It's Time for MoveOn to Start Talking about Impeachment

Medea Benjamin

Elaine Brower
Steering Committee, World Can't Wait, mother of U.S. Marine

Tim Carpenter
Director, Progressive Democrats of America

Noam Chomsky
MIT

Marjorie Cohn
President, National Lawyers Guild

Elizabeth de la Vega
Former federal prosecutor and author of U.S. v. George W. Bush et. al.

Jane Dugdale
Coordinator, Bryn Mawr Council of MoveOn/Operation Democracy

Bob Fertik
President, Democrats.com and ImpeachPAC.org

Brad Friedman
Creator of the Brad Blog and co-founder of VelvetRevolution.us

Elizabeth Holtzman
Former Congresswoman, member of House panel that voted to impeach President Nixon, author of The Impeachment of George W. Bush.

Rob Kall
Editor and Publisher, OpEdNews.com

Jonathan Lethem
Writer

Dave Lindorff
Author of The Case for Impeachment

Dennis Loo
Co-editor of Impeach the President: the Case Against Bush and Cheney

Cynthia McKinney
Former Congresswoman, author of impeachment legislation in the 109th Congress

Bill Moyer
Executive Director, Backbone Campaign

Brad Newsham
Founder, The Beach Impeach Project

John Nichols
Washington correspondent, The Nation, and author of The Genius of Impeachment

Jacob Park
A28 National Coordinator

Peter Phillips
Director, Project Censored, Co-editor of Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney

Cindy Sheehan
Director, Camp Casey Peace Institute

David Swanson
Co-founder, AfterDowningStreet.org coalition

Howard Zinn
Author of A People's History of the United States

 To Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org Executive Director:

With more than 3 million members, MoveOn plays a vital role not only in shaping public policy, but in educating the American public about the most important political issues of the day. With this power comes a responsibility to engage with these issues in as forthright a manner as possible.

Until now, MoveOn has declined to call for the impeachment of George W. Bush or Dick Cheney, citing a purported lack of interest among its membership. But, as many frustrated members have pointed out, they have not been asked. It has recently come to light that MoveOn is quietly conducting an online poll on the question among a small group of its members. We applaud this encouraging first step but hope that MoveOn will go further by soliciting feedback from its entire membership. When asked why the poll was not taken of all members, a MoveOn organizer explained:

Rarely do we send out a survey like this to the whole membership (we work very hard to send no more than one email to our members per day; the more they receive the less likely they are to open any of them, there is also an issue of bandwidth capabilities). We generally only do that when we have to act immediately or when we are acting on very specific legislation.

We feel confident that the membership of MoveOn will forgive the organization a single e-mail about a question of such urgency and importance. And we would remind MoveOn that specific legislation on impeachment already exists. H Res 333, introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), and cosponsored by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) and Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) calls for the impeachment of Vice-President Cheney on the grounds that he manipulated intelligence "to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq."

Few will dispute that lying the nation into a disastrous war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis rises to the level of "high crimes and misdemeanors" and that these allegations merit serious examination by Congress. On April 28, 2007, Americans in more than 125 locations around the country took to the streets to demonstrate their support for impeachment. That same weekend, delegates to the annual convention of the California Democratic Party, the largest state chapter of the Democratic Party, overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney. Two days later, speaking on NPR, leading antiwar Congressman John Murtha (D-PA) pointedly said that impeachment was "on the table" in Congress.

