I’m not sure what is particularly “Likud” in the analysis you project on them (which at any rate does seem to be Israel’s foreign policy). The Likud is not nearly as ideologically monolithic as you portray it. Perhaps your education on the subject isn’t as complete as you imagine. Maybe both Gilchrist and you should move on to the second grade.

Two things impress me about Kucinich.

First, his absolute courage in going it alone when necessary as a matter of principle.

Second, the systematic nature of his analysis of what is wrong with the United States, which those wed intractably to ideological stereotypes will never understand.

To all the disinformation posters above: Iran has the capability of sinking every single ship the US Navy has in the Gulf. They don’t have nukes, and know that the US and Israel do (and are sick enough to use them), but I don’t believe they will bow to a bully as ugly as they are facing. And I also believe that after an attack on Iran there would be a huge effort to buy nukes on the black market, so they could do a tit-for-tat. Moral people don’t commit mass murder, and sane people don’t imagine that after they commit mass murder they are “safer.” The NeoVermin are neither moral nor sane…..but I state the uber-obvious.

I don’t know Pelosi and have no desire to do so. All the evidence in regard to her taking impeachment off the table points to some kind of deal. Who or what the deal or with whom is not clear to me.

Conyers was initially enthusiastic about impeachment. He is now confining himself to enigmatic remarks. At one point he suggested that he considered bipartisan support necessary. At another point, he mentioned that if Bush or(vel) Cheney were impeached but not convicted the situation might be worse.

Nixon was not impeached but resigned. He resigned among other things because important members of his own party called for him to do so and had joined the impeachment efforts.

I have seen no one point it out, but that helped saved the Republican party–not in the election that followed so much, as afterwards.

Compared to Bush and Cheney, Nixon was a choir boy, pure as the driven snow.

I have no brief for the Republicans or Democrats. Except for a few individuals I haseve been through with both the parties for many years.

I do agree with Roberts, however, that short of impeaching,destroying the Republican party is the only option that constitutes accountability for some of the crimes committed.

Even if McCain, by some stretch of the imagination, were electable–it is virtually the end of the Republican Party, save for the Neo-Cons.

For that reason I do not understand the reluctance of anti-war Republicans in Congress, who give some indication of being antiwar, not moving enthusiastically with Kucinich on impeachment, earlier or now.

The biggest mystery on that front is Ron Paul. Did he, like Pelosi, make some deal?

Was he bought off?

The virtues of impeachment are many, whether Cheney (first) or Bush or both:

(1) criminals are immediately removed from office where they can do no more damage
(2) plans to attack Iran are dropped or suspended
(3) if Bush is the one impeached, he cannot pardon people who either committed crimes
under his direction or were witnesses to his crimes and others’
(4) a quick exit strategy in Iraq becomes persuasive
(5) repairing the image of the US around the world becomes possible, including in regard to the seriousness with which Americans take their Constitution and government
(6) the way is prepared for War crimes trials
(7) Bush and Cheney might lose both their pensions and Secret Service protection depending how impeachiment is interpretated
(8) impeachment of Bush or Cheney castrates the NeoCons and deals a blow to the Likud and AIPAC, etc.
(9) the next elected chief executive, whoever it is, knows that he he accountable to Congress forhis actions
(10)the US Congress becomes more than a rubber stamp

This is just a quick sketch of some of the benefits.

So there is no way to register my opinion on the matter because such resolution does not exist. Must not be an issue in my fairly strongly anti-war congressional district. Even a retired political science prof and regular NPR listener had never heard of the resolution.

So how do you stand on a freeway overpass with a sign that says STOP 362 when nobody would know what you were talking about.

There is a bizarre, dreamlike quality about this.

My dear fellows, get serious.

Either there are criminals in the the White House that must be removed immediately or there are not.

Silence on the impeachment issue simply validates the idea that there is a legitimate Federal Executive and shows exactly what kind of “Constitutionalism” you practice.

And blaming the Democrats carries no weight. Some Democrats have joined Kucinich in his impeachiment efforts.

Who is the first anti-war Republican that is going to put his vote where his mouth is?

Peace be with you.