick:

[radfringe]

2. K&R

[jaksavage]

3. Impeach the Dick.

Impeach them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[livvy]

4. A very hearty K&R

:kick:

[ms liberty]

5. K&R n/t

[sabra]

6. It's no coincidence that Cheney is out of town this week...

[Aussie leftie]

61. Yeah, he's in our town

Take him back, PLEASE

[flying rabbit]

86. Naaaah..

You all keep him

[seemslikeadream]

7. The Crime of the Century

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moy513mIeB0&eurl=



Now they're planning the crime of the century
Well what will it be?
Read all about their schemes and adventuring
It's well worth a fee
So roll up and see
And they rape the universe
How they've gone from bad to worse
Who are these men of lust, greed, and glory?
Rip off the masks and let see.
But that's no right - oh no, whats the story?
There's you and there's me
That can't be right

[In Truth We Trust]

8. IMPEACH!!!

[Hawkowl]

9. Imprison him in Gitmo

[wordpix]

66. good plan---or send him overseas to a secret prison to get the info out of him

[FredStembottom]

10. Would it be more likely that the sheep in DC would impeach Cheney?

Because that would be just dandy!

In this particular presidency, I am convinced that impeaching and removing the VP would remove nearly all of the trouble.

[Felinity]

22. What about the bat-shit crazy Pres?

Certifiable, drug-controlled, dry or wet drunk, no matter. * and Cheney are each other's insurance. They both need to go.

[FredStembottom]

60. I think Bush is a blank slate and as dumb as he seems.

I believe he was chosen for those very qualities to front for the real Prez - Dick Cheney.

Bush just channels Cheney's authoritarian tendencies. And takes orders.

[Aussie leftie]

62. I totally agree

Bush is the dummy. Cheney is the ventriloquist.

[Melissa G]

11. Be still my heart! A functional member of the 4th estate! n/t

[Martin Eden]

12. The case for impeachment is solid.

recommended this thread

[Canuckistanian]

13. All those in favor, say "aye"

[Rosa Luxemburg]

39. AYE!

[TroglodyteScholar]

44. AYE

AYE !

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

47. AYE

Do the "Aye's" have it? Can we take out thimble brain next?
ADW

[lonestarnot]

55. aye!

[file83]

58. Aye!

:patriot:

[wordpix]

67. AYE!

[WillyT]

74. Aye !!!

:kick:

[Kare]

82. AYE!

AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE

How many votes do I get?

[swimboy]

83. The gentleman from Virginia votes Aye!

[toadzilla]

88. AYE!

:kick:

[Canuckistanian]

90. The "ayes" have it.

New business!

[RedStateShame]

14. How can he be impeached? The words "blow" and "job" are nowhere in those articles.

[Supersedeas]

17. where is your evidence...where is the soiled dress??

[colorado_ufo]

77. Too funny!

[Mrspeeker]

15. Well sounds great but....

two-thirds of the Senate must agree to convict.

The senate is not the people of this country, they are the extremely rich ruling class, and the Senate does not care about the will of the people, they will not take any action against their friends!

The Senate is royalty and loyalty like Lieberman!

Basically they have all got filthy rich off this and they all have been covering up about everything they can, Democrats and republicans...its all the Fucking same. There puppets at best.

I want it to happen so bad but I know nothing is going to happen, sort of a revolution!

this already happened 1000 years ago in a galaxy far far away..... A evil sith took control of the government LOL

[kimpossible]

27. So that's an excuse to not even try?

Impeachment hearings at a minimum are absolutely necessary to prevent further erosion of Constitutional democracy. Imagine what the next thug who sneaks into office will expect to get away with, if we can't even muster the energy to impeach the thugs we have today!

[BR_Parkway]

34. Impeachment also means Cheney can not be pardoned, it's the

one restriction in the Constitution on the President's power to pardon.

[Mrspeeker]

53. think my point is...

that the Senate won't do anything that we want them to do, and getting 2 thirds of them to vote for impeachment is simply NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!

The Senate is a group of people that are making tons off this whole war and what not, you really think that our government officials are divided and want to Impeach their buddy BUSH? Fuck no there on the payroll to!

Nothing can change shit except for a full on revolution involving a bloody civil war and plenty of be-headings, its the only god damn way

[Le Taz Hot]

84. Be-headings?

Dude! And I thought *I* was radical! Shit!

[KharmaTrain]

69. You're Messing Up Their Ponies

I'll give you 33 reasons even Cheney won't be convicted.

http://www.wnyc.org/blog/lehrer/archives/archive/Lott,%20Trent-thumb.jpg

This is a man who thought lying about a blow job rose to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors while as a member of the House Judiciary committee in '74 couldn't find a damn thing wrong with anything Richard Nixon did. And you're expecting this "Repugnican Moderate" and leader to vote to convict?

Your analysis is spot on. Between the elitist nature of the Senate...they know so much better than we do...they're spineless (if the cloture vote on the House's war resolution proves). And these people are gonna convict?

And don't forget about the corporate media that will see this in a purely partisan light...and as some TV freak show. And then what do we end up with?

If Libby is convicted, the door is open to lots of litigation and an on-going criminal investigation that has far more teeth and is based on justice and facts, not polls and pandering of money and votes.

Thank you for your post.

[hootinholler]

16. How sad a day...

A men's fashion magazine is leading the charge. What next? The barber's revolt? Hmmm, no good haircuts for republics and DINOs until this crap is fixed.

-Hoot

[kerry-is-my-prez]

20. Vanity Fair and Esquire have also had some daring articles

n/t

[renate]

30. yup

Vanity Fair has rocked for a long time; I don't read Esquire but I've seen some good on-line articles linked to there from DU. I subscribed to Rolling Stone after they printed the article about how the vote was stolen.

