Just impeach already

By GottaLaff

Brad Sherman: Is non-feasance an impeachable offense?

Fein: Yes.

Tammy Baldwin: Eerie and disturbing similarities between lead up to Iraq, and now Iran. Would an impeachment inquiry have an impact?

Anderson: Nothing short of criminal sanctions would stop them if they wanted to attack.

Fein: You have the power of oversight of EVERY power: judicial, executive... checking EVERY power.

Dennis Kucinich: I examined both Iraq resolutions and they weren't backed up by fact. We were told Iraq was a security threat. It wasn't true, and there was intel at the time to suggest the White House knew it wasn't true. We were told Iraq possessed and was developing WMD. We learned that was not true, and there's evidence to suggest the WH knew at that time it wasn't true. [He goes on to read more about the Iraq "threats"] This came from the resolutions that Congress was presented. Start with post-war analysis that prove that the assertions weren't fact based. The intel said to be acted upon was selective, even though there were contradictions from CIA and State. Then look at which intel was right, and not used or acted upon. Then go into who was it that shaped the wrong intel and caused it to be acted upon. That would lead to people in high positions in this government.

Ellison: So shouldn't we weigh the facts? To see if this were true? If these were proved, wouldn't that be a basis for an inquiry?

Presser: Sure, they could form the basis for an inquiry.

Rabkin: I'm not sure what we're talking about now. If he says they knowingly deceived Congress, that's a basis for an inquiry.

Kucinich: It's the role of Judiciary, that if this was false, then it's appropriate to make an inquiry to get the truth. Then the committee could decide, send a report to the full House. I'm here to get to the truth. Was Congress presented a case for war not based on truth?