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Monday, May 21, 2007

Impeach Gonzales

New video clip from Robert Greenwald partnering with Democracy for America. Click to sign the petition to impeach Gonzales. Pass it on.

From Jim Dean, Democracy for America:
If George Bush won't fire U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, then Congress can.

Demand Congress impeach Gonzales now: https://www.ImpeachGonzales.org

First, Alberto Gonzales and Karl Rove worked together to fire at least seven U.S. Attorneys because they weren't "loyal Bushies" and pushed several others to resign in an unethical crusade to make the U.S. Justice Department a partisan arm of the Bush administration.

Then they worked together to cover it up.

Gonzales went so far as to testify to Congress that he "was not involved in seeing any memos, was not involved in any discussions going on." When White House e-mails exposed his involvement, Gonzales changed his tune in an interview with 60 Minutes then changed his tune again by hiding behind, "I don't recall" more then 60 times in his second Congressional testimony. Time's up for Alberto Gonzales!

Democracy for America has teamed up with Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films to get the message out. Robert has created a hard hitting video short that exposes Gonzales' attempts to mislead Congress. In a few weeks, DFA members around the country will deliver your signature and thousands of others directly to your representative in Congress.

Karl Rove wants this scandal over. Rove knows that an impeachment investigation of Gonzales will open the door to a lot more then just the U.S. Attorneys scandal.

Impeachment puts everything back on the table. Illegal domestic eavesdropping, illegally deleted government e-mails, voter suppression, signing statements, torture recommendations, you name it -- if Gonzales had his finger prints on it Congress will shine the spotlight at it.

Join thousands of Americans demanding accountability and ethical leadership in the U.S. Justice Department. Please sign the petition now: https://www.ImpeachGonzales.org

Thank you for moving America forward,

Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America

P.S. Members of the President's Cabinet can be impeached. Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution provides for removal of the President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States.

May 21, 2007 at 11:05 AM in Ethics & Campaign Reform, U.S. Attorney Iglesias, Visuals | Permalink

Comments

Slightly off-topic, I'm wondering why with this president, everyone who publicly criticizes him is compelled to apologize. I don't think I've ever seen this happen before in my lifetime, and didn't think the time would come, but now even Jimmy Carter had to offer an apology after criticizing Bush... why the hell is this?

To quote Teddy Roosevelt, "to announce that there must be no criticism of a president, or that we are to support that president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."

Posted by: < | May 21, 2007 1:50:42 PM

That really bugs me too. Like presidents are kings or something. It irked me that Carter felt he had to back off. His comments were right on target.

Posted by: Red or Green | May 21, 2007 2:11:07 PM

I agree, Mr Carter offered a judgment about Bu$h Foreign Policy. His criticism was mild but accurate and if anyone deserves to be criticized its the @#!&^%# who is responsible for that disastrous policy. No way Mr Carter should be backing down and of offering apologies, if anyone should be apologizing its Bu$h for inflicting so much damage to so many because of it.

Posted by: VP | May 22, 2007 7:49:16 AM

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