Impeachment

Who Killed the Constitution?

An interactive exploration of what went wrong, who is responsible, and how to fix it.
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Join John Nichols and David Swanson in Colorado

WHERE:
First Plymouth
Congregational Church
3501 S. Colorado Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80118
303-988-1295

WHEN:
November 17, 2007
3:00 pm Registration
3:30 pm Panel Discussion: How Can a Citizen Work to Throw the Bums Out
5:15 pm Murder-Mystery Dinner Theater
6:30 pm Evening Speakers

Speakers:
John Nichols, Washington Correspondent to The Nation, read more

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Depleted Uranium and Depleted Democracy

By David Swanson
Remarks at October 27, 2007, rally in Jonesborough, Tenn., preceding march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons.

There are those who think Congress should keep shelling out our grandchildren’s money to continue our occupation of Iraq, and there are those who think Congress should pass a bill opposing the occupation. And they are both wrong. Any decent bill on any issue, much less this one, will be vetoed. The way to stop funding the occupation read more

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Lt. Governor John Garamendi, SB City Councilmember Helene Schneider, AfterDowningStreet.org's David Swanson

Until 2005 multimillionaires could make the Forbes 400 richest Americans, but for 2006 it took $1.3 Billion. The economy’s doing great for a few folks. Cheney says the US won’t let Iran “go nuclear” and we accuse them “directing missions in Iraq.” The run-up to the Iran War is the same as the Iraq War and we buy it. Sen. Chris Dodd calls for new leadership in the Senate, and Verizon and AT&T give over $42,000 to Sen. Jay Rockerfeller to buy legal immunity read more

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What Is Rahm Emmanuel Talking About?

By David Swanson

Here’s a recent transcript

Congressman Rahm Emanuel is chairman of the Democratic Caucus. Congressman, people out there are wondering why did they elect the Democrats to end the war in if the war is still going?

REP. RAHM EMANUEL, (D) DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: First of all, they elected – first of all, let’s go to the presumption of the question, Chris. They elected the democrats for a host of reasons, including the war but also to change things that were happening read more

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Events in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Venice, Los Angeles

Friday, November 2

6:30 p.m. – Impeach Bush and Cheney Meetup http://impeachbush.meetup.com/378 with Ann Wright, David Swanson, and Augustin Aguayo. Veteran’s Memorial Building, 112 West Cabrillo Boulevard, Auditorium, first floor, Santa Barbara, CA. Contact DinahMason@aol.com, 805-895-8030. Here’s flyer.

Saturday, November 3

11:00 a.m. – Ann Wright and David Swanson, North Oxnard United Methodist Church, 2300 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA. Contact Cindy 805-895-4026. read more

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It Was Never About Children's Health

By David Swanson

Beginning last November and ever since, I have repeated a standard conversation with many Congress Members and staffers. It starts out with me urging them to impeach Bush and Cheney. They then stress all their other priorities that this would supposedly distract from, including often children’s health insurance (SCHIP). I then tell them that any decent bill on any issue will be vetoed. They then get a very clever strategerizing look in their eyes and say something like read more

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123 Silent Congress Members

By David Swanson

Over two years ago, the following 123 Democratic Congress Members did something extraordinary.

Abercrombie; Allen; Baird; Baldwin; Becerra; Berkley; Bishop; Blumenauer; Brown, Corrine; Brown, Sherrod; Butterfield; Capps; Capuano; Carson; Christensen; Clay; Cleaver; Clyburn; Conyers; Cooper; Cummings; Davis, Danny; Davis, Susan; DeFazio; DeGette; Delahunt; DeLauro; Dingell; Doggett; Doyle; Eshoo; Farr; Fattah; Filner; Ford; Frank; Green; Grijalva; Gutierrez; Hastings; Hinchey; Holt; read more

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Sen. Reid Struggles for Reason to Oppose Impeachment

By David Swanson

Christiane Brown (KJFK, Reno) interviews Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in this audio clip from last week and presses him on why he admits impeachable offenses have been commited but opposes impeachment. Reid says that impeaching Bush would just give you Cheney, but Brown points out that Cheney can be impeached too (in fact, the only impeachment bill in Congress right now is to impeach Cheney). Reid says there’s not enough time, but read more

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