Republicans for Impeaching Bush and Cheney

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On Feb. 28, 2008, Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California made a speech on the House Floor condemning a wide range of abuses by the Bush administration, including stonewalling an investigation into links between the Oklahoma City bombing and 9/11. Rohrabacher enjoys the highest of ratings among conservative watch groups, including 92% from FreedomWorks and an “A” from the National Rifle Association. Following are excerpts from the hour-long speech.

“The disdain and uncooperative nature that this administration has shown toward Congress, including Republican Members, is so egregious that I can no longer assume that it is simply bureaucratic incompetence or isolated mistakes. Rather, I have come to the sad conclusion that this administration has intentionally obstructed Congress’ rightful and constitutional duties.”

“Tonight, I will provide examples of how this administration for the past 7 years has undercut congressional investigators, has lied to Members of Congress, and has forged ahead with secret deals in spite of efforts and pleas by Congress to be informed, if not involved.”

“The tragic case of wrongly imprisoned Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean exemplifies the worst aspects of this administration’ s attitude problem, and will forever leave a black mark on this administration.”

” I worked for 7 years as a special assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, as much as people can disagree or agree with the policies that he espoused, was a person who never acted arrogantly towards others. He never, when he was giving State of the Union messages, never used the word “must,” never made demands.”

“There’s a balance of power here set up by our Founding Fathers. And it’s important, whether you’re Republican or Democrat, that we maintain this balance of an authority, the legislative, executive, and judicial in this country, and we should not be setting precedents that the President of the United States has the lion’s share of the power in this great democracy of ours.”

“George Bush was elected President, not king.”

Full Text of speech [Read more →]

Dear Congressmen,

We the undersigned write to you as registered Republicans who abhor what this administration has done to our Constitution and to our country. From running up the most massive debt in United States history, to undermining Americans’ basic constitutional rights, to the conduct of a foreign policy in which the language of force has become the sole currency, the damage to our institutions, to our prestige, and to our traditions of liberty continues. We abhor that the party of Barry Goldwater and Dwight Eisenhower, rightly the party of limited government, fiscal responsibility, and the primacy of the Constitution, has been hijacked by an Executive Branch holding a NeoCon-authoritarian ideology rather than a truly conservative one.

Bruce Fein of the American Freedom Agenda has said: “As fellow conservatives, we believe we have a greater responsibility than most to stand up to this particular Administration and demand that it respect the checks and balances established by the Founding Fathers. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, regardless of party affiliation, and we can no more remain silent to the abuses occurring under President Bush than we could if a President Clinton were in office.” [Read more →]