Conyers letter about impeachment, 18 months ago... What has happened since then?

[garybeck]

EDIT #2: NOW I GET IT. I just got this email today indeed. IT was from DAvid Swanson, from AFter Downing Street. He is drawing attention to the fact that Conyers hasn't done anything about this since the email went out last year. In fact at the top of the email it says:

"Ruled false advertising.
Refund requests and information on possible class action: [phone]"


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Is There a Case for Impeachment?

I appeared last week at a Harper’s Magazine forum which addressed the conduct of the Bush Administration and whether it has committed crimes that rise to the level of impeachment. A crowd of 1,500 enthusiastically heard from several experts and me as we discussed the tyranny of a President acting to commit a fraud against the United States.

I need your help to build the case for an impeachment investigation.

I have conducted an exhaustive study on this subject and believe that we must begin the process to investigate this administration for possible impeachable offenses. As former congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman noted at the forum, a groundswell of public support is necessary for impeachment proceedings to succeed. There was overwhelming public support for pursuing a case against Richard Nixon, while these same conditions did not exist when the Republicans tried to impeach President Clinton. Public opinion is on our side and now is the time to make a difference.

I have introduced House Resolution 635 to create a special committee to investigate whether the president's misconduct rises to the level of impeachment. 29 Members of Congress have already joined me as cosponsors. Lend your support. Help build momentum to enact this legislation by joining the more than 42,000 concerned Americans who have already signed on as Citizen Cosponsors at: http://johnconyers.com/citizencosponsors, or encourage your friends to sign up.

SIGNUP HERE:
http://www.conyersforcongress.com/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=clickthru&gpiv=1999986919.157175.294&gen=1&mailing_linkid=2726

Watch the Harper’s forum
You can watch “Is There a Case for Impeachment?” online here:
www.c-span.org/search/basic.asp?ResultStart=1&Result
Count=10&BasicQueryText=impeachment&image1.x=0&image1.y=0&image1=Submit

Read the Report
Read the Constitution in Crisis, A 182-page report with over 1,000 footnotes covering the entire spectrum of deception, manipulation, torture, retribution and cover-ups by the Bush Administration. It can be found online here: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/5769.

Write a Letter to the Editor
Visit this link to write a letter to the editor in support of House Resolution 635.
http://johnconyers.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=
{E5BA9DF0-57B0-49D1-B27B-03A00710DE8E}

Thank you for working to help build a better democracy.

Sincerely,

John Conyers

[rateyes]

1. I'm going to do this....but, one question....

why wasn't this done 10 months ago?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Because...

The Wheels of Government Grind Exceeding Fine.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. The Citizens Cosponsor link shows as Page Not Found on Conyers' site

And I really wanted to sign it.

[garybeck]

5. try this

http://www.conyersforcongress.com/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=clickthru&gpiv=1999986919.157175.294&gen=1&mailing_linkid=2726

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Just found that that particular email as from March 2006 (at the very least)

I found a copy of that email on this site:
http://drinkingliberally.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6425&sid=fcef0e43881a841fc92b31a64bbd4155

And from afterdowningstreet.org, it was an email from March 13, 2006
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/27170

[Nickster]

8. That's right, I remember watching this forum on CSPAN, it had John Dean and Sam Seder as well. Sam

was hosting it. I remember everyone got upset because Conyers said we had to investigate before we could even discuss whether impeachment was warranted or not.

[rateyes]

4. I clicked on the link to cosponsor,

and got "Page Not Found." Is this a cruel joke, or is there a problem with the server?

[garybeck]

6. try this

for now I think you can sign up but the info page is down. here is the signup

http://www.conyersforcongress.com/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=clickthru&gpiv=1999986919.157175.294&gen=1&mailing_linkid=2726

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. That's a link to sending email to tell others to sign up

So, I sent one to myself, and in the email received it shows the same html graphics sign up to send to friends.

Am thinking that because the email originally posted for this thread is actually an email from March 13, 2006, that there is no cosponsor group to join anymore.

[RufusEarl]

9. Ditto

[garybeck]

10. that page appears to be down but you can sign on here:

http://www.conyersforcongress.com/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=clickthru&gpiv=1999986919.157175.294&gen=1&mailing_linkid=2726

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. It's not a sign up link. It's an email to send to friends link See post #12 above n/t

[RufusEarl]

21. Sorry, your link worked but couldn't find anywhere to sign the petition

for resolution 635. I did however sign up for his news letter. Thanks anyway, i'll keep looking i'm sure it'll become available soon.

Peace!

[libnnc]

11. Has he put down his calculator?

I thought a few weeks ago he said he had a calculator in one hand and the Constitution in the other...

:shrug:

[rateyes]

13. THIS IS OLD STUFF....

I googled H.R. 635, and they were pushing this legislation in January of 2006, BEFORE the elections that put the Dems in the majority in Congress....I guess they were using it as an election ploy...because once the Dems were put in the majority...Conyers quit pushing for impeachment.

Sorry, I'm not signing up....all that will be accomplished is getting my e-mail address added to some list.

When I see the leadership start pushing for impeachment, I'll support stuff like this. Until then, not.

A url that talks about this: Notice the date on the letter:

http://www.cityofberkeley.info/citycouncil/2006citycouncil/packet/011706/2006-01-17%20Item%2019%20WORTH%20-%20Support%20HR%20635-7%20Censure.pdf

[garybeck]

17. you may be right. my email might have burped. I edited the top line.

still can't hurt to respond.

[Individualist]

19. It was just another dog and pony show,

a performance put on in an attempt to fool voters into thinking they were doing something when they were actually doing nothing. Some people are fooled by this crap, but "...you can't fool all the people all the time".

[garybeck]

20. Ahh, I figured it out. See the update.

[rateyes]

22. Thanks. False advertising sums it up well.

[garybeck]

23. it got me excited. until I read the fine print. oh well, back to reality. n/t

[2rth2pwr]

14. (yawn) Conyers is not serious about this. He has been making pronouncements on

Impeachment for a long time now. My guess is that he knows that none of the leading Dem candidates want Impeachment to overshadow the upcoming campaign. Even if he started today it could be drawn out past the end of this term.

[babylonsister]

16. Isn't that from March 13, 2006? See this link:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/27170

[Beelzebud]

18. Done and done. We gave him a majority...

Hows that whole "looking into it" thing coming along?