Dump Dick Day Video Contest

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Dump Dick Day Video Contest: $1,000 Prize

August 9th is the 33rd anniversary of the historic day when President Richard Nixon resigned in the face of impeachment. Please plan now to mark the day with ceremonies, solemn or fun. We need to remind America that the proper use of impeachment did not traumatize our nation, but healed it - everyone agreed "the system worked."

Bush and Cheney have now surpassed Nixonian levels of disapproval in the polls, and for good reason. They openly committed the same abuses for which the House Judiciary Committee passed articles of impeachment against Nixon (such as refusing to comply with subpoenas). They openly violated laws put into place in response to Nixon's abuses (such as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). They seized unconstitutional power in ways Nixon never attempted (such as by rewriting laws with signing statements). And Cheney and Bush committed far more serious crimes, including misleading the nation into war, kidnapping, torture, and murder.

When Congress finally stood up to Nixon, he was gone in 3 months. (And that was with evidence of crimes still needing to be discovered, unlike today when it is already known http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/25170). The Democrats won the biggest victories in recent memory in the elections that followed their decision to uphold the Constitution. In contrast, when they took the impeachment of President Ronald Reagan off the table, in order to win elections, they proceeded to lose.

$1,000 Prize for Best Video

We’re holding a contest for the best video using the precedent of Nixon to make the case for impeaching Cheney. The winner will be determined by a popular vote and will receive a $1,000 cash prize.

To enter, simply join the Dump Dick YouTube group http://www.youtube.com/group/dumpdick and add your video. Be creative. Be funny. Tell everybody you know to vote for your video. It can be as simple as talking into your webcam for two minutes or it can be a major Hollywood production if you've got the budget. But hurry--the deadline for submissions is high noon on Dump Dick Day (that's 12:00PM ET on August 9th).

To vote, watch any or all of the videos posted to the YouTube group and give them a rating of one to five stars. Voting will remain open until noon on August 11. If there’s a tie, we’ll put up a poll online where you can vote for the finalists.

http://www.youtube.com/group/dumpdick