Some of you may be aware of the brief back and forth at the Conyers hearings between the committee and "that woman" who wanted to finish reading her question to all Congress members asking them to take a stand now by endorsing a "Declaration of Intent."
Mike Malloy was certainly aware as he discussed it at length on his radio show Wed. night. The questioner even called in to the show and was allowed to finish the last 3 paragraphs (51 secs.) and tell the listeners where they could get access to the declaration, so they can send it to their "leaders" and demand that they take a stand.
But only a few are aware that the declaration has been sitting here on my diary over a week. Kossacks had it first and some have joined the effort to put congress on the spot.
And so with all this new public attention, I renew my request for everyone to use the
Declaration of Intent to light a fire under their so-called leaders by asking them take this moral stand.
If you'd like to read the statements (PDFs) from the hearings, you can do that here: Judiciary Dems Vote Forum -- The Declaration of Intent is included at the bottom of the list.
If you'd like to view the hearings with Realplayer, you can do that here: Realplayer stream -- The exchange over the declaration begins at about 2:27:30 into the webcast.
If you'd like to listen to the Mike Malloy show, you can do that here: MP3 file stream -- The portion about the hearing begins at about 35:30 into the show.
There's also more dKos discussion of the hearing on DC Poli Sci's report from the hearing room.