Impeachment Activists Sit In Nadler's Office
By Nicole Belle Tuesday Jan 01, 2008 1:19pmSeveral activists from World Can't Wait, joined by other antiwar activists are at Jerold Nadler's Brooklyn office today. They don't intend to leave until they get a commitment from Nadler to get impeachment started in the House Judiciary Committee. They are requesting that you put out the word, asking people to call Nadler's offices to make the same demand.
Washington Office: Tel. 202-225-5635
Manhattan Office: Tel. 212-367-7350
Brooklyn Office: Tel. 718-373-3198
Nadler is the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and definitely sympathetic. Here's what he had to say to Josh Marshall back in June about Bush's warrantless wiretapping:
"a criminal conspiracy...worse than Watergate...The President, the Attorney General, and anybody else -- there's a prima facie case they engaged in a criminal conspiracy. And in effect what they're saying is they have a right to classify, and thus hold themselves harmless, from a criminal conspiracy. From my point of view, if the executive branch is contemptuous of the power of Congress, and is going to go above the law, and ignore the law, you have to use whatever weapons the Constitution gives Congress."
One of the activists at Nadler's office is Elaine Brower, whose son is currently serving in Iraq:
As Brower was talking about her son and his immediate future, the chief spokesman for the U.S. forces in Iraq was sending out a war-related message of his own. Don't pay too much attention to the body count, the military flak said.
"The 2,000 service members killed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom is not a milestone," Army Lt. Col. Steve Boylan wrote in an e-mail to war reporters. "It is an artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific agendas and ulterior motives."
Special agendas? Like trying to salvage America's good name?
Like keeping their children alive? Ulterior motives?
One New York mother had a different question yesterday.
"How many more have to die?" Elaine Brower asked.
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here's a great article from last year Thom Hartmann had on impeachment mentioning James Madison quotes
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/27/113/
14 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Crude oil prices soared to $100 a barrel Wednesday.
Clinton. (Oil Per Barrel) 1998 11.61
I wish I could get excited about this but my excitement has been drained out over the past couple of years. With one year to go (hopefully that's all) I just don't see anyone in the house or senate fired up to do anything about bush or cheney. If they were going to do something, I think we would have seen it last year. Sorry to sound like a downer on this, but it's just how I feel. :(
I m p e a c h n o w
Impeachment activists sitting in Nader's office?
I thought they'd be hopping mad.
THANK YOU NICOLE.
I hear you Patricia, and mostly I feel the same way (like a beaten down dog, even our friends are our enemies) but I called the Brooklyn office and I told the woman who answered the phone and told her that I request as well that he makes a statement (one way or the other) about impeachment. If he is going to bring it, tell us what he needs from us and we'll be there. If not then please state why not?
I don't think anybody in their right mind could argue against impeachment hearings, if you reason it out it is the only option. - What can I say? I'm an optimistic butt-head and I'll probably be fooled into believing that we can change our country, until the day we do, or they day we finally loose the country all together.
I just called and got through n the first ring to live person. Now either they have a huge phone bank or no one is calling.
F**k impeachment, it is too late, thanks to all-talk-and-no-balls Pelosi & her side-kick scared Harry. However, it is never too late for prosecution & imprisonment, for mass-murder - if REAL leaders take the helm in Congress.
I just heard on msnbc that the US is going to open an investigation into the destruction of the CIA torture tapes. Is this just for show or are they serious in trying to find out if any criminal action took place? From past experience with this administration, I'm afraid it's just for show.
I wish the people in Nadler's office all the luck and strength in the world. I really do.
Gerald @ 8:
it usually takes a little bit to get the ball rolling, but if the 9 of us have already called, that's a start!
Make the calls.
pissed off patricia @ 10:
More smoke and mirrors.
pissed off patricia @ 3:
You're not alone.
Jo @ 14:
Thanks, some times I feel I am. We have been down this road so many times that we have left deep ruts but the road always comes to the same end, a roadblock. I've made calls, sent emails and done all this stuff so many times and to what avail? Nothing happens until someone stirs the pot again. If anyone in Washington truly wanted something to happen, it would have happened by now.
