November 7, 2007 (LPAC)--With force and eloquence, Rep. Dennis Kucinich made the case for immediate impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney in two television interviews this morning, and gave the lie to hysterical claims that yesterday's vote in Congress to refer the matter to the Judiciary committee made impeachment a "dead issue."

In a separate comment, Kucinich said that the referral of his resolution to the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, put the resolution "in good hands."

In a feisty sparring match with MSNBC's Tucker Carlson, the Ohio Democrat pointed out that aircraft are being outfitted right now to bomb Iranian nuclear research facilities with bunker busters. "This would create an ecological and humanitarian disaster. We really are called upon to defend the Constitution," Kucinich said. "We can't afford to wait ... In a year, look at how much damage could be done."

Replying to the assertion by CBS commentator Harry Smith that Republicans had "called his bluff" in voting yesterday to have the debate on impeachment, Kucinich said:

"They didn't call my bluff. I was fully prepared for debate -- with a three-inch thick binder annotating the violations of law and the violations of the Constitution committed by the Vice President which would justify an impeachment."

"In Washington, the truth is an unidentified flying object. And it's time that someone stood for the truth. The American people demand nothing less," Kucinich concluded.