$1,000 to Ask Pelosi a Question

[davidswanson]

We'll gladly pay you $1,000 to ask Nancy Pelosi a question.

Pelosi told "The View" today that she'd impeach Bush if anybody knew of a crime he'd committed, just as she told Ed Schultz a year ago. Here's a list of crimes (PDF) drawn up by Conyers 2.5 years ago. And here's a list of crimes (PDF) from Kucinich's articles of impeachment drawn up by Elizabeth de la Vega.

Could a few thousand people fax these to her please?
Fax: [phone], Phone: [phone], Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Could someone also deliver them to her at her appearance with Politics and Prose bookstore of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, August 2 at 3 p.m. at Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland. (There is no cost for this event. Please sign up in advance by calling the Village Center at 301-656-2797.)

Bush has repeatedly instructed current and former staffers to refuse to comply with subpoenas and contempt citations.

Bush has violated numerous laws and claimed the right to do so in signing statements, as documented by the Government Accountability Office.

To watch a video of Bush admitting to violating FISA (thereby committing numerous felonies) go to the White House website here, and watch the December 19, 2005, press conference. You'll notice that Bush claims he began these crimes after September 11, 2001, which is not true; he began them earlier. You'll notice that Bush claims to have legal justification for violating the law, but those claims have completely collapsed. He also claims the spying is limited in ways that it is not. And when asked why he didn't try to change the law rather than violating it, he said he just doesn't have to because he's the president.

Does Pelosi subscribe to the belief that torture was ever legal?

Here's someone who does not: http://cindyforcongress.org


WHERE'S NANCY? SHE'S ON A BOOK TOUR NEAR YOU!

From Random House:

7/29/2008 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128, 212-415-5654, Noon, For Tix Call 212.415.5500

7/30/2008 Synagogue at 6th and I, 600 I Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001, 202-364-1919, 7 pm

8/2/2008 Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, 202-364-1919, 3 p.m.

8/4/2008 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Columbia Point, Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125, 617-514-1645, 5:30 pm

8/5/2008 Free Library of Philadelphia (Central Library), Montgomery Auditorium 1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, 215-567-4341, 7 pm

8/6/2008 Temple Judea, 5500 Granada Blvd., Miami, FL 33146, 305-442-4408, 7:30 pm

8/7/2008 Borders Books, 612 East Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 734-668-7652, 7 pm

8/11/2008 American Jewish University, Gindi Auditorium 15600 Mulholland Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90077, 310-659-3110, 7 pm

8/12/2008 Dominican University, Angelico Hall 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901, 415-927-0960, 7 pm

8/13/2008 Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, Oracle Corporation 500 Oracle Pkwy., Redwood City, CA 94065, 415-382-6022, 7 pm

8/14/2008 Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center, Pier 2, San Francisco, CA 94123, 415-643-3400x11, 7 pm

8/20/2008 Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1628 16th Street, Denver, CO 80202, 303-436-1070, 5:30 pm

[Oregone]

1. I thought the purpose of impeachment (investigation) was to determine IF a crime was committed...

To not impeach because she isn't sure if he is guilty, is rather an absurd premise.


You do not need evidence of wrongdoing. You need evidence that there MAY have been wrongdoing, right?

[pacalo]

7. Also, wouldn't the boy king want the opportunity to defend his honor?

:rofl:

[hisownpetard]

2. Now we know why Nancy took impeachment off the table: the table was covered with pages of the

rough draft for her book. That's why there wasn't enough time to impeach.
She was too busy trying to cash in on her 15 minutes of infamy.

Shame on her.

[ixion]

3. not enough time to impeach, but plenty of time to go on a book tour on the people's dime

Nance just keeps finding new ways to lower my respect for her. :argh:

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. What proof do you have that this book tour is on "the people's dime?"

:shrug:

Or do you just like to throw out unsubstantiated allegations about Democrats?

[ixion]

8. a) she is a member of congress who b) collects a regular paycheck, ergo

unless she is deducting the time she is NOT spending being Speaker of the House (do you think she just materializes at these events? There is a great deal of travel involved.) she is effectively being paid by We, the People to promote her book.

And even if she's not, it's still a disgrace, given the mess this country is in right now.

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Is the House scheduled to be in session on any of the days of the book tour?

:shrug:

[The Stranger]

17. It doesn't matter whether the House is to be in session -- she is self-aggrandizing while the nation

is being raped by the criminal junta.

[Freddie Stubbs]

22. Promoting a book is self-aggrandizing?

Wow. Good thing she didn't make a movie.