Thank You Nicole...I would be happy to work on this..and will blog on it...
The problem is that the corporations own our Congresspeople, of both parties. Until we can bring in campaign finance reform and remove the bribery of our legislators, populist and progressive causes will never see success.
About the only way to accomplish this would be a nationally coordinated grassroots effort to unseat large numbers of incumbent Representatives and Senators and replace them with committed anti-corporatists. Even then it would probably require a Democratic Congress and White House simply for such legislation to survive the committee process, to say nothing of being introduced at all.
What is the zip code + four digits for the 8th District of New York? Emails can be sent if we have that information and can't get to a phone right now.
http://www.house.gov/nadler/emailform.shtml
pissed off patricia @ 15:
Well, I called. Not that it will do any good, but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't try. The phone in his Brooklyn office was answered on the first ring. A very nice woman answered, listened to my appeal and said she would pass it along to Mr. Nadler.
I have to say, Nadler is one of my alltime favorites in congress. He has a wonderful heart and mind.
zip code = 10014
does anyone notice how "impeachment activists" always target the people who are doing good work?
I see through these people--they are disrupters that care less about impeachment. Th
The president and his advisers have stated repeatedly that they are bound by no articles of the United States Constitution that would restrict their prosecution of a global war they have declared themselves in violation of the Constitution and have acted accordingly. The president has also declared, through the use of signing statements, that he has the authority not to enforce laws passed by Congress, nor to submit to its oversight of his actions. The average seventh grade civics students would recognize such actions as impeachable offenses.
L.A. Confidential @ 13:
More smoke and mirrors.
And a Cheech and Chong comedy album in the background?
i live in philly and we went to watch the mummers parade yesterday (if you don't know what that is.... well, it is something else, alright) and at one of the bigger intersections of the parade (around broad and washington ave) there was a group of people with big placards that, when held together, read 'impeach bush'. it was friggin sweet. i couldn't tell which group it was, but it was VERY noticeable.
dennis kucinich, the only candidate serious about impeachment...
pissed off patricia @ 3:
My hope for America is at rock bottom now. :(
Riffing of #9 above, it would seem that Pelosi's office is a far more appropriate target than Nadler's.
And it is most definitely NOT too late for impeachment. As long as it's Cheney first. If for no other reason than to set a precedent that impeachable offenses will not go unchallenged. Otherwise, the neos will just be emboldened. (Choice of words deliberate.)
Ultimately I agree that the more important movement is for criminal trials. However, impeachment will crack open the evidentiary record for such trials like nothing else can.
Someone just called into the Thom Hartman show from the protest. Keep up the good work!
I don't see how these impeachment activists are targeting anyone. ( jpecci @ 21) Nadler has made a statement about a criminal conspiracy worse than Watergate. They want to know if he is going to be willing to back up his statement with action and when, and if not, why not. Never forget we the people are the boss. Congress works for and is paid for by us. They should do our bidding.
Jerry Nadler is probably going to send out for pizza for these activists if I know him. I don't think he needs anyone to stand up for him or appologize about the activists. And I know if I had a child in Iraq, I would be right there with these activists. How many more must die? And how many lives must be lived in agony by wounds too horrible to imagine?
ya need balls to sit in nadds office.
Just called Brooklyn office and got thru. The person answering the phone said "You support the impeachment process?" like that was dismaying. I responded "yes and so do millions of other Americans".....
I called, they asked for my zip code, they hung up.
maybe he will also answer why he put the stop to the "sunlight" bill that was going to show where candidates get their slush funds?
what BS do we elect?
L.A. Confidential @ 2:
fucking sickening.
I just called Nadler's Manhattan office and got through on two rings. Woman who answered had no idea what I was talking about, even though there was a sit-in going on in Brooklyn, and when I told her, she said that she knew the congressman would not support that. I said that I was sorry to hear that, but hoped she would relay his constitutent's wishes, and she said she would. No joy there, but call anyway!
