Good Old City High School - was Re: [Peace-discuss] Is this being reported? - here's the snarky report from the WPost

Wed Apr 25 23:53:18 CDT 2007

I find the following two paragraphs completely offensive and inappropriate. Further, it is my opinion that had the subject of Kucinich's press conference been something that the mainstream media supports, for example increasing aid to install a democratic government in Iraq, this either would not have been written in the first place, or else it would have been edited out. To me, this is clearly supporting Cheney and the administration by belittling Kucinich personally. It is a perfect example of how, when push comes to shove, the "liberal" media supports the administration. However, I can see how a high school editor would love it.

  >Kucinich, however, did not find humor in the matter. Standing perhaps
>5 feet 6 inches tall in shoes, he wore a solemn face as he approached
>the microphones, which nearly reached his eye level. He beckoned to
>aides, who handed out thick binders detailing the case.
>
>Kucinich read at length from his articles of impeachment, undeterred
>by rush-hour traffic noise on Independence Avenue ("I'll wait till the
>truck goes by here," he said at one point) and wind that ruffled his
>text and the few strands of his hair that were insufficiently weighted
>by Brylcreem.

"John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:
  At 08:46 AM 4/25/2007, Robert Naiman wrote:

>Here's the snarky report from the Washington Post: The usual
>anti-Kucinich venom is on steroids. Amazing. We couldn't have printed
>Dana Milbank's piece in our high school newspaper.

As a former high school newspaper editor and founding editor of the public 
i, I don't find the article particularly objectionable from a journalistic 
standpoint, even if I may disagree with the tone. Sure, it communicates 
more than straight "facts" devoid of any spin whatsoever, but it may well 
be factually correct. Kucinich may well have been alone at the microphone, 
and he may well be utterly lacking in Congressional support. Milbank DID 
quote other sources. I actually enjoyed the humor a bit, while still 
thinking that Kucinich, the Voice Crying in the Wilderness, is correct.

We know that ALL journalists bring their own prejudices to bear, in ways 
subtle and not so subtle, on their journalism. The most serious flaw in 
the article from my perspective is what it does NOT address. It addresses 
Kucinich's recent one-man crusade to impeach Cheney (which Chuck, after 
all, thought was "newsworthy"), but it does NOT address Dick Cheney's many 
high crimes and misdemeanors, or whatever those impeachable offenses are 
termed. Those would and should be the subject of other articles, perhaps 
an investigative series. In any newspaper I owned, they would be.

