It’s not an April Fools story, so you know this one is real. I’m too excited to even think of anything witty to say so I’ll just report the story.

Presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich has introduced a measure (house resolution 333) to impeach US Vice President Dick Cheney. Kucinich wants to hold the vice president accountable for manipulating intelligence to fabricate the threat of Iraqi WMDs, manipulating intelligence to fabricate a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, and openly threatened aggression against Iran when they present no real threat to the United States.

At a Capitol Hill press conference, Kucinich explained his initiative by first quoting a section from the Declaration of Independence that “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.” Before explaining the articles against Cheney, Dennis also said, “It became obvious to me that this vice president, who was a driving force for taking the United States into a war against Iraq under false pretenses, is once again rattling the sabers of war against Iran with the same intent to drive America into another war, again based on false pretenses.”

The text of resolution HR 333, along with documentation supporting the articles, a summary of impeachment procedures, and a copy of the congressman’s letter to Cheney can be found at this link on Dennis’ site. The text of his speech can be found at the source link below.

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