Awesome Nicole!!!
I hope they get his attention now. Here's what Waxman thinks about impeachment - an excerpt from what looks to be a meeting with his constituents (thanks to Orangutan) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X_GQCjSzCk
Exactly - How Many More Have To Die?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tMACzBomDK4
Shredder @ 26:
Pelosi's office has been "targeted" numerous times. And Nadler's been chosen today because he's on the Judiciary Committee, where these things start. This hasn't been mentioned in this article or comments, but it must have something to do with getting Congressman Wexler's motion to impeach Cheney more support on that committee, doesn't it? (see www.wexlerwantshearings.com)
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jpecci @ 21:
Again, someone like Nadler is "targeted" because he is very likely to support impeachment, although he hasn't come out and said so yet, AND he's on the relevant committee! These Brooklyners know what they're doing. Who would YOU target jpecci? Some Republican or Blue Dog? Lotta good that would do.
We heard this same BS when us Orange County California protested outside of Loretta Sanchez' office to get her to stop funding the war. ALl these cynics who weren't doing anything themselves were all "IF you had real guts you'd go after the Republicans. Well, on the next vote she changed and voted against funding! So STFU jpecci.
They need also to be sitting in Pelosi's office.
Nicole -- Can you pass along our words of support to Elaine Brower & her colleagues?
And everyone please sign the petitions at:
http://impeachmenthearingsnow.blogspot.com/
http://petitiononline.com/Conyers8/petition.html
http://petitiononline.com/pelosi08/petition.html
I call bullshit on any congress person who claims there will not be republican votes so impeachment will fail. I say these people don't support the constitution or the premise of this country, which is the union can withstand this type of action. The purpose of impeachment is let sunlight on the cancer in our government, that being the total corruption of the republican party. Let these assholes vote for torture ,Secret prisons a 911 whitewash commission or whatever they want but make damn sure to expose the whole rotten can of worms and if stupid Americans vote to return these creeps to office in future elections so be it . I demand the damn truth no matter who gets smeared.
Jo @ 14:
Hey, the WAY TO GET ENERGIZED is to USE ENERGY, not to try to think about your SOFT PAIN .. hard pain is what the IRAQI's have, or the Palestinians or certain Kurds, amongst others.
If you get up and do something to increase your SELF ESTEEM by doing something you CAN do, you'll feel a whole lot better. Being a human being these days is a fulltime job! Enjoy the fact you have CHOICE. I have bad days and that's when I do MORE, actually. i WANT THE KILLING TO STOP and us all have time to be creative instead of reactive to these evil people running the US government/evil empire.
I think this item is real good news. Between the Rose Parade and this 2008 is looking better already!!
chimpeach
First, thank you so much, Nicole for putting impeachment back on the blogotable. The Judiciary Committee meets again Jan 8, next Tuesday. This is the time to make as much blogonoise as possible in order to give Conyers the cover to put impeachment back on the table. He must be able to say to Pelosi/Hoyer "Hey, I had no choice. The People demand it!" The People work up to $100/barrel oil this morning and the consequent fall in the stock market. Many have houses worth less than when they bought them, we are still pouring money down the Iraq drain and only the rich are getting richer. The People have gone from disgruntled discontentment to outright anger, and when the truths of this administration are put on the impeachment table, the People are going to be righteously outraged. I have been flogging Wexler’s petition because I think it is the most effective vehicle to get impeachment hearings but it is not an exclusive effort. I hope all of the efforts will go forward. Thanks again for putting impeachment back on the bootable. I hope you and all the C&L bloggers will leave it there until this vampire slinks back to his velvet coffin permanently.
http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/
Why not give out the free numbers to the Capitol switchboard as well? I hate spending my own hard-earned money on Congress.
800-828-0498 "May I have the office of Representative Nadler, please?"
