Rep. Dennis Kucinich's single impeachment article will get a committee hearing — but not on removing President Bush from office.
The House on Tuesday voted 238-180 to send his article of impeachment — for Bush's reasoning for taking the country to war in Iraq — to the Judiciary Committee, which buried Kucinich's previous effort.
This time, the panel will open hearings. But House Democratic leaders emphatically said the proceedings will not be about Bush's impeachment, a first step in the Constitution's process of a removing a president from office.
Instead, the panel will conduct an election-year review — possibly televised — of anything Democrats consider to be Bush's abuse of power. Kucinich, D-Ohio, is likely to testify. But so will several scholars and administration critics, Democrats said.
Of course, this is one of the rare times that House Democrats are actually telling you the truth. It's NOT about impeaching President Bush, it's about embarrassing Republicans as much as possible, and painting all of them in as negative light as possible.
That way, when the Presidential elections come around, it'll be easier to sway voters.
Kucinich may be a kook, but he's a good player at partisan politics.
Here's the roll call vote, in case you were wondering.
Travis
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