In 1999, President William Jefferson Clinton was the subject of an Impeachment hearing. The reason for his Impeachment? Disavowing any sexual contact with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, then later admitting to it. He got a blow job and lied about it. This exact thing happens thousands (if not millions) of times daily throughout the world. The Republican-controlled Congress, fresh off its wins using the "Contract With America" scam, cried, bitched, and started a moral witch hunt; Clinton was brought to trial.

In Clinton's trial, there were four charges brought against him: Two counts of Purjory, one of Obstruction of Justice, and one of Abuse of Power. Only one count of Purjory and the Obstruction charge made it. The House voted to impeach him, the Senate did not.

Four charges.

The IBC, however, has compiled a laundry list of charges against President George Walker Bush that makes Bill Clinton look exactly like what he was: a simple, unfaithful husband. From their website, written by Richard Matthews:

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush, President of the United States, has so conducted himself and his office as to cause the people of the State to doubt his integrity and to believe that his official actions as president have constituted High Crimes and Misdemeanors having repeatedly and intentionally violated and ignored the United States Constitution and other laws of the United States; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush has ordered the federalization and deployment of this state's National Guard members overseas and thus has exceeded the authority granted in the provision of the United States Constitution that Congress shall have the power to "provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections and repel invasions," reserving to the State Assembly, the State Senate, and the Governor of this state the authority to direct the training and arming of members of the state's National Guard for defense of the state; and

"WHEREAS, The federalization and deployment of National Guard members has rendered the National Guard force unable to carry out its state activities effectively and thus deprived the state of its Constitutional power to keep the National Guard for defense of the state; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush has allowed stop-loss orders that violate the mutual understanding between Californians in the Armed Forces including the National Guard and the state and nation they agreed to serve; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted that he willingly and repeatedly directed unwarranted surveillance of U. S. persons, in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of the United States; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush committed a felony under 18 U.S.C. 1001 by withholding information from Congress about doubts in the intelligence community about Bush's justification for war; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush committed a felony under section 1001 by providing information to Congress he knew or should have known to be false, including the claim that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger and the claim that Iraq gave aid and comfort to the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush committed a felony under section 1001 by providing information to Congress he knew or should have known to be false, including the claim that the cost of the Medicare bill would not exceed the limits Congress intended; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush committed felonies under 18 U.S.C. 641 and 643 by embezzling funds authorized for use in the war in Afghanistan and diverting it to an as-yet unauthorized build-up towards war in Iraq; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush committed felonies, namely espionage, fraud, or obstruction of justice, through involvement in the cover-up of the leak of Valerie Wilson's identity; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush has committed an act of terrorism under 18 U.S.C. 2339A by ordering the kidnapping of President Aristide, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 956; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush has approved of torture under the name of stress and duress, has denied the applicability of existing laws and treaties against torture, and has indicated in his signing statement of H.R. 1815 his future intention to continue to disregard such laws and treaties; and

"WHEREAS, George W. Bush has repeatedly acted to expand the power of a unitary executive in violation of the principle of balance of power; and

"WHEREAS, the administration of the United States' invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq has resulted in the waste of assets, through incompetence, insufficient oversight, insufficient planning, and no-bid contracts..."

That's a few more than four. So many, in fact, that I decided to shrink the text size. Bill Clinton simply lied about a blow job. Dubya has so much more against him. It's obvious that, by the simple precident set forth in the Clinton Impeachment, Bush should be brought before Congress to answer to these charges.

And while we're at it, we should bring Vice President Dick Cheney before Congress, too. He's just as guilty as Dubya of many (if not more) of the above charges.

But nothing is happening.

Why?

We still have a Republican-controlled Congress. And we have a Constitution that is eerily hush-hush on what constitutes a "high crime or misdemeanor." The Republicans obviously want to stay in line with their leadership's ideals, and likely won't bring Impeachment upon the Administration without adequate pressure. The Democrats still lack the backbone to speak up on issues like RealID and Domestic Wiretaps, let alone Impeachment. The don't have the numbers, nor the spines, to force the hand of the Right.

The only possible way to get this on the table is if the States themselves force the issue. There are enough States with the gumption to do it, too. Blue States like California, New York, Connecticut and my native Pennsylvania. If enough States sign on, then Congress will have no choice but to listen.

I'm urging all Stateside BP readers to get involved. Write your local State Reps. Send them copies of the Articles of Impeachment above. And don't just send one. Send in one every three days. Get your friends, your family, to start sending them. Let them know that we've had enough.

It's time to take back this country. Our country. It's time we had Government Of The People, By The People, FOR The People again.