BushCo’s Worst Nightmare Is Not Just A Bad Dream
A tisket, a tasket,
Impeachment if we ask it…
Two of my regular readers (they know who they are!) independently sent me certain details concerning Nancy Pelosi reversing her declaration that Impeachment was “off the table” due to the huge outcry to do so by the delegates to the California Democratic Convention.
This comes hard on the heels of Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s call for impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
Kucinich was supported by Mayors Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City and John Shields of Nyack, NY; Washington State Senator Eric Oemig; Arcata [CA] City Councilman Dave Meserve; and former government officials, including Daniel Ellsberg; David MacMichael, a former analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and a member of the steering committee of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity; and retired Army Colonel Ann Wright, a career diplomat who quit in protest the day the war began.
Much more on the flip side.
The abridgement of the emails I received:
If you agree that Bush and Cheney should be impeached, please call Nancy Pelosi quickly.
I just called, and Nancy Pelosi’s office is counting incoming calls.
Begin forwarded message:
PLEASE CALL Nancy Pelosi’s office right now. Here’s the deal as forwarded to me:
House Speaker Pelosi’s office is taking calls voting for Impeachment of Bush/Cheney at 202-225-0100.
Folks, each of you who have been wanting Impeachment, need to commit right now to ask at least 10 others to call and ask each person to commit to asking 10 others to call and so on. It needs to happen fast and NOW. Let’s shower the Speaker’s office with demands for Impeachment of Bush AND Cheney.
Please make a call, and thanks so very much.
HERE IS A LIST OF TOLL FREE CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD NUMBERS:
1 (800) 828 - 0498
1 (800) 459 - 1887
1 (800) 614 - 2803
1 (866) 340 - 9281
1 (866) 338 - 1015
1 (877) 851 - 6437
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Ellis Goldberg
TriValley Democratic Club President
www.TrivalleyDems.comWatch the Video of Impeachment Protests at CA Dem Party Convention, 4/27-29 http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/21981
Sparked by an insurgency among delegates, the California Democratic Party has taken an historic step forward on the issue of impeachment. In a resolution affirmed by the full state party convention Sunday, the Democrats called on the U.S. Congress to use its subpoena power to investigate misdeeds of President Bush and Vice President Cheney – and to hold the Administration accountable “with appropriate remedies and punishment, including impeachment.” The delegate insurgency was coordinated by PDA and our allies.
While Speaker Pelosi had declared impeachment “off the table,” the Democratic Party rank-and-file has demonstrated its commitment to putting the issue “on” the table. And it’s no longer just the rank-and-file: Even among the members of the convention’s Resolutions Committee (appointed by the California Party chair), the impeachment resolution was the top vote-getter (tied with one other resolution).
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Coming on the heels of mass actions and resolutions across the country in support of impeachment, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s introduction of Articles of Impeachment against Cheney, this action by the powerful California Democratic Party builds on the pro-impeachment momentum.
The resolution refers to Bush and Cheney having acted in a manner “subversive of the Constitution” by. . .
1) using false information to justify the invasion of Iraq
2) authorizing “the torture of prisoners of war”
3) “authorizing wiretaps on U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant”
4) “disclosing the name of an undercover CIA operative”
5) suspending “the historic Writ of Habeas Corpus by ordering the indefinite detention of so-called enemy combatants”
6) “signing statements used to ignore or circumvent portions of over 750 Congressional statutes”
The resolution ends by calling for “vigorous investigation” and “appropriate remedies and punishment, including impeachment.”
Read the resolution: http://pdamerica.org/articles/campaigns/2007-04-30-22-44-10-campaigns.php
This was an example of the Party grassroots speaking its mind, and the Party officials responding to the call. This action represents the successful culmination of PDA’s one-month, eleven-city barnstorming tour across California – aimed at putting impeachment and ending the occupation of Iraq at the top of the Party’s agenda.
Thanks to all your help and support - we really are making a difference!
In Solidarity, Tim Carpenter
Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal: Extend the victory of Nov. 2006 into a permanent, progressive majority. PDA’s advisory board includes six members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin and Rev. Lennox Yearwood.
More info: http://pdamerica.org/.
Full Text of the Resolution http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/21970
I’m hoping that this is the beginning of the awakening of America after that long period of Mourning in America begun under Ronald Reagan. It’s been far too long in coming, and there is much that is already lost. Reconstructing the nation eviscerated by the neo-confidence gang will be no easy task, especially considering the numbers of those who still refuse to see that it is the entire Empire has no clothes and not just Emperor Wannabee. Add in the looming economic crisis, and the stage is almost set for an authentic re-enactment of the decline and fall of the Weimar Republic by the American Republic.
It will take all of what remains of the once-formidable block of true American patriots to prevent this vile goal of those who usurped the mantle of conservative from being realized. It really is war between the extremist Bushies and the rest of America, and even if it looks like the Bush regime is in the bunker while their enemies control the streets above, appearances can be deceiving.
This is not the time to let up, to go along to get along. The nation must be saved from the predators who use Predators as implements of “statecraft”. It will mean forcing those we elected to represent us to actually do so, even to the point of recalling those who won’t abide the Will of the People. (Note to Connecticut: You can claim the honor of being first and call Joe home.)
I know I get more readers than I’ve heard from, and I hope each of you will take action to save the country you love.
If not you, than who? If not now, when?