The time has come for the Bush administration to be held accountable. We respectfully urge MoveOn to exercise leadership on the question of impeachment and to begin an open dialogue with its members about the issue. As MoveOn likes to say, "Every member has a voice."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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# First NameLast NameCityStateComments
2151 LindaLindermanWinter HavenFL
2152 MaurineHinterbergerChicagoIL
2153 ColleenIsbellWAEver since the Faith Based office was set up, I've wanted to have Bush empeached.This now looks like a tiny mis-step compared to what's been done since.
2154 BrigidHinterberger
2155 ArmondAlaroeDeweyAZ
2156 LieselotteVonRochKelsoWAright on! However there is a lot more important issues that needs to be resolved. i e Illegal Imigration, Food, etc etc. Good grieve , there is so much wrong with this country. Also, think about Sen. Joe Biden as our new President.
2157 HollyFarish-HuntGainesvilleFLThe Bush adminisration has NOT been held accountable for any of their lies and support also of the moral Right; it's now time before we lose more precious lives for nothing! HFarish-Hunt LTC-AN (Ret.)
2158 AnonymousAnonymousCAthe truth needs to be told.
2159 AnonymousAnonymousChicagoILBush, Cheney, Rumsfeld. Impeach all 3 for starting an illegal and immoral war in Iraq that has killed thousands of our troops and innocent Iraqis, and making the USA far less safe than it should be. They should go to prison. Impeachment would be a step in the right direction.
2160 Carol JoyFarrellBerwynILThe sooner, the better!
2161 AnonymousAnonymousIA
2162 AnonymousAnonymousLittle RockAR
2163 JohnMcFaddenOak ParkILThey took our country to war for false reasons, fear-mongered, repeatedly violated separation of powers, authorized torture, used the Justice Department as a political tool, and on and on. Impeach Bush/Cheney now.
2164 AnonymousAnonymousHomewoodIL
2165 SusanMcGeachyKailua KonaHIWe the People need to me heard. This President has lost touch with the people who voted him into office. It is time for the people to take the government back. BRING HOME THE TROOPS. or Send Bush and ALL of his family to Iraq to wrap it up.
2166 WhitneyMarshallMadisonWI
2167 AnonymousAnonymousgt.fallsMT
2168 KristinSchillingerOaklandCA
2169 AngelaSpottsTulsaOKWe must IMPEACH for our future depends on it! Lets start with Cheney and then go for Bush and company!!!
2170 ChuckClarkKailua KonaHIOur current President is a buffoon and has no idea how to run a country, and listens to warmongers for advise, therefore, I strongly suggest that impeachment be taken off of the 'Congressional table' and brought to the floor for processing. Thank you.
2171 RonBlankenshipSacramentoCA
2172 JamesPoissonWakefieldRI
2173 TimothyTerziKailua KonaHIBush and his administration need to be held accountable NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2174 AnonymousAnonymousKAILUA KONAHIThere are also issues of War Crimes to be addressed for both Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. and destruction of Iraqi infrastructure as violations of Geneva Conventions causing 100's of thousands of deaths, primarily of Iraqi children.
2175 JoelLordNYAs a MoveOn member I'm saddened it has come to this - using MoveOn's own tactics to try and force MoveOn to do what it right.
2176 NancyMorganGrand JunctionCO
2177 Paul AllenAllenOaklandCACongress needs to maintain its constitutional power by the use of it's only legal tool in this extreme case: impeachment. It needs to do this to make plain the facts for all to see, and to deter future presidents and vice presidents from abusing their power. Thank you
2178 ShanaColbin DunnDenverCOPlease move on impeachment!
2179 JenniferWileyMadisonNH
2180 Lucile JTaber
2181 LisaLongHolualoaHIhttp://AngelsForTruth.com http://MothersForTruth.com IMPEACH NOW!!!! ALL OF THEM.
2182 StevenJacobsPortlandOR
2183 MarieSpenglerAshevilleNCAs Lee Iacoca said recently, "throw the bums out."
2184 AnonymousAnonymousNapaCA
2185 AnonymousAnonymousCulver CityCA
2186 AlanBennettSan DiegoCABush lied about WMD in Iraq and Iraq involvement in 911. Bush illegally wiretapped American citizens and lied about it. Bush is dismantling the checks and blances set forth in our Constitution and developed over two hundred years of proud traditions. Bus stole the election in Florida in 2000 and again with the vote in Ohio in 2004. He is not the legitimate leader of our country and has lied to the American people, resulting in death of American troops and the loss of our Constiutional rights. Bush and Cheny have to go!
2187 JoeBrandtArbovaleWVI support impeachment in the interest of holding public officials accountable for their actions.
2188 BlairCampbellElsahIL
2189 DanTrevisanOak ParkMIAnalogy for how we've tolerated this much. Put a frog into boiling water, it scrambles out with minor injuries. Set a frog in cool water and turn the burner on and it will cook to death because it's reaction will come too late.
2190 RonaldHallWe can't impeach bush only and be stuck with Cheeny as president!
2191 DonnaDomCharles TownWVIf we don't demand impeachment now, WHEN? Way too many laws have been broken by the executive branch whose duty it is to uphold and execute the laws. If we don't demand impeachment, then WHO will? We are the people of this country, what's left of it. The Republicans are known for putting party ahead of the country. I'll be damned if I'll do that just so some party or other gets an advantage. HIGH CRIMES and MISDEMEANORS... the bar has been passed, many times over. DO IT NOW.
2192 ANNSHANNONkonaHIPaul Wolfowitz; Scooter Libby; Douglas Feith; Ben Ginsberg; Richard Perle; Elliott Abrams; Michael Chertoff; Joshua Bolton; Ken Mehlman; Gale Norton; Norm Brownstein; Grover Norquist; John Ashcroft; Tom "da Hammer" Delay; Claude Allen; Andrew Card; Karl Rove; Susan Ralston; Alberto "Fredo" Gonzales; Kyle Sampson; Monica Goodling; Stephen Griles; Roger Stillwell; Robert Lansing; Jack Abramoff; Tony Rudy; Michael Scanlon; Greenburg & Taurig; Duke Cunningham; Kyle Foggo; Brent Wilkes; David Safavin; Alex Abramoff; Tom Ney; John Snow; Henry Paulson; George Tenant; Porter Goss; James Nicholson; Walter Reed Hospital scandal; the National disgrace for the NFL football - Army Ranger Pat Tillman families and Jessica Pentagon political cover ups; the Abu Grubia - GITO torture prisons; and the entire Bush Criminal Cabals using misleading Public information for a case of War in Iraq, Washington DC, and Texas for the Immaculate Deceptions for Constitutional Crimes from the hidden American Patriot Act and abuse of Executive War Powers Act {Federal Registry E.O. 13372, dated February 16, 2005. Any questions?
2193 CatherineAdamsVallejoCA
2194 PeterHainKailua KonaHIImpeach Bush and Cheney and turn them over to the International Court for trial on the charge of crimes against humanity
2195 DanSabo
2196 AnonymousAnonymouscrystal lakeIL
2197 stephengulas
2198 MarciaDenisonORStick him in a straight jacket under 24 hour surveylance.
2199 Dr MartinHansonMarshallMNTIME IS UP FOR GEORGE AND DICK. IMPEACH NOW!!!
2200 TerryClarkArcataCAMoveOn should have advocated Impeachment when the Fourth Reich sent in their thugs in Florida in 2000 and stole the Presidency.

 

Signatures | Total: 3,422