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Friday, June 27, 2008

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Dear editor, The 35 articles of impeachment of George W. Bush, which were read into the Congressional Record by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, are arguably the most important material you will read in your lifetime.

They clearly lay out proof of the commission of "high crimes and misdemeanors" which, under the United States Constitution, mandate impeachment. This is not a choice that Nancy Pelosi gets to make. To impeach or not to impeach is not the question. With the evidence read into the record, impeachment is now mandatory. Any congressperson who does not push for impeachment at this point is in violation of the Constitution and is an accessory to war crimes and should be tried as such. Go to the site, print out the articles, read and reread. Then let your Congress know that you are "mad as hell" and you aren't going to take this anymore. The only choice is impeach or get out of the people's house. Impeach or be tried as an accessory to war crimes.

http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/amomentoftruth.pdf. Nancy Pelosi at (415) 556-4862 or (202) 225-4965. Mike Thompson at 226-9898 or (202) 225-3311. John Conyers at (202) 225-5126.

Norma J. Tofanelli / Calistoga

37 comment(s)

Hear Ye wrote on Jun 27, 2008 12:35 AM:

" Uh oh, here comes the calvary. Brace yourself Norma.

I'm mostly interested in how many times U.F.O and aliens will be referenced in the comments to this letter. "

funnyme wrote on Jun 27, 2008 5:51 AM:

" "...Any congressperson who does not push for impeachment at this point is in violation of the Constitution and is an accessory to war crimes and should be tried as such..."

Does this mean that if we impeach President Bush we could get rid of the some congress people too?

This could be entertaining. "

Madison Jay Hamilton wrote on Jun 27, 2008 6:06 AM:

" There is a lot of evidence with which to conclude that President George Bush Vice President Cheney are guilty of numerous high crimes and misdemeanors. Impeachment in the House of Representatives would not guarantee that they would be removed from public office; however, the subsequent trials held in the Senate would offer Americans an opportunity to learn more about how Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have behaved while in charge of the government's executive branch. Resolutions for impeachment that have already been offered in the House of Representatives are worthy of support. "

antipc wrote on Jun 27, 2008 7:14 AM:

" Impeach Bush, bash America, loath the military, negotiate with terrorists,blah, blah, blah.
Norma, you should be thankful we are killing terrorists in Iraq & Afganistan instead of them killing us here.

Hey Skip, what should we do with Kucinich? "

Sandra wrote on Jun 27, 2008 8:28 AM:

" hey, I also am mad as hell at congress...after all, they are the ones that get things done, not the president...he just signs off on things...They had the same info as Bush, and what did they do with it? I say Impeach congress....they have been particularly idle these last 8 years....too much sitting on their hands, and complaining. What do you think Norma? "

glenroy wrote on Jun 27, 2008 8:37 AM:

" I agree, call Pelosi and tell her you support her impeachment….very few in our nations history have attained such wealth as she has while ‘serving the people’ in congress. Asked her to explain the hundreds of millions of tax dollars directed towards a company her son manages…ask about 30 million dollar condos …..

While you have Nancy on the phone remind her of ‘The Democrat Common sense approach to lowering fuel costs’…they’ll be up 300% by this August less than 2 years after she implemented her plan to reduce our cost at the pump.

You folks voted these public troth thieves into office now enjoy the fruits of your desires along with the $7.00 gallon gas around the corner… "

funnyme wrote on Jun 27, 2008 8:47 AM:

" ...And while you are at the phone with your elected ones don't forget to send a big "THANK YOU" to Mr. President Bush for keeping our right to DEFEND OURSELVES intact!
Mr. Bush, THANK YOU! "

John Richards wrote on Jun 27, 2008 9:28 AM:

" The fact that Kucinich is the one pushing this should tell you something. When he was running as a presidential candidate, what did he get, about 3% of the vote? He is so far out in kookoo land that hardly anyone pays attention to him. It is a shame that Congress can't accomplish something positive instead of wasting time on hounding a president who is on his way out the door anyway. "

davidswanson wrote on Jun 27, 2008 9:32 AM:

" Take Action.

Latest News from Congress.

The 35 Articles of Impeachment with video, commentary and blog links, and documentation.

Video of Congressman Dennis Kucinich reading all 35 articles.

Statements in Support.

Other Impeachment News.

Don't Forget Cheney.

Answers to All Your Questions.

Impeachment Resource Center. "

Bauhausfan wrote on Jun 27, 2008 9:39 AM:

" So I guess it's ok to violate the 4th amendment as long as he says he is doing it for the "right" reason.

Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the
Fourth Amendment
Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the
Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens "

Bauhausfan wrote on Jun 27, 2008 9:45 AM:

" " Jonathon Turley is a constitutional law professor who testified that Clinton should be impeached. Here is his take on Bush impeachment. So if this man whose job is to know the constitution mentions the words "clear Presidential crimes" is he just full of it now but wasn't when it came to Clinton being impeached?