John Wason

>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/24/AR2007042402341_pf.html
>
>Kucinich's Battle Against Cheney Not So (Im)Peachy Keen
>
>By Dana Milbank
>Wednesday, April 25, 2007; 8:18 AM
>
>
>"I do not stand alone," Dennis Kucinich said as he stood, alone, in
>front of a cluster of microphones yesterday evening.
>
>The Ohio congressman, a Democratic presidential candidate, was holding
>a news conference outside the Capitol to announce that he had just
>filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney. But
>subsequent questioning quickly revealed that Kucinich had not yet
>persuaded any of his 434 colleagues to be a cosponsor, that he had not
>even discussed the matter with House Democratic leaders, and that he
>had not raised the subject with the Judiciary Committee.
>
>Kucinich did have one thing: a copy of the Declaration of
>Independence. And he was not afraid to read it. "We hold these truths
>to be self-evident," the aspiring impeachment manager read at the
>start of his news conference. He continued all the way through the bit
>about the right of the people to abolish the government.
>
>"These words from the Declaration of Independence are instructive at
>this moment," he said.
>
>A reporter from the Cleveland Plain Dealer encouraged USS Kucinich to
>contact planet Earth. "But Nancy Pelosi says this is not going
>anywhere," she pointed out.
>
>"Have you talked to her today?" Kucinich shot back.
>
>"Yes, I did," she replied.
>
>Kucinich had not expected that answer. "Then I would say I have not
>talked to her," he acknowledged.
>
>It was not an auspicious beginning for the impeachment of Richard B. Cheney.
>
>Kucinich had called his news conference for noon on the terrace of the
>Cannon building. But minutes before the event, his office sent out a
>statement: "News reports this morning indicate the Vice President was
>experiencing a medical crisis. Until the vice president's condition is
>clarified, I am placing any action on hold."
>
>This was odd, because the vice president's spokeswoman had already
>announced that Cheney had merely gone to a doctor's office to check on
>a blood clot in his leg, which is improving. Cheney himself, far from
>suffering a medical crisis, joined Senate Republicans for lunch at the
>Capitol. "The leg's doing good," Cheney announced after lunch, his
>lips in his trademark snarl. Indeed, he was feeling so well that he
>chose to start a new fight with congressional Democrats. Senate
>Majority Leader Harry Reid was not only "uninformed and misleading,"
>but also practicing "defeatism," Cheney said. Democrats are guilty of
>"political calculation" and "blind opposition."
>
>Reid visited the same microphones minutes later to return the
>playground taunts: "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match
>with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating." And: "I'm not
>going to get into a name-calling match with the administration's chief
>attack dog."
>
>Kucinich evidently realized there was no reason for him to get cold
>feet just because of Cheney's leg. A few minutes after the Cheney-Reid
>showdown, the congressman arrived in the Speaker's Lobby off the House
>floor, handing out news releases to any reporter he could find:
>"Kucinich to Move Forward with Impeachment News Conference."
>
>Washingtonpost.com's Paul Kane showed the news release to House
>Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who declined to endorse the
>Kucinich crusade. "He was busily engaged in handing that out," Hoyer
>observed. "Beyond that, I don't have any thought about it."
>
>Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic caucus, was
>equally dismissive -- "Dennis can do what he wants; I'm not going to
>support it" -- but used the occasion to try out some Cheney material:
>"This is the biggest setback for the vice president since oil went
>under 65 bucks a barrel."
>
>Kucinich, however, did not find humor in the matter. Standing perhaps
>5 feet 6 inches tall in shoes, he wore a solemn face as he approached
>the microphones, which nearly reached his eye level. He beckoned to
>aides, who handed out thick binders detailing the case.
>
>Kucinich read at length from his articles of impeachment, undeterred
>by rush-hour traffic noise on Independence Avenue ("I'll wait till the
>truck goes by here," he said at one point) and wind that ruffled his
>text and the few strands of his hair that were insufficiently weighted
>by Brylcreem.
>
>Tom Ferraro of Reuters asked Kucinich if any other lawmakers supported
>impeachment.
>
>"Because this resolution is so weighty in its import, it's going to be
>important for members of Congress to have sufficient time to study the
>articles," Kucinich answered.
>
>We'll take that as a no. "So at this point you stand alone?" Ferraro pressed.
>
>"I believe I stand with millions of Americans," Kucinich parried.
>
>Someone else asked why Kucinich targeted Cheney but not Cheney's boss.
>"There's a practical reason," the congressman explained. "If we were
>to start with the president and pursue articles of impeachment, Mr.
>Cheney would then become president. . . . You would then have to go
>through the constitutional agony of impeaching two presidents
>consecutively."
>
>It was a valid point. If Kucinich is having this much trouble
>impeaching one vice president, imagine the difficulty impeaching two
>presidents.
>
>
>On 4/25/07, Chuck Minne wrote:
>
>>Here we see that Kucinich has filed three articles of impeachment against 
>>Cheney. The question is: "Is this Newsworthy?"
>>
>>Is it being reported in the mainstream media? On NPR? I really don't know 
>>and am curious. It seems to be newsworthy to me.
>>
>>
>>
>>April 24, 2007
>>
>>
>>Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has just introduced Articles of 
>>Impeachment against Vice-President Dick Cheney.
>>
>>Kucinich Files Three Articles of Impeachment against Cheney
>>
>>Article I
>>The Vice President of the United States, Richard B. Cheney, has purposely 
>>manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress 
>>of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass 
>>destruction to justify the use of the U.S. Armed Forces against the 
>>nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests.
>>
>>Article II
>>The Vice President of the United States, Richard B. Cheney, has purposely 
>>manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens 
>>and Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between 
>>Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the use of the U.S. Armed Forces 
>>against the nation of Iraq in a manner damagin to our national security 
>>interests.
>>
>>Article III
>>In his conduce while Vice President of the United States, Richard B. 
>>Cheney, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the 
>>office of Vice President of the United States and, to the best of his 
>>ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United 
>>States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the 
>>laws be faithfully executed, has openly threatened aggression against the 
>>Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the the United States, and 
>>done so with the United States' proven capability to carry out such 
>>threats, thus undermining the national security of the United States.
>>
>>The full text of H. Res. 333 is now available here, along with supporting 
>>documentation.
>>
>>
>>Okay folks, it's on! Now is the time to speak up loud and clear to demand 
>>that Congress do the right thing and impeach Cheney, and that the media 
>>give this story the attention it deserves. A page has been set up at 
>>ImpeachCheney.org with complete information on whom to contact to make 
>>this happen. Do it now!

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