When Speaker Pelosi refused to allow hearings on any of the 38 Articles, Kucinich returned to the floor of Congress to introduce one more Article of Impeachment against President Bush (H.Res. 1345).
Thanks to massive pressure from Democrats.com and our pro-impeachment allies, Speaker Pelosi finally allowed Chairman Conyers to hold a hearing this Friday. Kucinich will get a few minutes to argue for impeachment along with Rep. Robert Wexler, former Rep. Liz Holtzman, and former Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson. Kucinich made a video to thank us for our efforts.
H.Res. 1345 focuses on Bush's ultimate crime - invading Iraq on the basis of lies. The evidence is overwhelming that George Bush and other top officials manufactured those lies to "sell" an invasion whose real purpose was to gain control of Iraq's oil and establish military bases in the heart of the Middle East - the agenda of the Project for a New American Century that Bush and McCain fully embraced.
When Kucinich testifies on Friday, he will naturally face hostile questions from rightwing Republicans who impeached President Clinton. But Kucinich will also face hostile questions from key Democrats who oppose impeachment.
Some of these Democrats supported the invasion of Iraq: Howard Berman (CA28), Rick Boucher (VA09), Adam Schiff (CA29), Brad Sherman (CA27), and Anthony Weiner (NY09).
But most of these Democrats oppose impeachment because they are cowering in fear of a counterattack from the White House and FOX News: John Conyers (MI14), Artur Davis (AL07), Bill Delahunt (MA10), Zoe Lofgren (CA16), Jerry Nadler (NY08), Linda Sanchez (CA39), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL20), Bobby Scott (VA03), Betty Sutton (OH13), and Mel Watt (NC12).
Only a few Judiciary Democrats understand that the Founding Fathers gave Congress the power of impeachment as the only way to stop a President from defying the Constitution and becoming a dictator, as Bush has done: Robert Wexler (FL19), Tammy Baldwin (WI02), Steve Cohen (TN09), Keith Ellison (MN05), Luis Gutierrez (IL04), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX18), Hank Johnson (GA04), and Maxine Waters (CA35).
If anti-impeachment Democrats get their way, Friday's 2-hour hearing will be the only "impeachment" hearing for this entire Congress - and then Bush will try to pardon himself and everyone else before leaving office next January, just as his father pardoned six Iran-contra criminals.
So it is crucial for all of us - now over 500,000! - to tell our Representatives today to support impeachment by cosponsoring Kucinich's H. Res. 1345: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/142
And if you can do more, please make free calls to every Judiciary Democrat who opposes impeachment through CauseCaller: http://www.causecaller.com/causes.php?c=House_Judiciary_Democrats_Impeachment Simply enter your phone number and click the "Start Calling" button. (Click "Call me back if I accidentally hang up" in case you hang up by mistake.) In a few seconds, your phone will "magically" ring and CauseCaller will say the name of the first Representative on the list. Listen carefully for the name of each Member so you can repeat the name to the receptionist - or just say "The Representative." Don't hang up between calls - let the receptionists hang up and CauseCaller will dial the next Representative.
If you want to do even more, call your favorite radio or TV talk shows and tell them how important Friday's hearings will be, and how strongly you support impeachment for whichever reasons are most important to you. Prepare your thoughts in advance so you sound informed and determined.
And if you're near Washington DC, join Veterans for Peace to lobby Congress on Thursday and hold a pro-impeachment rally on Friday: http://www.democrats.com/node/17211
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December 30, 2009
Dear NotSilent,
The Gaza Freedom March
continues-in Cairo, we
hope in Gaza, and around
the world. Because
of all your emails and
the determination of the
almost 1,400 people who
came to Cairo to be a
part of the March,
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The Pentagon estimates
that it costs $1 billion
to send an extra 1,000
troops to Afghanistan.
That breaks down to $1
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every minute.
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There are news reports
that on Decembers 1st,
Obama will be at West
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thousands more troops to
Afghanistan, this despite
our rallies, vigils,
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The following blog post
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If the White House
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Feeding America(Because
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"I'm sure we're going to
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"It all begins with a
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St. Valentine's Day Lore
Every February 14
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— Give the gift of PEACE to
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website
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Alert: News from Cairo...(Re GAZA Freedom March!) by NotSilent S.
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December 30, 2009
Dear NotSilent,
The Gaza Freedom March
continues-in Cairo, we
hope in Gaza, and around
the world. Because
of all your emails and
the determination of the
almost 1,400 people who
came to Cairo to be a
part of the March,
inclu... more
Alert: Killed Baby Elephant by Susanne K.
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— We have taken that video
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we try to stop the ivory
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Alert: Hunger Happens HERE! by Just C.
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Feeding America(Because
hunger happens here.)
"I'm sure we're going to
run out of food today,
before we serve all the
people that are in
line."
That's Mary-Sharon
Howland, director of a
food bank near New
Orleans.1 But the same
problem is ... more
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