800-614-2803
866-340-9281
866-338-1015
877-851-6437
If you impeach
A. Nothing get's done internationally
B. Nothing get's done domestically
C. All the election will be about is impeachment
D. The 2000, cali recall and this makes us look terrible to other countries
E. Cheney will be POTUS and you KNOW the GOP is'nt going to let Nacy P. become the POTUS so your not getting both of them and Cheney won't hesitate to attack Iran...
So suck it up!
CriminalGeorgeW @ 9:
Actually, I believe Bush & Cheney can STILL be impeached AFTER they leave office as well. It prevents them from ever holding public office again,
AND opens them up to CRIMINAL prosecution. In the USA.
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This is baloney:
Bowl week @ 44:
GOP is already blocking legislation. Might as well use the time to get something done: Gather facts, or attempt to.
The 2008 election has started; whether it's about or not about impeachment is meaningless. The November 2008 election will be about what it is.
Enforcing the law and Geneva would raise US standing around the globe.
Discussing whether Cheney would or woudn't be President misses the point: Bush would have to be convicted. Can't argue "there will be no impeachment" but then reverse yourself and argue the opposie, "But if it succeeds with a removal, Cheney will be scarier." Well, Cheney is first in line for the investigation.
Bowl week @ 44:
Bowl, you poor, low-info troll, it is cheney that is being impeached. It is best to have the simplest relevant fact at hand before commenting. As for your other 'points'
A. Since the dem Congress will not get us out of Iraq, and the administration has control of the international adgenda, getting nothing done is my feverent hope.
B.Anything that a dem wants done domesticly will be either vetoed or filibustered, so what difference will it make?
C. It will certainly be a big part of it, and with cheney's approval rating in the teens, it will only benifit progressive dems.
D. I live in California, and do not remember other countries giving a shit about the 2000 recall. From what I read, most other countries would think the impeachment on cheney meant that we were finally coming to our senses.
E. refer to my opening remarks.
I will refrain from any more sarcasm as I am not into cruelty, but, for your own sake, before commenting, take about thirty seconds to google the subject.
Every Republican slimeball still in congress who voted for Clinton's impeachment should be tarred and feathered for their hypocritical silence on the Bush regime's high crimes and misdemeanors.
I wish I could go there to demand impeachment. I'll also steal some of his pens, just because.
Impeachment is a necessity. To let the robbers run from the bank is a crime against the U.S. citizenship. Congress is pathetic not to have already started this, what is to lose? If the Republican half of the Senate doesn't convict, then it is on their heads. At least the Democrats will have said, yes we have a serious criminal here (bush) and are presenting the crimes, lies, and deceit to the U.S. public, which is our duty.
JML @ 38:
I will, actually. I just got her cell phone number.
I understand that there were 3 arrests and that NY1 was there to film it. I'm trying to get the footage and I'll update the post as soon as I can.
Go Nads.
Impeachment is the ultimate waste of time when we are in the midst of a Presidential campaign. If we get a new President instead of a Republican retread, there will be plenty of time for prosecution in federal court. But as the Michael
Douglas character says in An American President: Let's keep our eye on the ball, folks.
Guess what, Sam, there is no statutory crime for lying the country into war, which is what the bill of impeachmnent is primarily about, therefore, impeachment is the ONLY remedy. As for the next dem administration investigating the Bush administration, you must be smokin' somethin'!
Bowl week @ 44:
Bowl week,
How weak.
A) What is getting done NOW, internationally?
B) Is this a factually correct statement, or a dihonest conjecture?
C) Incorrect. It will also be about health care, ending the Iraq/Afghanistan occupation, ending corruption, big government... etc.
D) What makes us look terrible to the world is how torture, unprovoked invasions that kill a million + people, FASCISM... etc. is somehow acceptable for America.
E) H.Res. 333 AND H. Res.799 ARE about removing Cheney first.
Again BWeak, dishonest pretexts are a character TELL.
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Called from Tokyo; all switchboards were closed, but left voice messages (with contact details for verification) on each asking for Congressman Nadler to support impeachment, or, if he does not, to publicly state why.
Never too late, ladies and gentlemen.
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