Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject I just watched many on DU get passionately excited about Bill Moyers show
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Posted by rodeodance on Fri Jul-13-07 10:28 PM
on PBS tonight (see a few threads below).
John Nichols and Bruce Fein were guests-----It was all about impeachment.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2007/07/poll_civil_liberties_and_natio_1.html While we are excited (well, at least some of us)----lets flood her office and phones.
"impeachment is not a constitutional crisis like many believe but a Cure for a constitutional crisis" (paraphrasing from the show tonight)
AND: from
http://pelosiwatch.us/content/view/163/139 /
A clip of: John Nichols - The Genius of Impeachment
Also see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdilpQkZ-e8 YouTube - John Nichols - The Genius of Impeachment
AND:
Cheney's Actions Put Impeachment on the Table
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/?pid=213909 .........
That's an increasingly popular sentiment among Congressional Democrats, who are breaking with Pelosi to speak the "i" word.
It is an even more popular sentiment among the American people.
According to recent polling by the American Research Group, 54 percent of Americans want Cheney impeached. Among Democrats, that number rises to 76 percent. A majority of self-described independents back action to hold the vice president to account, as do a striking 17 percent of Republicans. With conservatives such as former Reagan administration lawyer Bruce Fein coming out strongly for Cheney's impeachment, the numbers of Republicans who are pulling for accountability is likely to grow.
........Conyers, who has made little secret of his belief that the president and vice president have taken actions that are in conflict with the Constitution, has yet to endorse H. Res. 333. But he is feeling pressure to do so. In May, the Detroit City Council voted to support impeachment of Bush and Cheney for misleading Congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq, approving spying on the American people, conspiring to encourage the use of torture and acting to strip American citizens of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel..........
The arguments for impeachment are varied, to be sure.
But at the heart of the growing enthusiasm for putting the process in motion is a sense that Congress can no longer neglect abuses of power by a lawless executive branch.
"The Founders intended impeachment to be used when those running the government forgot that they worked for the people, and the Founders intended impeachment to be used when those running the government acted as though they were above the law," explains Congressman McDermott, who argues that, "The vice president holds himself above the law, and it is time for the Congress to enforce the law.".............
Contact Pelosi:
http://speaker.gov / (Speaker Website)
Send and email to the Speaker at:
http://speaker.gov/contact /
OR send a letter or call her at:
Office of the Speaker
H-232, US Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-0100
AND call your Congress-critters Dem and Repug alike-
--From a previous DU post:
call your critters and let them know you're upset.
If you don't, then how will they actually know? They need some input from us!
Tut-tut
edited to add this (H/T calmari):
1 (800) 828 - 0498
1 (800) 459 - 1887
1 (800) 614 - 2803
1 (866) 340 - 9281
1 (866) 338 - 1015
1 (866) 220 - 0044
1 (877) 851 - 6437
ANY ONE of these will connect you to the Capitol Hill switchboard which, in turn, will transfer you to anyone's office in the House and/or Senate. Just for the asking!
Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject For All Those Who Should Think Impeachment Should Be Off Of The
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Posted by malaise on Fri Jul-13-07 08:48 PM
Table!!
Nancy Pelosi et al are you listening to Bill Moyers?
Are you listening to Bruce Fein and John Nichols
Impeachment is the cure for a Constitutional Crisis.
What a fabulous discussion.
The Constitution is more important than Bush and Cheney. Hold them to account. IMPEACH!!IMPEACH!!
This is the best program I've watched in years.
Edit headline, text.
Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject Tough Talk On Impeachement on Bill Moyer's Journal this evening.
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Posted by Cleita on Fri Jul-13-07 09:33 PM
This was a terrific show and all participating in this discussion agree that Nancy Pelosi needs to put impeachment back on the table or a terrible prescident in unbridled executive power is being set for future Presidents.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html Amazing that the conservative Bruce Fein was the loudest proponent of impeaching both Bush and Cheney. It was an interesting show. Catch it if you can.
Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject Impeach Cheney--The vice president must be stopped-by Bruce Fein
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Posted by RedEarth on Fri Jul-13-07 09:15 PM
Bruce Fein was on Bill Moyers tonight
Impeach Cheney
The vice president has run utterly amok and must be stopped.
By Bruce Fein
Posted Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at 5:06 PM ET