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		<title>Deep Gratitude for Dennis Kucinich</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will have much, much more to say about this. But for now, I just want to give high praise to Rep. Dennis Kucinich for having the integrity to press ahead with the impeachment of George W. Bush.  During yesterday&#8217;s House session he spent four hours and forty minutes reading 35 articles of impeachment [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>I will have much, much more to say about this. But for now, I just want to give high praise to Rep. Dennis Kucinich for having the integrity to press ahead with the <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/9/191519/7181/915/533004">impeachment of George W. Bush</a>.  During yesterday&#8217;s House session he spent four hours and forty minutes reading 35 articles of impeachment into the record.  </p>
<p>Will this go forward? No.  Not with the time he has left.  But for history and posterity, the record will show a detailed account of the accusations put forward against President Bush.</p>
<p>Will he also read the accusations against Dick Cheney into the record?</p>
<p>One other thing:  Scott McClellan will testify before the House in the <a href="http://politics.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/10/fair-game-by-valerie-plame-wilson/">Valerie Plame</a> outing case.</p>
<p>Oh, and what should comprise the centerpiece of impeachment: The <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/divided-senate-committee_n_105374.html">Senate Report</a> issued last week, which concludes:</p>
<blockquote><p>The &#8220;Phase II&#8221; report states &#8212; in terms clearer than any previous government publication &#8212; that there was no operational relationship between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, that<b> Bush officials were not truthful about the difficulties the United States would face in post-war Iraq and that their public statements did not reflect intelligence they had at the time</b>, and, specifically, that the intelligence community would not confirm any meeting between Iraqi officials and Mohamed Atta &#8212; a claim that was nevertheless publicly repeated.</p>
<p>Before taking the country to war, this Administration owed it to the American people to give them a 100 percent accurate picture of the threat we faced. Unfortunately, our Committee has concluded that the Administration made significant claims that were not supported by the intelligence,&#8221; Rockefeller said in a statement provided to The Huffington Post.</p>
<p>&#8220;In making the case for war, the Administration <b>repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated, contradicted, or even non-existent</b>. As a result, the American people were led to believe that the threat from Iraq was much greater than actually existed. &#8230; There is no question we all relied on flawed intelligence. But, there is a fundamental difference between relying on incorrect intelligence and deliberately painting a picture to the American people that you know is not fully accurate.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>And in <b>other Bush egregiousness</b>, parts of Iowa and Wisconsin are under water partly because <a href="http://www.globegazette.com/">levees failed</a>.</p>
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