[NYTr] Aug 9 - Dump Dick Cheney Day; Kucinich Accepts Dlvy of Impeachment Signatures

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sent by Ed Pearl - Aug 3, 2007

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More information: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cheney

August 9th is the 33rd anniversary of the historic day when President
Richard Nixon resigned in the face of impeachment. Please plan now to
mark the day with ceremonies, solemn or fun. We need to remind America
that the proper use of impeachment did not traumatize our nation, but
healed it - everyone agreed "the system worked."

Bush and Cheney have now surpassed Nixonian levels of disapproval in the
polls, and for good reason. They openly committed the same abuses for
which the House Judiciary Committee passed articles of impeachment
against Nixon (such as refusing to comply with subpoenas). They openly
violated laws put into place in response to Nixon's abuses (such as the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). They seized unconstitutional
power in ways Nixon never attempted (such as by rewriting laws with
signing statements). And Cheney and Bush committed far more serious
crimes, including misleading the nation into war, kidnapping, torture,
and murder.

When Congress finally stood up to Nixon, he was gone in 3 months. (And
that was with evidence of crimes still needing to be discovered, unlike
today when it is already known). The Democrats won the biggest
victories in recent memory in the elections that followed their
decision to uphold the Constitution. In contrast, when they took the
impeachment of President Ronald Reagan off the table, in order to win
elections, they proceeded to lose.

Kucinich Accepts Over 100,000 Petitions Urging Cheney Impeachment

Congressman Dennis Kucinich on Thursday received petitions from people
throughout the country who support impeaching Vice President Dick
Cheney. Kucinich introduced H. Res. 333, which proposes articles of
impeachment against the Vice President on April 24, 2007. Petition
signatures in support of impeaching Vice President Cheney have been
collected at http://www.impeachcheney.org by a coalition that includes
Brave New Films, A28, AfterDowningStreet, Backbone Campaign, True
Majority, Iraq Veterans Against the War, BuzzFlash, Democracy Rising,
Democrats.com, Grass Roots America, Hip Hop Caucus, ImpeachBush.tv,
Impeach for Peace, Impeach Space, The Nation, National Lawyers Guild,
OpEdNews, The People's Email Network, Progressive Democrats of America,
Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice, Velvet Revolution, World Can't
Wait. The coalition presented Congressman Kucinich with 113,000
signatures, plus additional petition signatures from some individual
groups.

Working Assets, the only wireless company fighting to impeach Vice
President Dick Cheney, has collected over 50,000 of its members'
signatures to submit to their Congressional representatives calling for
his impeachment. True Majority has collected 49,000 signatures.
Democrats.com and AfterDowningStreet have collected an additional
28,000 signatures in support of impeaching the Vice President. And
Impeach for Peace has brought together thousands of hand-written
memorials, in accordance with the rules of the Jefferson Manual, from
individuals around the country urging the impeachment of Dick Cheney.
Representatives from several of these organizations took part in
Thursday's event.

There are currently 16 co-sponsors of H.Res. 333: Rep. Tammy Baldwin
(D-WI), Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA), Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Rep.
William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Rep. Sam Farr
(D-CA), Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA), Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), Rep. Barbara
Lee (D-CA), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), Rep.
Donald Payne (D-NJ), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Maxine Waters
(D-CA), Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Rep. Al Wynn (D-MD).

Does Your Representative Support Impeachment? Just Ask!

I ran into Congressman Donald Payne Tuesday evening and asked him if he
would sign on to cosponsor H Res 333, articles of impeachment against
Vice President Dick Cheney. He said yes immediately and brought his
legislative director in on the conversation. They both said yes, as a
matter of course, as if all they'd been waiting for was someone to ask
them. Now, I know that's not quite the case, and that citizens of New
Jersey have been lobbying Payne and other New Jersey Congress Members
intensely. Still, it makes me wonder how many Congress Members might
back impeachment if people just got to them, face-to-face, and asked.

Well, here's your chance to find out. Congress is taking the next month
off. Congress Members will be in their districts. They'll be near your
house. They have offices near your house. Now is the time to ask them
to cosponsor H Res 333 or introduce their own articles of impeachment
against Cheney. If they agree to cosponsor H Res 333, you should
contact Congressman Dennis Kucinich's office and let him know. If they
do not agree, you should make a bunch of big posters that say "Honk to
Impeach" and stand on the street corner in front of your Congress
Member's office. Or you should sit in their office, read the
Constitution out loud, and refuse to leave. August is your time to make
your message clear. 54% of Americans want Cheney impeached, and 40% do
not. See how many of that 54% you can bring with you to your
representative's office.

Cheryl Biren-Wright wrote to share this: Rep. Robert Brady (D., Pa.)
just signed onto H Res 333. I'd like to share an interesting tidbit -
bob brady's district office is on s. broad street in philadelphia just
on the other side of city hall from where we had our "honk for impeach"
during rush hour on n. broad street yesterday. i can attest that the
honking never ceased - it was one steady stream of noise - the people
want it! An idea for others who plan rush hour impeach "honk fests," i
had on hand pre-printed impeach postcards for people to sign and send
to their reps. Most drivers were very eager to take them.

More information: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cheney