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
2301 RandiSaslowHamdenCTUphold the Constitution!
2302 AnonymousAnonymousBrooklynNY
2303 Regina V.DaileyOaklandCA
2304 AnonymousAnonymousHuntingtonWVUphold the Constitution. Not using the rights agreed to after 1789, just means that some will begin to think that the "we have the right to overthrow our own government if it does not do our bidding" (or words to that effect) might need some teeth! If you don't use the rights you have when circumstances warrant, then they really don't exist.
2305 JAYCARRIGANINDIANAPOLISINOur children and their children would be just in condemning this generation if we delay any longer.
2306 CharlieLevensonPortlandORFirst impeach Gonzalez, then H.Res 333, then POTUS.
2307 NgocNguyenSanta MonicaCAAn administration that has deceived and manipulated the American public should not be ruling our country.
2308 MaryLincolnSan JoseCAConsidering the actions of our new Democrat Congress, it looks like it's up to WE THE PEOPLE to stop Bush; however, perhaps we can spur the Congress on to impeachment now that "compromise" and "civility" have instead resulted in total capitualation.
2309 ed.dickaualexandriaVAsee: precicnctmaster@blogspot.com (The Court of Impaechment and War Crimes)!
2310 lucaswheelerhononoluluHI
2311 ThomasSherman
2312 BushLoverFLHe will never be impeached. Just wait until the 2008 elections and use your vote to do the job.
2313 WaltHugImpeachment was - and is - warranted and should have been initiated 2-3 years ago...but accountability needs to happen even if late in the game.
2314 ChrisVanceSFCA
2315 dennishannonchandlerAZWhat Bush and Cheney have admitted is more tahn enough to deserve impeachment, but I suspect that the worst is what we don't even know yet, such as illegal wiretapping programs that have not yet been revealed.
2316 davidjohnsonoregon cityORhey george, how much did you really know about 9/11 before it took place? 3000 there, 3000 more in Iraq---it's time for the truth, george.
2317 DaveSheridanUkiahCAAre Bush and Cheneys illegal acts worse than lying about getting a blow job YET????
2318 AnonymousAnonymousMinneapolisMN
2319 TomJeannotIt's time for MoveOn to start talking about impeachment.
2320 AshleyLaBelleMEwe dont even belong in Iraq... there were no weapons of mass destruction... Iraqis had nothing to do with 9/11. we're only in Iraq because Bush is a greedy bastard that justs wants oil!
2321 GailBartonNachesWAIt is imparitive that we keep government accountable in a democratic system.I vote for impeachment and criminal charges for the devastation our country and it's people have suffered by the on-going actions of this Administration.
2322 R.Stofferwww.poclad.org has also asked MoveOn to join the Democracy Movement's campaign to overturn Corporate PERSONHOOD at the US Supreme Ct. So far, no response I know of! Corps should be business entities, not people with Constitutional Rights....
2323 cbparrishCA
2324 RichardLyonsSan FranciscoCAFailure to hold Bush/Cheney and their henchmen responsible for the horrors of this Iraq war and the attendant spying on citizens, tortures and other unConstitutional actions will only serve to undermine the very fabric of this once-great Republic. Impeach NOW.
2325 EmilyDangelCentennialCOFor several YEARS I've been frustrated that you haven't asked each of us are opinions on whether or not to impeach. Please ask.
2326 sharonadamswalnut creekCAIMPEACH THEM BOTH!!!
2327 curtiso'brienherkimerNYIt is time to stop the mess and impeachment. is are only hope.
2328 PAMCHRISTIANSONALPENAMISAVE OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD---IMPEACH BUSH!
2329 AnonymousAnonymousStaten IslandNYMoveOn.org's lack of support for impeachment has seriously hurt the organization's credibility.
2330 VernonHuffmanSchollsORBoth major parties have capitulated to the powerful few who profit from suffering. We must build a multiparty democracy from the grassroots up.
