by ralphlopez
17 Dec 2007
It's not being reported in the corporate media, which also refused to
publish an opinion piece penned by six-term Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL), Rep.
Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). But a whopping 50,000
people responded in just one day to Rep. Wexler's call for people to sign
his on-line petition supporting an immediate start to hearings on Rep.
Dennis Kucinich's Cheney Impeachment bill (H Res 799). Among the corporate
media refusing to publish the piece by three U.S. congressmen are the NY
Times, the L.A. Times, and the Washington Post.
As of Sunday morning, 54,000 people had signed the petition at
WexlerWantsHearings.com calling for action now. Names are being added at a
rate of one every one or two seconds.
Wexler has said he wanted at least 50,000 signatures. But why stop there? If
people get behind this, and if the impeachment movement spreads the word, he
could easily get closer to 500,000 signatures over the next few days.
And if each of us were to send out a call to sign to ten of our friends,
then we'd have half a million signatures, which would be hard for Conyers
and the Democratic leadership, Speaker Nancy Pelosi included, to ignore. Go
to WexlerWantsHearings.com and sign the petition!
Kucinich's impeachment bill was filed on April 24 and has been ignored now
for almost eight shameful months. On Nov. 7, a bipartisan majority of 218
members of the House voted to send it from the floor of the House back to
the Judiciary Committee for action. Now it's sat there for over four weeks.
We need to tell Congress, and particularly the Democrats who are stalling on
this important defense of the Constitution and of democracy itself that
time's up. We the American People want action. We want impeachment hearings!
Email small-town newspapers to please cover this (forget the major media,
they do not care about their country.) Hit the street corners and shopping
malls with flyers. Once you get out there you'll realize that a tiny
fraction of the population gets it news from the progressive Internet. Most
people do not have a clue about what's going on with impeachment, BUT WILL
IMMEDIATELY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY RESPOND! This happens fast. Remember that
in 1776 there was suddenly electricity in the air as a subjugated and
repressed people took to the streets and won their freedom!
(This diary based on a report by David Lindorff, Democrats.com)
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