Kucinich: 'Imperial' vice president needs to be impeached

Raw Story, MSNBC by David Edwards, Nick Juliano | Jul. 9, 2007 (Interview)

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, continued to stress his case for impeaching Vice President Dick Cheney, saying his role in pushing the false case for war is akin to a high crime against the constitution.

"To me it's about the constitution, it's not about the personality," Kucinich said Monday morning on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show. "And the constitution requires the highest office holders to have the highest standards and obedience to the law, and ... Full Story »

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 by Benjamin Buttons - Jul. 9, 2007

Poll-driven impeachment proceedings are not a positive development in our political culture. Kucinich is a crank and his spotlight-seeking pronouncements are probably not beneficial to our political culture either. I just don't understand why this "story" deserves mention, and why Kucinich's comments on this matter are worth reporting--there's no substance in this piece. There's the mention of the law and constitution, but not of the laws Cheney is accused of breaking. It must be said, however, that the phrase "imperial vice presidency", nonsensical, oxymoronic and emblematic of Kucinich's confused view of how government operates, is pretty funny.

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