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.
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Atlanta) has led the progressive vanguard of American politics and has out paced most of her colleagues in the US House of Representatives for a long time. She has been uncompromising in her determination to speak the truth despite vicious attacks from the right and even from her own party.
Cynthia McKinney is the living embodiment of the word "patriot" - not in the "my country right or wrong" sense, but in the original Patrick Henry "Give me liberty or give me death" sense.
According to a Newsweek poll 51% of Americans believe George W. Bush should be impeached. By drawing up Articles of Impeachment, McKinney is doing what no one else in the House of Representatives has the balls to do - stand up for the United States Constitution, stand up for the American people and stand up for the rule of law.
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I suppose that in some way McKinney is a patriot. And I even imagine some plausible grounds for impeaching Bush II, though I am unsure of how much my grounds and McKinney's would overlap. I certainly disagree with the Bush II supporters who seem to believe that presidents can start any wars that they want for any reasons that they want, and all fine Americans must accept the decision and zip their lips. Rather, US presidents must assume devoted loud-mouth peacenicks, and they must assume that even supporters will will consist mostly of people who expect quick results.
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