Wexler Asks Help Running Impeachment Ads

I barely knew who Wexler was and he's quickly becoming my hero.  His drive to gather 50,000 signatures to throw in Pelosi's and Conyers' face, as proof Americans want impeachment ON the table, has topped 175,000 sigs so far.  A quarter million is looking do-able.  Rep. Wexler understands he's up against a major media black-out, so he's asking for help to buy ads on impeachment.  The following was received from Wexler by impeachment activists this week.

In other news, how long will the prosecutor in the CIA tapes take to make the Padilla connection, or is his job to bury it?  One of the subjects of the tapes is the guy whose tortured testimony convicted Jose Padilla, whose rights had already been grievously violated by Bush's declaration of him as an "enemy combatant."  The kind of justice planned for dissidents?  (Of course the first allegation will always be related to "terrorism," which, - surprise! - you can't answer because you are incommunicado!)

Give a late Christmas present to yourself: Your Bill of Rights.  Help Wexler.  I'll always love Kucinich for his courage on this, but having senior Judiciary member Wexler up against them is a different problem for the White House entirely.  Letter:

Dear Ralph,

In my last email to you...

...I wrote how your support for our efforts to hold impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney has helped us get some attention from the mainstream media. My editorial was recently published in the Philadelphia Inquirer...and newspapers from coast to coast have covered our success. 175,000 supporters have now signed up at WexerWantsHearings.com and the number continues to build...Over the past weeks, I have put significant financial resources...behind this effort, including advertising, multimedia, blog ads, and technical support for WexlerWantsHearings.com. Thank you to the hundreds of people who have already generously supported the cause.

Now, with your help – I want to expand this effort.

With your support I want to make a major Internet advertising buy on Google that will guarantee that for the next two weeks, every person that looks up "Dick Cheney" on Google sees an advertisement for our petition. With your help we can own "Cheney" on the web.

In addition, I want to publish blog ads, such as you see to the right, throughout the web to galvanize Americans in support of our cause. (You may have to right mouse click and select "Download Pictures" to see the ad).

It is time to reach beyond those that are regular readers of the political blogs, and expand the number of people mobilized to help push for impeachment hearings. The truth is that the number of Americans who support our efforts is immense and we need to do everything possible to reach out to them and maximize our strength.

I cannot do this without your support, so click here if you'd like to contribute to our work.

When Congress reconvenes on January 15th I will deliver the hundreds of thousands of names we have collected to my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee and I will do everything I can do to convince them to support immediate impeachment hearings. I will also be entering all of the collected names into the Congressional Record and present them to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

The mainstream media has not done enough to cover this effort but with your help we will force the issue into the national dialogue.

Click here if you'd like to help sponsor this effort.

We must now redouble our efforts to ensure that Vice President Cheney and the Bush Administration are held accountable.

In order to continue funding this effort we need your help. Please consider making a financial contribution to help us expand our advertising advocating impeachment hearings for Vice President Dick Cheney. Your help will go a long way toward stopping the out of control Bush Administration.  

Click here if you are willing to contribute today.

Thanks for your help and keep up the fight!

Congressman Robert Wexler