Olbermann: “I’ve often argued here, that even if you don’t think the words aren’t lead to any actions, say the words anyway, simply to get them on the record for history and simply because, nothing has ever changed from bad to good in this country without somebody first saying, this is bad. Assess the importance of what Dennis Kucinich did last night.”

Turley: “You know, it is very important. The fact is, that this is not supposed to happen the way it’s happened in the last seven years. The framers, I think, would have been astonished by the absolute passivity, if not the collusion of the Democrats in protecting President Bush from impeachment. I mean, they created a system that was essentially idiot-proof, and God knows we’ve put that to the test in the past few years, but I don’t think they anticipated that so many members of the opposition would stand quietly in the face of clear presidential crimes.” " "

Dwayne wrote on Jun 27, 2008 10:11 AM:

" Kucinich is a nut case.... ....

Only the "hate Bush" radicals would give this any credibility... BTW - Accusations are not proof, unless you are part of the biased media. "

antipc wrote on Jun 27, 2008 10:37 AM:

" Thank God, now we have the insight of a professor, that changes everything.

Leftist college professors haven't dumbed me down. So I'll support Bush's efforts to defend this country from future terrorist attacks. "

a teacher wrote on Jun 27, 2008 11:29 AM:

" First off, FunnyMe please don't give Bush the credit for the Supreme Court's decision. The people who is nominations replaced could well have voted with the majority.

Secondly, please give it up on impeachment, it's not happening. The Democratic leadership has long since decided that impeaching Bush would make them look bad and probably not work.

My favorite line in this letter is: "Then let your Congress know that you are "mad as hell" and you aren't going to take this anymore" Like Mike Thompson gives a $@%#!, what anyone thinks.

This Administration has nothing but contempt for the Congress (that includes members of their party). All the proof you need is in yesterday's testimony by Addington and Yoo. It's really hard to blame them. The Republicans gave Bush whatever he wanted and the Democrats have failed to be an opposition party. "

ADark1 wrote on Jun 27, 2008 1:17 PM:

" Couldn't have said it any better Teach! BTW, I'm not sure about Addington and Yoo.,

Hear Ye?

Well Yoo if not an alien, could be an illegal alien..maybe Addington was the pilot of the spaceship! :) "

plasticpinkflamingo wrote on Jun 27, 2008 1:29 PM:

" I'll on board with the call to impeach Congress, every last one of them!

That way we can not only impeach McCain, but we can impeach HRC and Obama!

Yeah, let's get this going NOW!!! "

plasticpinkflamingo wrote on Jun 27, 2008 1:46 PM:

" Impeachment of Congress is justified because they have enabled all the problems that Bush is blamed for. They therefore have at least equal culpability.

But the question is, with Congress and the President impeached, will we find out we really didn't need them at all in the first place???? "

Hear Ye wrote on Jun 27, 2008 2:58 PM:

" I read the pretty extensive article/interview with Yoo in Esquire and I have to say he seems like a pretty interesting guy. Definitely sounded like a college professor. It seems to me he got played by the Administration.

Kucinich is a little wacky but he means well. Plus, there is no doubt that the guy married up. "

freeport56 wrote on Jun 27, 2008 3:57 PM:

" Kucinich has Napoleon complex. He is the original author of "The 9-11 was an iside job".

Trust me folks, I am trying real hard to figure out what they are getting at. We were attacked 11 times under Clinton. Maybe W should have just blown up another aspirin factory.

Too bad I liked norma's Zin. "

freeport56 wrote on Jun 27, 2008 4:03 PM:

" Hey kids-

You are leaving DiFi out. She steered Millions of Dollars to her Husbands contruction company in the form of Military contracts. That is why she resigned her committe post.

"The lot of them, both sides of the isle, should be FIRED!"
-Freeport56 6/2008 "

freeport56 wrote on Jun 27, 2008 4:06 PM:

" OKAY POINT OF ORDER!

I tried enclosing links in an email and they were not published because of that. How does Norma Toffanelli get a pass.

Doug? Kevin? "

MarshaMarsha wrote on Jun 27, 2008 4:56 PM:

" The real tragedy here is that no matter what evidence anyone has to impeach members of The Powers That Be, there are more of the same politicians, lots and lots more, to replace the ones that you run out on a rail.

Every politician has an agenda, they want things their own way. Some politicians are willing to do extreme things to complete their agenda. Running the government of the United States isn't easy, by any means.

Ship out Bush, Cheney, and whomever else you think is guilty. First thing in the morning, there will be another set of politicians working out another agenda. The only thing impeachment will get us is a different set of secret handshakes. "

Raven wrote on Jun 27, 2008 7:22 PM:

" So...how long will it take for people to realize that the votes are simply not there....you don't have enough in the House to make the charges, and definitely not enough in the Senate to convict. To spend the remaining months of "Shrub's" term on trying to impeach either him or Cheney is simply a waste of time and money.
As for the members of congress, you already have a tool in November you can use if you don't like the way he or she is performing...vote in someone else. "

russ wrote on Jun 27, 2008 8:30 PM:

" The loons are walking among us. Even Hear Ye agrees.

