Make Impeachment an Inescapable Election Issue

No Statue of Limitations on Impeachment,
Not Too Late to Punish Criminals

Cindy Sheehan, Congressional candidate in San Francisco, yesterday issued a call to recommit ourselves to the impeachment fight. She wrote, "Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Oh) has courageously introduced impeachment articles against the criminals, George Bush and Dick Cheney, and we have a short time now to show the executive branch (and the complicit members of the legislative branch) that they are not above the law and that no one can abuse our Constitution and/or commit our young people to die and kill innocents in wars for profit based on lies and greed."

Cindy is absolutely right. We have taken more than a few steps along the road to impeachment. Over 1,013,000 people have signed the ImpeachBush referendum, we've marched, we've sat-in, we've taken out prominent advertisements in major newspapers, and we've tirelessly called and written our legislative representatives. Click this link to make a donation to help the impeachment movement continue to move forward.

And regardless of how the Democratic leadership wished to avoid the issue, it could not be done. At last, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Oh) courageously introduced impeachment articles against George Bush and Dick Cheney, the criminals Cindy aptly calls "a stain on this republic."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- whom Cindy Sheehan is running against -- recently justified her opposition impeachment, claiming in Time Magazine that, "the Republicans would like nothing better than for us to focus on impeachment." Nothing could be further from the truth! John McCain and the Republican National Committee are hoping that the unpopular Bush administration will simply fade away and that our justified anger will fade away with it.

But their multiple crimes are too much to forget, too atrocious to allow go unpunished. Contrary to popular belief, there is not a statue of limitations on impeachment. Impeaching an elected official after they leave office prevents them from holding any future office, strips them of their government pension, and above all sends a message that the people of this country mean business. Whoever is elected next will know better.

This is actually a time of tremendous opportunity for the impeachment movement. During election season, all the incumbents and their contenders are forced to take up the people's issues -- like impeachment. The question is whether we will take action today to make impeachment an inescapable do-or-die issue for the Democratic incumbents.

Click this link to make a donation and allow the impeachment movement to take advantage of this important window of opportunity.