There are some great diaries out there right now (many on the Rec List) about the outrageous stunt Dubbya pulled yesterday in commuting Libby’s 30-month jail sentence. But I see very little information on how we can take the outrage we feel, and turn it in to something real.
Like IMPEACHMENT.
I’ve posted several action diaries re impeachment over the last week (the FU over the Congressional subpoenas was the "last straw" for me) with lots of contact info. I just got an email from Democrats.com that’s chock full of great ideas & info.
Make the jump to see what they had to say this morning and get info on action items...
No Jail Time for Libby? It's Impeachment Time for Cheney and Bush!
There's only one reason why Bush kept Libby out of jail: to keep him from ratting on Cheney and Bush about their direct involvement in the felonious outing of Valerie Plame.
In mob circles, it's called silencing a witness. In a courthouse, it's called obstruction of justice. And in Congress, it's called grounds for impeachment. Just ask Richard Nixon.
That means it's time for us to demand impeachment. Let's make this "Impeachment Summer!"
- Don't waste your time calling the White House (the switchboard is closed anyway). Call your Representative to impeach Cheney and Bush:
1 (800) 828 - 0498
1 (800) 459 - 1887
1 (800) 614 - 2803
1 (866) 340 - 9281
1 (866) 338 - 1015
1 (877) 851 - 6437
- Email your Representatives to Impeach Cheney: EMail Them – Impeach Cheney
- Email your Representatives to Impeach Bush:
Email Them – Ipeach Bush
- Email the House Judiciary Committee to Start Hearings on H.Res. 333, Articles of Impeachment for Vice President Cheney
Email – Hearings on H Res 333
- Organize a Honk to Impeach on July 4 and throughout the summer:
HONK to Impeach
- Join our new Facebook group, The Nationwide Movement to Impeach Cheney and Bush
FaceBook Group
- Join your local Congressional District Impeachment Committee:
Impeachment Committee
- Youtube Your Rep. and Earn $100:
YouTube Your Rep
You can also send an email directly to the House Judiciary Committee using this email form
Also, here’s a link to Congress.org, where you can plug in your zip code and it links you to your Congresscritters...
Congress.org
Use it - find your CongressCritters' sites and BOOKMARK the "contact me" page.
Right – that should keep you busy for a while.
The email goes on to say that there’s been movement on the Hill on this front...
Cheney Impeachment Bill Advances in House Judiciary Committee
Three Democrats who until recently opposed impeachment - Keith Ellison (MN-5), Hank Johnson (GA-4), and Jim McDermott (WA-7) - last week became co-sponsors of Dennis Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment for Vice President Cheney, H.Res. 333:
http://impeachcheney.org
And the House Judiciary Committee took a giant step towards impeachment hearings by sending H.Res. 333 to the Constitution Subcommittee led by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-8).
Three new co-sponsors and assignment to the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - under the Judiciary Committee - in the last week!
Another ACTION Item – If your CongressCritter sits on this Subcommittee, I want you to turn around – step away from the keyboard – and call one of those 800 #s listed above. CALL THEM RIGHT NOW! and ask them to support H Res 333 – a bill to set up impeachment hearings to investigate the high crimes & misdemeanors of Dick Cheney.
Hon. Nadler Chairman (D) New York, 8th
Hon. Davis (D) Alabama , 7th
Hon. Wasserman Schultz (D) Florida, 20th
Hon. Ellison (D) Minnesota, 5th
Hon. Conyers Jr. (D) Michigan, 14th
Hon. Scott (D) Virginia, 3rd
Hon. Watt (D) North Carolina, 12th
Hon. Cohen (D) Tennessee, 9th
Hon. Franks Ranking Member (R) Arizona, 2nd
Hon. Pence (R) Indiana, 6th
Hon. Issa (R) California, 49th
Hon. King (R) Iowa, 5th
Hon. Jordan (R) Ohio, 4th
We really are making a difference folks. Keep up the pressure. Call your CongressCritter and make sure that subcommittee hears from you.
UPDATE
Shayera reminded us that our CongressCritters are at home this week to celebrate the 4th of July with us - their constituents.
So call their District Office and ask for Face-Time with your CongressCritter while they're home - or at least with their staffer who handles this important issue.
And if they won't make time for you - their employer (!!!!) - then get some friends, family, neighbors, coworkers together and picket their office. Let everyone know what a coward they are and thay they're refused to fight for what's right - defending our Constitution.
UPDATE 2
Many of our CongressCritters will be at local parades tomorrow morning. I'm sure ours will show up somewhere.
Call their office and find out where they'll be.
Then show up with "IMPEACH THEM / HIM" signs and shout out "IMPEACH THEM!!!" as they cruise on by.
If you missed them at the parades then show up at your fireworks display(s) with Impeach Him signs. Help convince your neighbors that the time is right to impeach the cabal at the White House.
As for that poll I put up earlier...
Are you guys kidding me? Forty-eight phone calls? That's it?
Is that the BEST we can do in an hour in a community with over 120,000 registered users????
Hello?
Come ON you guys - we should be able to generate thousands of calls here!
Get on the blower - contact your CongressCritter and report in with the poll here. Let's show the world what the NetRoots can accomplish when we set our minds to it!
UPDATE 3
Great work so far you guys. I'm seeing some great emails posted here but I want to make sure we're all on the same page regarding the legislation in question...
People have been referring to HR 333 and that's not what we're pushing for here.
THE BILL CALLING FOR HEARINGS TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER WE SHOULD IMPEACH CHENEY IS H. RES. 333.
Please note that in your emails or phone calls to the Hill, and keep up the great work.
UPDATE 4 (and this is HUGE folks!)
I just got an email from MoveOn.org - they're collecting petitions regarding those subpoenas and demanding the Cheney either comply or face impeachment...
Dear MoveOn member,
You've probably seen the news this morning: President Bush let Cheney aide Scooter Libby, the one man who was convicted for the lies around the Iraq war, go free. Paris Hilton served more jail time than he will.
Bush and Cheney think their administration is above the law. That's un-American, and this July 4th it's time for Congress to re-assert its constitutional authority and stop the administration's obstruction of justice.
Congress can start by demanding answers from the Bush administration about the Iraq war and their illegal spying program, and not backing down until they get them. Cheney won't testify? Subpoena him. He won't come? Hold him in contempt of Congress and send over the police. And if that doesn't work, impeach the guy. We just can't let President Bush and his administration dismantle our Constitution.
This July 4th, it's time to bring checks and balances back again. Click here to sign the petition and send a message to Congress to act now (the text of the petition is in the box to the right) MoveOn Petition
Our signatures will be presented to our CongressCritter so they'll hear from us in yet another way thanks to MoveOn's efforts.
Go sign it.
Then tell everyone in your address book to sign it too.