Kucinich Should Lead the Impeachment Fight
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I was proud to support Dennis Kucinich for President in 2004 because he was the first and most committed anti-war Democrat in the race.
Today Kucinich will announce his second run for President. His central plank will be to get the U.S. out of Iraq by cutting all funds.
I support him completely on this issue, because that's exactly what it will take to bring our troops home - which is what the American people and the Iraqi people want.
(I also have a simpler way to bring our troops home: pass a wealth surtax to pay for all past and future costs of the war. That would cause the richest and most powerful Americans to scream with rage and demand an immediate end to the war.)
I'm even more inspired to support him because the Pentagon Post is freaking out over his campaign.
But I have one major substantive problem with Kucinich, and that is his refusal to even talk about impeachment, let alone lead the fight.
Kucinich's campaign failed to gain traction in 2004 because he's a lowly Congressman, not a Senator or Governor. (The corporate media refused to acknowledge that Kucinich's Congressional district had 22,000 more people than Howard Dean's entire state of Vermont - and was a lot more diverse.)
But a Congressman can do one thing that neither a Senator nor a Governor can do: introduce Articles of Impeachment.
Dennis, you have the power to impeach. If you want my support, use it!
Email dkucinich@aol.com
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Solution for Iraq - Biden's plus Kucinich's Dept. of Peace-Win!
Kucinich's Dept. of Peace is the most important innovation for 21st Century.
The following are the preliminary and tentatively proposed parts and steps for solving the Iraq dilemma and getting troops out.
1. Inform the current, official, elected leader of Iraq and the Sunni and Shiite sectarian leaders and Kurdish leaders that the US and Coalition troops are leaving. At the same time offer them this proposal.
2. US diplomats can meet with the leaders of the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds and propose the reconstruction of the infrastructure and all else destroyed by the Western Coalition forces under the following conditions. The leaders of the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds meet as an informal Iraqi Coalition and agree to provide a joint citizen security force sufficient to guard transport to and from and at reconstruction sites.
3. The Iraqi Coalition should also agree to provide engineers and other indigenous workers to assist in reconstruction of the infrastructure regardless of the location, namely territories that are mainly Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish.
4. In addition, the Iraqi Coalition will permit workers from any of the other Middle Eastern countries to participate in the reconstruction projects side by side with the US, Iraqi, and other Western and Middle Eastern countries.
5. The funding for this reconstruction will come mainly, but hopefully not exclusively, from the US.
6. The Iraqi Coalition joint security and reconstruction personnel will always be present and involved in every aspect and every stage of the reconstruction wherever the location may be in Iraq.
7. If this formula for reconstruction works in a manner acceptable to all leaders and members of the new Iraqi Coalition, then at a date agreeable to all, the leaders of the Iraqi Coalition will begin to negotiate their own creation of a federation of three separate, equal, autonomous states. The three states shall consist of the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. A provision should be made for a gradual transition from the current government to the new Federation.
8. The Iraqi Coalition leaders will become, and begin acting, somewhat like governors of states with broad State’s rights. The form of government in each state should be left to be decided by the governors of each state and whoever else each deems appropriate to participate in this decision making for their state.
9. The management of oil industry should remain under the control of the Iraqi Coalition or Federation when and as it is formed. The number and composition of the managers should be equally distributed among the states.
10. The US and Western countries should suggest that a census be taken of the entire nation or Federation of Iraq. The Iraqi Coalition or Federation should proportionately divide the revenues from their oil industry based on the population census in each state, as a percentage of the whole nation.
11. If, as has been suggested, the presence of large numbers of citizens with Sunni, Shiite, and Kurd identification are commingled in neighborhoods of all three states, and, further, if they are not able to live peaceably together in these mixed neighborhoods, then the following plan is suggested. The reconstruction workers and Security forces from the three Iraqi states, other Middle Eastern countries, and the Western nations if requested, should be obliged to facilitate relocation to new and comparable homes in the states on their own ethnic identities or places of their own choosing.
12. If during the implementation of this plan it meets with serious barriers or opposition, the Iraqi Coalition or Federation, at their own discretion, should have recourse to unbinding consultation with experts from the European Union, the US, or any of the assisting Middle Eastern nations. This should also include requests for free assistance from these other nations, should they be willing to provide same.
OH MY GOD!!!
I had no idea Kucinich was going to run for President again until I just read it here!!! GOOD FOR HIM!!! If only the media wasn't corrupt, he might have a very good chance.
I doubt Kucinich.....
.....can raise the funds necessary to be taken seriously as contender. Were he to lead the fight for impeachment, that would help. I wish him well.
- Surviving Bush one day at a time. Politics Plus
Run Dennis Run
I supported Congressman Kucinich for the same reason Bob Did. He was out in front on the opposition to war and offered his cabinet level Department of Peace. He is an inovator and with the experience of his 2004 campagin under his belt he will do better in raising grass roots support.
Democrats.com Potential Endorsement?
Is there any prospect of an endorsement coming from Democrats.com as a whole at some point in the future (once all potential candidates decide whether to run) - I think the progressive blogosphere should rally around a candidate early.
I agree with Bob Fertik
I will not support Kucinich until he stands up and does what is right for our country. He is sworn to uphold the Constitution and if he fails to do that he is just as bad as the rest.
Nothing will come of anything the Dems attempt, unless Bush is removed.
Kucinich would immediately gain the majority support if he called for Impeachment. The way it seems now, his candidacy is more stalling.