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In September 2002 a reporter asked President Bush’s Chief of Staff Andy Card why the administration was suddenly pushing for an invasion of Iraq70×71. Card replied: “From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August.” Shortly before that push, Vice President Dick Cheney, in a speech to the V.F.W., had laid […]

Did you hear that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) brought articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney to the House floor on Tuesday of last week10? The nation’s leading paper, The New York Times didn’t carry the story, and it may well be that your local newspaper also didn’t have it11×20. The Washington Post, with […]

“I do not wish to Bush bash,” said Professor Walter Murphy in his speech at Princeton University last September, “but I do see that we are in the midst of a very severe [Constitutional] crisis01.” Murphy, a top constitutional scholar02, said that change in the U.S. Constitution, which occurs mostly through interpretation and usage, is […]

On Friday the U.S. House or Representatives passed a bill to spend $120 billion mostly for the occupation of Iraq, and to require withdrawing U.S. troops by September, 200850×51. During debate, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) – the only person running for president that voted against the Iraq war powers act – spoke against the bill52: […]

On December 8, 2006, George W. Bush became one of several U.S. presidents to face an impeachment action, when Rep. Cynthia McKinney brought a resolution to the House floor1×19. Her impeachment resolution cited Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for cooking intelligence to support their policy of war against Iraq, […]