All politics is local - or at least that's what Tip O'Neal used to say. Our CongressCritters will be home over July 4th so make sure you try to get in to see them about impeachment / H Res 333 next week.
We live near DC and hubby was out last night with some friends. He’s incredibly observant and a couple guys he knew to be Hill staffers were talking nearby, so he listened in. The long & the short of the conversation was that the "shit is gonna hit the fan – and soon."
When I asked him what that meant he said, "you know... impeachment."
This was before I told him what happened re those subpoenas, and how the Net erupted yesterday with calls for impeachment.
Now I know this is all second-hand and all that, but I found this especially interesting given that one of the guys is a Dem, and the other’s a Repub. And they both agree... someone’s going down over those subpoenas.
We have some pretty connected folks around here and I can’t imagine there’s not more talk on the Hill along these lines. I can’t be the only person who thinks yesterday’s FU from the White House is the last straw, and that it’s time to impeach Cheney, Gonzo and Dubbya.
Jodin delivers some great news along these lines in her/his diary about Rep. Ellison, who this morning became the 9th co-sponsor of H Res 333, a bill that would impeach Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. This is just the beginning folks, but we’ve got to keep up the pressure on our CongressCritters.
So I’m going to repeat the call to action posted in my diary yesterday, by asking you to call, write and/or fax your CongressCritters and tell them "enough’s enough". Ask them what it’s going to take for them to FINALLY sign on to this bill as a co-sponsor.
Consider this an ACTION diary you guys. Call your CongressCritter now (1-800-828-0498) and ask them - no DEMAND that they co-sponsor H Res 333. Tell them it's time to impeach Dick Cheney.
Buhdydharma put up a call to action on this the other day. It's time we turned up the heat on Congress to take the logical next step in this fight. Impeach the bastid for high crimes against this nation.
While you're at it - send this email to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...
Dear Speaker Pelosi -
I urge you to support H Res 333. The Resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
Thank You
Call your CongressCritter (1-800-828-0498).
Send Pelosi an email
Call Pelosi at 202-225-4965.
Some of you on the west coast can still get through to your CongressCritter’s district office and I would urge you to do that right now.
Pelosi’s on the west coast so you can still get through to her district office too...
San Francisco Office - (415) 556-4862
Tell her to put impeachment BACK on the freakin’ table.
UPDATE
Hat tip to Victoria2DC for this suggestion...
The July 4th holiday is coming up and our CongressCritters are going to be home for a few days. Call their District Office first thing Monday morning and see if you can get an appointment for face time with your CongressCritter to discuss the WH refusal to comply with Congressional subpoenas, and what they plan to do about. Bring friends, neighbors & family with you and get together ahead of time to map out what you're going to say if you get an appointment.
If the CongressCritter's not available then ask to meet with their staffer who deals with the judiciary / justice issues.
Explain that the option of taking this to the courts is a non-starter given the way Congress has allowed Bush to stack the courts with Federalist Society neocons, and that the only option at this point is impeachment.
Tell them the reason for your visit is to urge them to co-sponsor and fight to pass H Res 333.
And if they won't agree to a meeting then take it to the streets. Get a few friends, neighbors & family together and picket their disctrict office(s). Invite the press and local media.
My mom took part in an event at her CongressCritter’s office – Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) after his staffer wouldn’t meet with them to discuss bringing habeas corpus back to the table on June 26th. About 40 grannies. No media. The Oakland Press sent a photographer but that’s about it. No worries - The Raging Grannies rocked on anyway...
Raging Grannies at Knollenger’s Office on YouTube
Check it out – they’re great and hey... it just might inspire you to take on your CongressCritter if they’re dumb enough to toe the WH line on this shite.
And don’t ya just LOVE the hats?
Rock on folks – let’s take it to them in their districts over the 4th!!!!!
UPDATE 2
Folks have been posting numbers for Pelosi that have worked.
Here's another one for her San Francisco Office...
(415) 556-4862
And the number posted above just as a reminder...
San Francisco Office - (415) 556-4862
EMAIL 3
Someone posted a link to Congress.org, where you can plug in your zip code and it links you to your Congresscritters...
Congress.org
Use it - find your CongressCritters' sites and BOOKMARK the "contact me" page.