Ray McGovern in Detroit Free Press Asks Conyers to Impeach to Avoid Attack on Iran

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Ray McGovern in Detroit Free Press Asks Conyers to Impeach to Avoid Attack on Iran
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2008-06-19 09:18.


Impeach Bush now?
Congressional proceedings would help prevent another mistaken war
BY RAY McGOVERN • Detroit Free Press



United States Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, has a rendezvous with destiny. He is uniquely placed to thrust a rod through the wheels of a White House juggernaut to war with Iran by commencing impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush.

A move to impeach would bolster the resistance to Bush among our senior military leaders who know that attacking Iran at this time would be the strategic equivalent of the marches into Russia by Napoleon and Hitler.

Since Conyers took the helm of Judiciary in January 2007, the train of abuses and usurpations by the Bush administration has gotten even longer. But oddly, Conyers has lost his earlier appetite for impeachment and begun offering all manner of transparent excuses not to proceed. On July 23, 2007, for example, Conyers told Cindy Sheehan, the Rev. Lennox Yearwood and me that he would need 218 votes in the House, and vociferously claimed the votes were not there.

Well, they are now. Last week, 251 members of the House voted to refer to Conyers' committee the 35 Articles of Impeachment offered by U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. Conyers should take them up.

When bombs are falling on Iran, it will be too late -- and our commander in chief is likely to give that order within the next couple of months. As former White House press secretary Scott McClellan reminds us, when the president sets his mind on something, he is not going to let anything stop him.

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[AndyA]

1. And the majority of Americans want CHANGE.

And the majority of Americans want the war in Iraq to END.

And the majority of Americans are unhappy with the way things are going in America.

What the hell are they waiting for? The red carpet to impeachment has pretty much been rolled out. The climate is ripe for impeachment. Do it, Conyers.

[groovedaddy]

2. McGovern is right. Nancy is wrong. n.t

[libnnc]

3. It isn't your table, Nancy.

It's ours.

[AndyTiedye]

6. What Table? The Repiggies are Making Us Eat Off the Floor!

Karl Rove stole the table and sold it off.

[ladjf]

4. For reasons unknown to me, Rep. Conyers is backing off from some

of his earlier strong positions relating to "going after" the Republican wrong doers.

[Senator]

5. Give Up The Gavel, Chairman Chickenheart

Let Mr. Wexler show you how to lead.

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