WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Green Party leaders expressed support for Rep. Cynthia
McKinney's (D-Ga.) motion for impeachment of President George W. Bush,
noting that the Green Party of the United States endorsed impeachment of the
President in 2003.
"No President is above the law, and we thank Rep.
McKinney for standing up for justice while the rest of her party retreats
from holding President Bush accountable for a litany of high crimes and
misdemeanors," said Nan Garrett, co-chair of the Georgia Green Party and one
of McKinney's constituents from the state's 4th Congressional District.
"Unless Democrats revive the bill in January, it will expire along with the
109th Congress, and the Bush Administration's criminality and abuses of
power will go unpunished."
Rep. McKinney, in her floor statement on Friday,
December 8, listed deceptions that the Bush Administration used to justify
launching an invasion of Iraq in 2003, including claims that Iraq possessed
WMDs and represented a threat to America and its own neighbors, and noted
that Mr. Bush authorized unlawful spying on American citizens, circumvented
the courts, violated the separation of powers provided by the Constitution,
and attempting to cover up by making false statements to the public.
The Green Party has offered similar lists of reasons to
impeach President Bush since 2003 <http://www.gp.org/press/pr_07_21_03.html>.
On December 18, 2005, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) introduced into a
resolution calling for the U.S. House to form "a select committee to
investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional
authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and
countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make
recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment."
Greens expressed disappointment that Rep. Conyers and
other Democrats have decided to not to act on the mountain of evidence that
Mr. Conyers himself has compiled that President Bush has broken the law (see
"The Constitution in Crisis; The Downing Street Minutes and Deception,
Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War" <http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/iraqrept.html>).
Greens also thanked Rep. McKinney for introducing living
wage legislation last week; the Green Party has made a guaranteed living
wage a major goal <http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_11_27.shtml>.
"Ms. McKinney was labeled a 9/11 conspiracy theorist in
the media a few years ago, but the same media refused to recognize that the
9/11 Commission confirmed her allegations that the Bush Administration knew
a lot more about the impending attacks than it admitted," said Katey Culver,
co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. "The media and the two
established parties are similarly dismissing Ms. McKinney's bill for
impeachment. The lesson is that a President can be impeached for lying about
sex, but not for lying about national security and shredding the U.S.
Constitution."
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
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Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
"Greens Call for Impeachment of Bush, Withdrawal
of Troops by the Winter Holidays"
Green Party press release, July 21, 2003
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_07_21_03.html
"Downing St. Memo is Evidence for Bush Impeachment"
Green Party press release, June 9, 2005
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_06_09.shtml
"Impeach Bush and Cheney Now!"
Green Party press release, January 3, 2006
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_01_03.shtml
"The Case for Impeachment: Why we can no longer afford
George W. Bush" By Lewis H. Lapham, Harper's Magazine, March 2006 Online
excerpt:
http://harpers.org/TheCaseForImpeachment.html
Green Party of the United States
Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037
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starlene@greens.org