[The Stranger]

32. You bet your ass promoting a book is self-aggrandizing.

And linking to Michael Moore is somehow supposed to be responding to Pelosi's criminal collaboration? Michael Moore is supposed to be self-aggrandizing?

Are you kidding me?

[Freddie Stubbs]

47. Moore supported Ralph Nader in 2000

Pelosi supported Gore.

[The Stranger]

49. So what? So now you're hating Michael Moore?

Are you going to leave us ANY true Progressives?

[Freddie Stubbs]

53. I am just pointing out that what he did was far worse that Speaker Pelosi's alledged trangressions

[The Stranger]

58. Michael Moore was complicit in covering for war crimes?

Pardon me?

[Freddie Stubbs]

59. Without people like Moore who supported Nader, Bush never would have left Texas

He would not have had any opportunities to commit any war crimes as Governor of Texas.

[The Stranger]

62. I think you forgot to throw Kevin Bacon in there somewhere.

Or the price of tea in China.

[The Stranger]

48. Self-delete.

[EFerrari]

9. One of the "reasons" she gave (and Conyers repeats) for not impeaching Bush

is that they won't have time to do anything else.

I guess this book tour is more important than impeaching murderous thugs who have sacked our treasury and killed our children.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. Is the House scheduled to be in session on any of the dates of the book tour?

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

13. She's already out there, Freddie.

I'm sorry. The House is in session right now unless aliens have taken over CSPAN. :shrug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. How many votes has she missed?

Here's a hint: It's a number by which you can't divide.

[EFerrari]

18. Moving the goal posts doesn't change the fact

that she has time for a book tour but no time for her constituents or for impeachment. You have to wonder what else she isn't attending to -- maybe a background check on Porter Goss.

[Freddie Stubbs]

20. Impeachment isn't happening because Pelosi is on a book out

It isn't happening because there is no support for it by a majority of the House.

[EFerrari]

21. There is no support in the House because she pre-empted the whole process.

I know you are very loyal to Democrats and that's admirable. But what is being inflicted on the American public right now is not admirable nor conducive to the common good and someone needs to intervene. Some grown up. Pelosi isn't that grown up.

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. Do you really believe that the dozens of Blue Dogs in the House would support impeachment if only

the Speaker allowed them to?

[EFerrari]

28. We can't know because she short circuited the idea.

Do you seriously think that, in this economy, with people losing their homes right and left, and not being able to buy gas and being afraid of the next sticker shock at the grocery store, that those Blue Dogs would have stuck with Bush? I find that very hard to believe, myself. But, I can't know. She obstructed the process.

And letting these criminals go will come back to bite us and our kids. We know that much.

[Freddie Stubbs]

46. The Blue Dogs certainly could have stuck it to Bush on FISA

Did they do that, or did they force the House to pass a more moderate bill that what the liberals wanted?

[The Stranger]

19. How many votes has she missed?

Here's a hint: Well, one vote in particular that could possibly save the Republic.

And, boy, has she missed it.

[Freddie Stubbs]

26. She is smart enough to know that the most important vote will take place November 4, and

does not want to do anything which will jeopardize that.

Most children learn that they must first finish their vegetables before they can eat their dessert.

[EFerrari]

29. This is not a game. People are dying while Pelosi miscalculates

what she needs to do to win an election.

There is no way a Republican will be elected. They might steal it if we let them, that's another matter.

She is complicit in every displaced family that has fled Iraq, in every injury every torture victim will live with the rest of their lives. She is complict in the preventable diaspora that resulted from Katrina. She is complicit in the degredation of the fourth Amendment.

When you sell out your soul, your people and your country, expect that dessert to taste of ashes.

[defendandprotect]

38. Wonderful . . . and exactly what I was thinking ---

And you're right . . . no one is going to vote for McCain unless they're simply making

a racist statement re Obama --- no one is voting GOP.

On the other hand, we better be thinking about what we are going to do if there is another

attempt to STEAL --- think about it NOW . . .

Pelosi is simply disgusting . . .

We need to move her out ---

[Freddie Stubbs]

44. Two years ago those obsessed with impeachment claimed that

by taking impeachment off of the table Pelosi had miscalculated, and that voters would punish Democratic candidates for it.

Instead, voters elected the first Democratic-controlled Congress in 12 years.

[The Stranger]

31. A catastrophic miscalculation on her and her followers' part -- she is stupid enough to forfeit Nov.

4 victory because she will not do what is right and what everyone knows is the right thing to do.

By failing to do what is right and seize the opportunity to impeach, she is going to forfeit both impeachment and the November elections.