Norma and others, do you have nothing more to be miserable about? Is miserableness in the liberal, Democrat or Bush hater DNA? Your misery is very entertaining.

Norma, take a deep breath and go hug your grandkids.

I am beginning to think that Marsha is a wise analyst. "

a teacher wrote on Jun 27, 2008 9:16 PM:

" I dunno Russ, listening to you guys trash Clinton 8 years after he left office tells me that you are into many, many years of listening to this kind of stuff... "

Skip M. wrote on Jun 27, 2008 9:59 PM:

" Impeach Obama – Might as well get the ball rolling…

Impeach H.R. Clinton – The initials remind me of H.R. Puff-n-Stuff…

Impeach Kucinich – Hard to do when the guy can’t survive a primary…

Impeach John F. Kerry – If nothing else than for a lame attempt at usurping a fabled set of initials…

Impeach Skip M. – While he has about as much chance of getting elected as Kucinich, you know he just might have a plan for world domination. "

Skip M. wrote on Jun 27, 2008 10:01 PM:

" Hey, what happened to the global warming thread? We seem to have passed from impeachment to impeachment and circumvented a cycle. PPF, did you have anything to do with this? "

Hear Ye wrote on Jun 27, 2008 10:12 PM:

" Russ- fair enough. Kucinich is even too liberal for me. But, I also respect his consistency and passion.

MarshMarsha- Obviously you were against the impeachment of Clinton, right? Your words seem to say that.

I hope some of you know that you can be a good republican and not support Bush at the same time. As a registered member of the Democratic party I often get peeved at the Democrats in Congress. I certainly don't support the likes of Sharpton who more often than not disgusts me. The only "teams" I unconditionally support are the Giants, 49ers, and Sharks. Politics shouldn't be played the same way. If one of you regular Repubs in here didn't support Bush I promise I wouldn't think any MORE of you. "

MarshaMarsha wrote on Jun 28, 2008 1:04 AM:

" Hear Ye: I'm in favor of impeachment for anyone stupid enough to get caught in public with their drawers down around their ankles (figuratively and literally). The best politicians bury the dead deep, so they stay dead.

My point is simply that somewhere, there's a politician factory pumping them out at alarming rates. If you impeach someone then it's a roll-of-the-dice what you'll get next time. "

kevin wrote on Jun 28, 2008 10:18 AM:

" Marshamarsha actually has a good point. Because of the poisioned environment the Executive Branch has become, no one qualified to be President actually appears to WANT to be President.

At least none in this election cycle... "

bloodagar wrote on Jul 1, 2008 3:10 PM:

" I for one, support some of the Articles of Impeachment without Removal from office (that would be silly now)...
Art. II,
Art. IX & X,
Art. XIV,
Art. XVII-XX,
Art. XXII-XXV (FISA warrants weren't enough?)
and Art. XXXIII.

Other than that, hold the Appropriations Committee responsible for funding the war and then pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. "

bloodagar wrote on Jul 1, 2008 3:13 PM:

" Cheney should be impeached the same as Clinton (I supported impeachment there too) and for the same reason....shooting someone in the face. "

jwk wrote on Jul 7, 2008 12:11 PM:

" YOU ARE RIGHT! We should start Pre-Impeachment proceedings for The Radical, Racist, Anti-American, Islamic, Tax Raising, Illegal ailen Loving, Weak on Defense, Mil;itary Depleting, Lying Barracka Hussein Obama-Osama what ever you call this Inexperienced, Inadequate Excuse for a Candidate!!! Makes the Lame John McCain look like a Jewel!! "

kevin wrote on Jul 10, 2008 11:16 AM:

" jwk, please tell us how you REALLY feel.

Lying may be too strong of language, but Obama is definitely the candidate of CHANGE; he changed his position on public campaign financing, on government funding of faith based social programs, on late term abortions, on the Second Amendment, on immediately removing the troops from Iraq and now the lastest "change", he voted "aye" on retroactive immunity for the telecom companies involved with the Foreign Surviellance Act.

I know he is "running for the middle" now that the primaries are over. That's what politicians do in election years (except McCain) but it does tend to tarnish his halo a little and it distracts from his "messiah" image of being a "different" type of candidate. It remains to be seen if this tactic affects his poll numbers with his base of new voters who are supposedly motivated by his being "different". He wouldn't have done it if his polling data said it wouldn't play well.... "

cab e-girl wrote on Jul 11, 2008 12:07 PM:

" Norma, how do you feel knowing that the US just removed 550 metric tons of yellow cake plutonium from Iraq. Silly you. "

Hear Ye wrote on Jul 11, 2008 5:50 PM:

" Probably not feeling very silly in that regard. We already went over the Yellowcake "

cab e-girl wrote on Jul 11, 2008 6:48 PM:

" Yes and we have gone over impeachment. Just because some left wing nuts want to impeach Bush, doesn't mean they have "real grounds" to impeach. As much hatred as there is for Bush by the left, if they had a valid reason to impeach, they would have done so by now. Can we move forward now? "

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