But my gosh... GQ? When did that happen?

[NashVegas]

31. Don't Forget Playboy, Too

We had a thread on that last month, re: the Lockheed story.

sidenote: I used to pick up Esquire, occasionally, back when Jamie Malanowski (of Spy fame) was Editor.

edited to add: WOW! Just for the heck of it, I googled Jamie to see what he's up to these days. Found an article in Washington Monthly that had this on the bottom:

"Jamie Malanowski is the managing editor of Playboy."

Well, that explains that.

[LSK]

33. wheres Time and Newsweek?

[Amonester]

75. In Darth Cheneyours' Options pack?

Or they R in the Moonies' ...

[rman]

80. Indeed, quite telling

What could be the reason why the big MSM offer no platform to this widespread public sentiment, while relatively marginal media outlets do?

[rucky]

18. The RW Spin: Dick Cheney made it into GQ!

too sexy!

[KoKo]

19. Amazing that GQ would Print this....Wonder what's up with that.?

What do they know that the rest of the Media doesn't. How do they feel confident enough about their readership to go with this?

Thanks for the link!

[stillcool]

36. I saw nothing in the article..

that isn't already known, and widely available on the net. Their readership, has one obvious advantage...they read. As far as what the rest of the media doesn't know...imagine..

[KoKo]

42. Unless GQ Readers are readers of Liberal Internets ..How would they know?

To see a Mainstream Publication like this go out "on a limb" is good news...and very interesting. That's why I wondered. This reporter will be subjected to RW trashing....

[mdmc]

21. I may buy this rag

:kick:

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. Gentleman's Quarterly? Gentleman's Quarterly?!

*sigh*

[Straight Shooter]

41. Occasionally I'll pick up GQ when I have a few spare bucks.

They have some damn good writers that contribute to GQ. Good on them for leading the charge in the magazine world.

GQ ... it's not just a pretty face. :)

[Kablooie]

54. Yeah I know what you mean.

If it was only in Playboy? Or Hustler.

Or how about Juggs?

[IWantAChange]

24. I may subscribe for perpetuity

[Disturbed]

29. If Cheney has any honor he would resign today.

Of course he won't resign. Will the House of Reps start Impeachment procedings?

[Mme. Defarge]

50. Isn't his lack of any sense of honor

the issue here?

[wordpix]

68. honor? Starting a war for no good reason except to control Iraq's oil tells us the guy doesn't know

what the word means

[kimpossible]

25. How sad is the press when GQ has to stand up and lead where newspapers won't go?

Astounding.

Good for GQ!

[earth mom]

28. Exactly! The Corporate News Media is nothing but a bunch of corrupt bastards!

:mad:

May they rot in hell! :grr:

[kster]

26. KR.nt

[ClayZ]

32. YAY! Good on them! K and R

:kick:

[donkeyotay]

35. K & R nt

[DKRC]

37. Emailed them a thank you! K&R

[BR_Parkway]

38. Emailed to my whole list, and faxed copies to all NC House Reps

and Senators.

Everyone should be flooding Congress's fax machines with this!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

40. We should vote for mens magazines not congressmen?

congress don't seem to be getting to the real stuff.

[Joey Liberal]

43. IMPEACH THE BASTARD N/T

[TroglodyteScholar]

45. GQ needs to start allowing users to print an entire article

How great would it be for thousands of us to mail copies of this to our representatives?

On edit: Instead, go to this webform and paste in the text of the Articles (minus the intro, I'd say): http://www.house.gov/writerep/

[fooj]

46. This gives me hope.

Someone actually takes their responsibility seriously.

we, the Fourth Estate

Wow. It's about time.

[WiseButAngrySara]

48. Oh please let's make this 4th Estate a Just moment in History!

Let's do it People! We the People, the Fourth Estate, are the raison d'etre, the reason why this government exists!

:kick: and R!
k(pete)nr! (and as usual, thanks for posting!)

[KoKo]

49. Hoping for LEGS on this article and for Jury to CONVICT SCOOTER! n/t

[barbtries]

51. can this work?

good GAWD it's refreshing to see this. but can it work?

[BuyingThyme]

52. kcik

[femrap]

56. Hell, if GQ gets it......

doesn't every twit in the US get it.

Impeach the shit already. Goddess, I'm not a patient person....I want my democracy back. Damn.

[gratefultobelib]

57. WOW!!!! This is fantastic!

[tom_paine]

59. The world certainly has turned upside down - GQ with more cojones

than the entire cowardly MSM.

In many ways, all of this is still unreal. In many ways, it's still 2000, and Al Gore just won Florida...

[Aussie leftie]

63. The very moment impeachment proceedings begin

Will be the moment that the US starts to regain the respect of the rest of the world.

[lovuian]

64. Love that picture Awesome

Something has to be done

[wordpix]

65. GQ? Unfuckingbelievable! k&r. Open the curtain & impeach all the evil wizards

[madmax]

70. K&R

[diane in sf]

71. please impeach, indict, imprison...

[Bobbie Jo]

72. Roll with it GQ..K&R!

:kick:

[Bonobo]

73. Aye!He has dishonored the office. He should be removed.

[Kurovski]

76. Superb!

Just beautiful.

May it become a publishing trend. 130th proud recommendation.

[Faux pas]

78. BRILLIANT! n/t

[Danger Mouse]

79. Recommendation number 137 here.

Go GQ, GO!

[pberq]

81. Kick & Nominated

[Lilith Velkor]

85. ITMFA!

!!1!11

[Hamlette]

87. kick

[EVDebs]

89. I voted #152 for greatest page, surely more to come ! nt