2331 WillyLipschutzHollywoodFLI'm for the impeachments of G.W. Bush, & V.P. Cheney & for both to be sentenced to life in jail, for all of their crimes. I'm also for the IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL of all troops & workers from Iraq. The oil belongs to the Iraqis. And I also demand an inquiry into the illegality & unfairness of the trial of Saddam Hussein & others by the American Government.
2332 SinMarSan DiegoCAI would enjoy seeing bush get the boot because he is a strange and weird old guy from texas who this he can have complete control...and right now he does because Americans are ASLEEP zzzzz..we have rights and we have voice ...so what the hell lets take action and skrw reactions its been going on too long P.S.you suck ass BUSH!!!
2333 AnnEstlundFort MyersFLOur brave forefathers sought to protect our government of "shared power," by including articles of Impeachment to be used when a tyrant might try to take over and destroy their power-sharing system. Now is the time to use that process. George is not now, and never shall be, the King of the US.
2334 WilliamStoddartWilmingtonDEAs a Vietnam veteran, I am totally dismayed that proceedings to impeach "The Decider" still have not been initaited. President Clinton's moral indicretion, pauls in comparison to King Georges. There are countless justifible reasons which have been clearly outlined to impeach our present monarch. What is Congress waiting for? The American electorate is tired of being lied to by this self-serving administration. How many more young servicemen/women must die in vain in this totally fabricated war? As Peter, Paul and Mary sang in their 1960's hit, "The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind."
2335 vibekalymanOaklandCAWe MUST impeach Bush and Cheney. Any just political organization in this country must support impeachment now.
2336 AnonymousAnonymousBoca RatonFL
2337 TomWalls
2338 PatriciaBermonBartonVT
2339 LesleyOuelletteNashuaNHBush and Cheney both need to be impeached...what ever happened to our country being run by the people, for the people. This administration is more like a dictatorship than a democracy! Its time for a change!
2340 CatherineBennettWoodacreCAImpreachment is long, long overdue. Leadership is a position of responsibility to the people, not the oil barons nor the idealogues, and exercising responsibility means being accountable to those who put you in that position. MoveOn has the skill to present this issue in a clear way: Calling for impeachment is not vengeance, but rather a time honored method of restoring balance to our national governing center.
2341 DorisvonMarenholtzAnchorageAKFailure to hold Bush/Cheney and their henchmen responsible for the horrors of this Iraq war and the attendant spying on citizens, tortures and other unConstitutional actions will only serve to undermine the very fabric of this once-great Republic. Impeach NOW.
2342 AnonymousAnonymousNapervilleILPLEASE DO IT NOW.
2343 AnonymousAnonymousTucsonAZThis should have been done a long time ago
2344 johnathon7913 w 113th terr o.p.KSLets impeach now
2345 BrianSmithWarrensburgMO
2346 JodieTurnerWarrensburgMO
2347 KathyJonesEugeneOROur democracy is under threat, we are in a Constitutional crisis and we must stop this lawless administration.
2348 DariaJoannaGoldenCOThere is nothing to comment. I never voted for the criminal, so I do vote for impeachment.
2349 DavidMcConathyRenoNVI am bolting from the democratic party. We elected them in 2006 to end this war. I want INPEachment proceedings to being like last FEB.2007. Now, they vote with the president, no timetables, while violating the very tenents of civilization dragging us into an illegal, and lie filled reasoning for this immoral war. Now it is a full on civil war, which Bush and his dogs are telling the lie that we can win in Iraq. You need to support impeachment and NOW. Today, I despise dems in that they are cowards, cowards just like those Germans who knew Nazi Hitler was going to create problems for Germans. We have evidence that Bush has lied,Evidence that billions have been lotted in front of our eyes, on on on, so move on .org. move on support IMPECHMENT, NOW!!
2350 SUSANSTROUSSSAN JOSECAPROTECT AMERICA AND THE CONSTITUTION!

 

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