[defendandprotect]

39. So far, there's been no repercussions for right-wingers in the Democratic Party . . .

in fact, Democrats have been largely blind to it ---

The world wants an end to this war --- America is anti-war and wants an end ---

Pelosi evidently thinks it helps the Democrats to keep it going --- !!!!

What could be more immoral --- ???

[Freddie Stubbs]

45. How many House seats do you believe that Democrats will lose if there is no impeachment?

Can you cite any Democratic members of the House who are in danger of losing their reelection bids because they oppose impeachment?

[The Stranger]

50. You and Pelosi are playing to lose, and elections past have shown that is just what you'll do.

[Freddie Stubbs]

51. Just like in 2006?

:shrug:

[The Stranger]

56. No, just like in 2000 and 2004.

[Freddie Stubbs]

57. For the record, the 2006 election was 5 1/2 months AFTER Pelosi took impeachment "off of the table"

[The Stranger]

63. You seem to be content with playing defense and playing to lose.

Once again, there are people that are very, very angry at the Republicans for reasons I have posted time and time again. For Pelosi and her scared followers to shirk their responsibility and forfeit this kind of political advantage and opportunity will likely result in either a marginal win at the polls -- subject to being a stolen election -- or yet another Democratic collapse.

[defendandprotect]

37. Fein and Holtzman made clear that little time is required because so much of the

crime is Constitutional --

It's there --- little work to do ---

[EFerrari]

43. Of course. This talking point is more bs. n/t

[defendandprotect]

52. Not clear on which side you're lending your support . . .

[EFerrari]

54. The idea that there isn't enough time to impeach is a red herring. Agreed. n/t

[defendandprotect]

55. YES--!!! and notice that they're going off on VACATION . . .

You know, somehow that doesn't seem moral when the earth is dying and people are

being tortured . . .

Just call me a bleeding heart liberal ---

[barbtries]

4. that is so fucking weak

that while this country is in such a mess, with as much time off as the goddam congress gets as it is, she goes off on a BOOK tour! that just really steams me. she should be billed for the salary she collects from the House while she is obviously doing anything but her job. what a fucking tool this woman turned out to be. shameless.

[Mad_Dem_X]

6. I have lost all respect for her

"Pelosi told "The View" today that she'd impeach Bush if anybody knew of a crime he'd committed"

Are you fucking kidding me? Where has she been for the last seven years? :argh:

[EFerrari]

10. I'm going to try to go to Fort Mason with my son.

I haven't embarrassed him enough in his life. lol

[Pharaoh]

16. You go Baby!

I'll be looking forward to it!

[EFerrari]

30. I'll post if they let me in.

Good to see you, Pharaoh. :)

[madamesilverspurs]

15. She's coming to Denver on the 20th?

Wonder if she's planning to stick around for the convention. Maybe we'll have to treat her to some Rocky Mountain Oysters, at least we could get picture of the Speaker with some balls...

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

23. if

she didn't have her staff deleting all my emails, she'd know of a crime.

Alas, she knows anyway but continues being a coward. She should live one day in the way I have for the last few years.

She revolts :puke: me.

[no limit]

24. Let's do it. I got $5 on it

Im sure if we can collect enough people we could come up with a grand without a problem.

[mmonk]

27. I hope someone can successfully ask her a substantive question

with video rolling and actually get a direct answer.

[defendandprotect]

40. I've watched her a bit and I don't think you'll ever get a real answer from her . . .

she was once fairly capable of it --- but at this point she's totally got amenesia on

any truthful replies ---

[Norrin Radd]

33. kr

[man4allcats]

34. Calling DU Activist Corps!

This seems like an effort that would actually be worthwhile for the DU Activist Corps - or anyone else for that matter.

[madrchsod]

35. i have to admit i was wrong

and those who saw through her a long time ago were right. i guess everyone makes mistakes, but dam she`s the speaker of our house!

[defendandprotect]

36. We need to impeach Pelosi . . . this is really the kind of

BS I personally detest . . .

It's the stonewalling, what you say means nothing to me kind of stuff that simply means ---

"I'm ignoring it all" . . .


If Pelosi doesn't seem criminality in this White House she must adore fascism ---

Pelosi has to go ---

[BlueJac]

41. I agree

[Freddie Stubbs]

60. The Democrats in her district seem to like her

They keep sending her to DC. In fact, just last month she defeated a self-described impeachment activist 89%-11 in the Democratic primary.

[BlueJac]

42. Nancy's book is toilet paper!

Full of shit from the House Coward!

[man4allcats]

61. Faxed to Nancy Pelosi

at the fax number you provided.