The Emperor spoke and The People? Speak up to power! Richard -----Original Message----- From: dem-weekly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dem-weekly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Democrats.com News Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:00 AM To: dem-weekly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: New Year's Resolution: Impeach Bush and Cheney Let's Make our New Year's Resolution: To Impeach Bush and Cheney http://democrats.com/2006-resolution On December 15, the New York Times revealed George Bush secretly ordered the National Security Agency to spy on American citizens without warrants. Bush's actions deliberately violated the strict FISA law and subverted the Constitution - both of which are IMPEACHABLE offenses. Yet on December 17, Bush used his weekly radio address to brag that he broke the law repeatedly - "more than 30 times." Shortly afterwards, Richard Nixon's White House Counsel John Dean (of Watergate fame) was on a radio show with Senator Barbara Boxer. Dean pointed out that George Bush was the first president in history to confess to an impeachable crime. So why is a confessed criminal still in the White House - and not in jail??? Because George Bush believes he is above the law. He believes he is a dictator - even a king or an emperor. Bush claims his dictatorial powers derive from 9-11. But where was Bush after August 6, 2001 when he read the CIA memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States"? He was on vacation - the longest presidential vacation in history. And where was Bush on 9-11 itself after four commercial airliners were hijacked? He sat in a Florida classroom reading "My Pet Goat" - even after learning that two of the planes turned the Twin Towers into towering infernos. Then he flew west to get as far from Washington as possible. When American really needed a President to stop a heinous terrorist attack, George Bush went AWOL - just as he did to the National Guard in 1972. George Bush should have resigned on 9-11 for his gross failures of leadership before and during the terrorist attack. Instead, he used 9-11 to claim a mandate for dictatorship - first to shred the Constitution, and then to launch an illegal and disastrous war in Iraq. It is time to revoke Bush's self-proclaimed mandate for dictatorship. It is time for a change. My New Year's Resolution for 2006 is simple: to do everything in my power to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney. I have shared my Resolution with my Representative and Senators. Will you join me? http://democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/17 I believe impeachment is possible - perhaps even inevitable - if we all resolve to do our part. Even before the NSA wiretapping scandal broke, a Zogby poll found 53% of Americans thought Bush should be impeached if he lied about Iraq - and 57% believe Bush lied. After the wiretapping scandal, even libertarians and conservatives started suggesting impeachment. The list includes former Reagan official Bruce Fein, Norm Ornstein of the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, law professors Jonathan Turley and Geoffrey Stone, and even the editor of Barron's, Thomas Donlan. When Americans across the ideological spectrum support impeachment, all we need is a few Members of Congress to lead the way. Recently, prominent Democrats like Senator Barbara Boxer, Rep. John Lewis, and Rep. John Conyers began talking seriously about impeachment. Conyers compiled Bush's impeachable offenses in a must-read book, "The Constitution in Crisis." He introduced two bills (H.Res.636 and H.Res.637) to censure Bush and Cheney for withholding evidence from Congress. And Conyers wrote a third bill - H.Res.635 - to create a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, and retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment. Impeachment is becoming a campaign issue as well. With your support, ImpeachPAC.org has raised $46,261.70 to support pro-impeachment candidates. Our first endorsed candidate, Tony Trupiano of Michigan, is proudly campaigning on his support for impeachment, despite repeated attacks by the Washington Establishment. We hope to endorse many more pro- impeachment candidates - both incumbents and challengers, in the weeks to come. You can help by sending Democratic Congressional candidates here: http://impeachpac.org/candidates We are also forming a powerful Citizens Impeachment Commission of prominent Americans who are willing to lead the fight in the year ahead. Our commission already includes activists Medea Benjamin, Gene Bruskin, Tim Carpenter, David Cline, Steve Cobble, Karen Dolan, Jodie Evans, Mike Ferner, Bob Fertik, Kim Gandy, Doris "Granny D" Haddock, Tom Hayden, Doug Kreeger, Bill Mitchell, Bill Moyer, Michael Rectenwald, Cindy Sheehan, David Swanson, Jonathan Tasini, and Kevin Zeese; former government officials Elizabeth de la Vega, Larry Johnson, and Ann Wright, Historians and Legal Scholars John Bonifaz, Marcus Raskin, Lawrence R. Velvel, and Howard Zinn, and Talk Show Hosts/Editors/Bloggers/Pundits/Authors David Allen, Dave Allsopp, The Bulldog Manifesto, Tom Engelhardt, Thom Hartmann, Laura Flanders, Justin A. Frank, MD, Doug Ireland, Rob Kall, Susie Madrak, Mark Crispin Miller, Brad Newsham, Liza Sabater, and Jeff Tiedrich. And we're just getting started! Please encourage prominent citizens you know to sign up here: http://impeachpac.org/citizens Until recently, the idea of impeaching George Bush and Dick Cheney was a distant dream. But now Democrats are taking the first steps towards making impeachment a reality. And if we devote our efforts to this cause in 2006, I believe we will ultimately succeed. So please join me in resolving to make 2006 the Year of Impeachment - and sharing this New Year's Resolution with our Representatives: http://democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/17 Let's have a VERY Happy New Year! Bob Fertik Bob Fertik, President Democrats.com bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 718-424-7772 Democrats.com is a member-supported online community for "Aggressive Progressives." 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