Kucinich: 'Imperial' vice president needs to be impeached David Edwards and Nick Juliano

Published: Monday July 9, 2007 Print This Email This Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, continued to stress his case for impeaching Vice President Dick Cheney, saying his role in pushing the false case for war is akin to a high crime against the constitution. "To me it's about the constitution, it's not about the personality," Kucinich said Monday morning on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show. "And the constitution requires the highest office holders to have the highest standards and obedience to the law, and I think serious questions have been raised, which is why I introduced the resolution." Kucinich predicted more members of Congress would join his impeachment push after a poll showed last week that a majority of Americans support the vice president's impeachment, as RAW STORY previously reported. The long-shot presidential candidate reminded Scarborough that he was among 31 Democrats who supported inquiries that led to former President Bill Clinton's impeachment in pointing out that partisan motives were not behind his current push. Because Cheney had "enormous influence" in pushing the US into war with Iraq and made "unequivocal statements" about Saddam Hussein's stockpiles of weapons mass destruction, he has abused the trust of the American people and no longer deserves to be in office, Kucinich said. "There's kind of an imperial vice presidency that's moved in," he said. "And I think that congress has to move forward to use the remedies that our founders set forth in the early debates about making those that hold the highest offices accountable." The following video is from MSNBC's Morning Joe, broadcast on July 9.



