Invitation to an Impeachment
We're organizing a new campaign for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney and need your input and participation.
We've planned a conference call for 9 p.m. ET on Monday, November 13th. Conference Dial-in Number: (402) 756-9100 Participant Access Code: 462356# RSVP to david @davidswanson.org
For those who can make it, we'll also have a face-to-face strategy meeting on Saturday, November 11th, in Philadelphia, Penn., from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET. The meeting will follow a forum at the National Constitution Center entitled: "Organizing for Impeachment: Announcing a Movement". In the first hour (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.) speakers will include: Elizabeth Holtzman, former Congress Member; David Swanson, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, Washington Director of Democrats.com; Tim Carpenter, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, Director of Progressive Democrats of America; Jodie Evans, Co-Founder of CODE PINK Women for Peace; Bill Perry, Delaware Valley Veterans For America; Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace; and moderator Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com. Representatives of other participating organizations will attend. From 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. We will lead a Blogger Panel to discuss the issues we raise in the first hour. If you can attend, please sign up and get a ticket here: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/impeach
Why are we moving so quickly on impeachment?
GOP scaremongering persuaded Nancy Pelosi to declare impeachment "off the table." She even pledged there would be no impeachment on "60 Minutes." But after Election Day - assuming a Democratic takeover of the House - we are determined to put Impeachment back "on the table" over the objections of the Republican Party, the GOP-controlled corporate media, and cowardly Democrats. Pelosi has a 100-day plan to pass "positive" legislation, but she will get a rude shock when Bush nullifies her bills with unconstitutional signing statements. With 51 percent of Americans supporting impeachment (according to Newsweek) and an election just behind us, the moment seems ideal to create the public pressure needed to allow those Members of Congress who favor impeachment to act.
Grounds for impeachment are detailed in our petition: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/88
We are looking for suggestions and proposals for changes and additions to the following tentative plan:
1. Declare a mandate for Impeachment based on election results, exit polls, and local impeachment referenda in CA, IL, WI, and VT.
2. Start a grassroots petition drive to collect 1 million signatures. (Each group keeps the names and contact info it collects, as well as Emailing it to us to add to the petition, and we pay $0.25 per valid Email address.) http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/petition
3. Form Impeachment Committees in 435 Congressional Districts to lobby every Member of Congress: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cdic
4. Hold Town Hall Meetings and rallies on impeachment around the country on December 10th (Human Rights Day): http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/december10
5. Pass Impeachment resolutions in state legislatures, cities, towns, unions, political parties: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/resolutions
6. Expand our Citizens Impeachment Commission to add prominent citizens, celebrities and bloggers: http://impeachpac.org/citizens
If you would like to be listed on the Citizens Impeachment Commission or want to recommend someone else to include, please send that information to david @davidswanson.org
If you are available to speak at an event on December 10th, please let us know and tell us what contact info for you can be posted publicly and what area of the country you can speak in.
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We've planned a conference call for 9 p.m. ET on Monday, November 13th. Conference Dial-in Number: (402) 756-9100 Participant Access Code: 462356# RSVP to david @davidswanson.org
For those who can make it, we'll also have a face-to-face strategy meeting on Saturday, November 11th, in Philadelphia, Penn., from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET. The meeting will follow a forum at the National Constitution Center entitled: "Organizing for Impeachment: Announcing a Movement". In the first hour (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.) speakers will include: Elizabeth Holtzman, former Congress Member; David Swanson, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, Washington Director of Democrats.com; Tim Carpenter, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, Director of Progressive Democrats of America; Jodie Evans, Co-Founder of CODE PINK Women for Peace; Bill Perry, Delaware Valley Veterans For America; Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace; and moderator Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com. Representatives of other participating organizations will attend. From 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. We will lead a Blogger Panel to discuss the issues we raise in the first hour. If you can attend, please sign up and get a ticket here: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/impeach
Why are we moving so quickly on impeachment?
GOP scaremongering persuaded Nancy Pelosi to declare impeachment "off the table." She even pledged there would be no impeachment on "60 Minutes." But after Election Day - assuming a Democratic takeover of the House - we are determined to put Impeachment back "on the table" over the objections of the Republican Party, the GOP-controlled corporate media, and cowardly Democrats. Pelosi has a 100-day plan to pass "positive" legislation, but she will get a rude shock when Bush nullifies her bills with unconstitutional signing statements. With 51 percent of Americans supporting impeachment (according to Newsweek) and an election just behind us, the moment seems ideal to create the public pressure needed to allow those Members of Congress who favor impeachment to act.
Grounds for impeachment are detailed in our petition: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/88
We are looking for suggestions and proposals for changes and additions to the following tentative plan:
1. Declare a mandate for Impeachment based on election results, exit polls, and local impeachment referenda in CA, IL, WI, and VT.
2. Start a grassroots petition drive to collect 1 million signatures. (Each group keeps the names and contact info it collects, as well as Emailing it to us to add to the petition, and we pay $0.25 per valid Email address.) http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/petition
3. Form Impeachment Committees in 435 Congressional Districts to lobby every Member of Congress: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cdic
4. Hold Town Hall Meetings and rallies on impeachment around the country on December 10th (Human Rights Day): http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/december10
5. Pass Impeachment resolutions in state legislatures, cities, towns, unions, political parties: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/resolutions
6. Expand our Citizens Impeachment Commission to add prominent citizens, celebrities and bloggers: http://impeachpac.org/citizens
If you would like to be listed on the Citizens Impeachment Commission or want to recommend someone else to include, please send that information to david @davidswanson.org
If you are available to speak at an event on December 10th, please let us know and tell us what contact info for you can be posted publicly and what area of the country you can speak in.
From ufpj-news
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
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