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BigBearJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 03:51 PM
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Impeachment Fever and Media Politics (NO IMPACT EH? )
Impeachment Fever and Media Politics
by Norman Solomon
(Tuesday May 31 2005)

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"In the past, attempts to impeach presidents for war crimes have sunk like a stone in the Potomac. If this time is going to be different, we need to get to work -- organizing around the country -- making the case for a thorough public inquiry and creating a groundswell that emerges as a powerful force from the grassroots. Only a massive movement will be strong enough to push over the media obstacles and drag politicians into a real debate about presidential war crimes and the appropriate constitutional punishment."



If you think President Bush should be impeached, it’s time to get serious.

We’re facing huge obstacles -- and they have nothing to do with legal standards for impeachment. This is all about media and politics.

Five months into 2005, the movement to impeach Bush is very small. And three enormous factors weigh against it: 1) Republicans control Congress. 2) Most congressional Democrats are routinely gutless. 3) Big media outlets shun the idea that the president might really be a war criminal.

For now, we can’t end the GOP’s majority. But we could proceed to light a fire under congressional Democrats. And during the next several weeks, it’s possible to have major impacts on news media by launching a massive educational and “agitational” campaign -- spotlighting the newly leaked Downing Street Memo and explaining why its significance must be pursued as a grave constitutional issue.

Original: http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/15303
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 04:05 PM
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1. Support?
It might be difficult to find support for impeachment given that impeachment and removal from office would put Cheney in office.
If one gets Cheney, too, it puts Hastert in office. No matter what scenerio, it's not a good thing. Plus, there's no way to get the House to vote for such a thing. However...

I still support CuckooBanana's impeachment even though I know that it will not succeed. It will, however, expose him to accountability for the lies, deceptions, and dissembling of his administration. It will educate the populace who will then hopefully hold the administration accountable in November, 2006.

Then, with the Dems back in power, CuckooBananas will be forced to be contrite and Constitutional. A Dem House can cut the purse strings for Gitmo, the Iraq war, or any other CuckooBanana excesses.
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 04:10 PM
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3. Impeach Central is dedicated to the impeachment of Bush AND Cheney
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 04:29 PM
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5. It can't happen now.
Regardless, I still support all efforts to impeach the bastards.
Only by revealing the truth will we ever be rid of these nazi f*cks.

But our best strategery is to use impeachment inquiry to expose the truth, moving core elements of the electorate back toward the Dems who can then take back control of the House and Senate in 2006.

Once we have Congress, we can pursue any course that seems necessary to remove all these idiots. N.B., there's also Congressional censure, and other tactics to stop the insanity.
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 04:08 PM
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2. Impeach Central
Impeach Central: http://impeachcentral.com /

Urgent!! Write your Representative to demand the truth about why the Bush Administration invaded Iraq; Urge Congress to Investigate Bush's Iraq War Lies: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/39


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Independent_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 04:24 PM
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4. If you want to impeach this bozo and his cabinet, here's how...
www.wallacevbushlawsuit.com

www.dougwallace.com

www.recallthecongress.com

Open your eyes folks! "We the People" have the power to do it!
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jarnocan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 06:21 PM
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6. Impeachment
http://peoplejudgebush.org/ivotebushguilty2.shtml interesting
http://www.online-sweepstakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240648 I also try to updtae this one occasionally.

http://www.impeach-bush-now.org/

http://www.impeachbush.tv/

http://zzpat.tripod.com/cvb/

http://impeachbush.meetup.com/
I also found this - a little old I think-I will try to find if it is a viable one.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/371129241
Quote:
"Impeach President Bush
President Bush has lied to the American people and to Congress about weapons of mass destruction and the purported "grave and imminent" threat Iraq posed to the U.S. So far, no weapons of mass destruction have turned up....



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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-05 06:25 PM
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7. The unending war on "terror" is his protection. Promise
of tax cuts, protection from abortions and gay people doesn't hurt either.
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