We Did It! 50,000 signatures calling for immediate Cheney impeachment hearings collected in 1 day!

[babylonsister]

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29386

We Did It! 50,000 signatures calling for immediate Cheney impeachment hearings collected in 1 day!
Submitted by dlindorff on Sun, 2007-12-16 14:36. Activism | Impeachment | Media

It's not being reported in the corporate media, which also refused to publish an opinion piece penned by six-term Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL), Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). But a whopping 50,000 people responded in just one day to Rep. Wexler's call for people to sign his on-line petition supporting an immediate start to hearings on Rep. Dennis Kucinich's Cheney Impeachment bill (H Res 799)

As of Sunday morning, 54,000 people had signed the petition at www.WexlerWantsHearings.com calling for action now. And names are being added at a rate of one every one or two seconds!

Wexler has said he wanted at least 50,000 signatures. But why stop there? If people get behind this, and if the impeachment movement spreads the word, he could easily get closer to 500,000 signatures over the next few days.

And if each of us were to send out a call to sign to ten of our friends, then we'd have half a million signatures, which would be hard for Conyers and the Democratic leadership, Speaker Nancy Pelosi included, to ignore.

So let's do it!

Go to www.WexlerWantsHearings.com and sign the petition!

Kucinich's impeachment bill was filed on April 24 and has been ignored now for almost eight shameful months. On Nov. 7, a bipartisan majority of 218 members of the House voted to send it from the floor of the House back to the Judiciary Committee for action. Now it's sat there for over four weeks.

We need to tell Congress, and particularly the Democrats who are stalling on this important defense of the Constitution and of democracy itself that time's up. We the American People want action. We want impeachment hearings!

[mmonk]

1. Congratulations to all who've participated

and encouragement to others to join in.

[zabet]

2. This is a GOOD thing!!

:woohoo:
Big ups to those who have
already participated.
Those who have not, they
need to. Silence is consent.
DO NOT consent to war criminals
going free and crippling our
nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Triana]

3. I just added one more

thx for the reminder!

[babylonsister]

23. Cool! If you have anyone who'd be agreeable to signing up, I hope

you'll e-mail them. :hi:

[lonestarnot]

4. woot! in one fucking day! fantisimio!

[Kajsa]

5. This is great news.

A K&R for more signatures.

:kick:

[derby378]

6. Glad to do my own little part

Impeach the SOB, already! Time is running out!

[fed-up]

7. count now 54,968 k/r nt

[rocktivity]

8. Congratulations on outsmarting yourselves, Rethugs!

"On Nov. 7, a bipartisan majority of 218 members of the House voted to send it from the floor of the House back to the Judiciary Committee for action...."

The key word there being "bipartisan." I know you're planning to pound Hillary because she voted for the war the way you pounded Kerry. Well, now we're in a position to pound YOU--now we can say that YOU voted for the same impeachment hearings that WE did! You thought you were being so slick slamming the ball right back into our court. You forgot that you give up CONTROL of the ball when you do that! CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

:woohoo:
rocknation

[malaise]

9. Fabulous

K & R

[Mabus]

10. Just added another one

We've been in D.C. house hunting and have been out of touch with the rest of the world for the past 48 hours. Thanks for posting this. If you hadn't, I might have missed out on my chance to sign all together.

[babylonsister]

12. I'm jealous;

you're moving to DC? I bet it'd be fun to live there, inclement weather aside. I'm glad you saw this, Mabus! :hi:

[Mabus]

14. We're excited about the move

We've got the realty agent in our hotel room right now and we're signing the papers. We'll be living in Rockville, MD. Hey the weather is better here than it is back home right now. evlbstrd told me that the KC area got snow and I just checked my hometown newspaper and see it is 12 degrees and misty.

If you ever need a place to stay while you're in D.C. (protesting or visiting) we can put you up.

[babylonsister]

15. Perfect! Thanks for the offer! I hope to get back there when I'm

really needed. :D (yesterday?!)

[Mabus]

16. Try to wait until after the first of the year

'cuz we need to go home and wrap things up before we move.

[babylonsister]

17. Ha!

That's funny! I have no current plans to visit, but you'll be the first to know when I do! :hug:

[Mabus]

18. Once we move, we'll have an idea of how many people we can put up

for those times when multiple DU'ers are looking for a place to stay in the D.C. area.

You'll always be welcome. :loveya:

[madokie]

11. heres another one from me

[babylonsister]

24. Yay! I hope you share the petition with others who might sign.

:thumbsup:

[flashl]

13. Congratulations!

[FreakinDJ]

19. Add 1 more

[babylonsister]

25. Thanks! The more, the merrier! nt

[radfringe]

20. 55,603 as of 11:28am et ... keep 'em coming

[L. Coyote]

21. Contact your friends TODAY! Seven degrees removed & The seventh power of seven

If each person contacts
TWO people, seven degrees adds up to 49 (2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2)
THREE people, seven degrees adds up to 1,369
SEVEN people, seven degrees adds up to 5,929

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PASTEBOARD: Use this to e-mail your friends

30,000 People Petition for Impeach Cheney Hearings in First 24 Hours

ONLINE PETITION:
The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence
that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only
brought us into an unneccesary war but violated the civil liberties
and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of
Congress to hold impeachment hearings.

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I'm asking seven friends I know agree to sign the online petition.
I'm also asking each to do the same.
After seven steps, our circle will add nearly 6,000 signatures.
The seventh power of seven: 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 = 5,929

Please pass this on to seven friends and help me add 6,000.

SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION
http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/

CHECK THIS NEWS
30,000 People Join Congressman Wexler's Call for Hearings in Just 24 Hours
http://www.wexlerforcongress.com/news.asp?ItemID=218

[AZ Criminal JD]

35. Seven to seventh power is 823543

That would be a much better figure anyway.

[ms liberty]

22. 55913 at 11:49 AM (et)...K&R n/t

[tbyg52]

26. Wexler's site says 30K+ - where are the other figures coming from?

Not that I'm not glad to see either large number, I just don't know how the 50K+ is being arrived at when it doesn't agree with the number on the original site....?

[babylonsister]

27. The link to sign the petition says 56,993 people have signed. Maybe

Wexler's staff haven't updated their info.

[tbyg52]

28. I know it says that on AfterDowningStreet,

but I don't know where *they* got it from, since it doesn't agree with Wexler's site. If they mean that's how many clicks they got, that doesn't necessarily (or even probably) translate into that many people who actually signed when they got there. If they're getting it from Wexler's people, I think they need to explain in some way, since simple-minded people like me expect the numbers to match.... ;)

[babylonsister]

29. No, this link is the one I was talking about:

http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/

[307 MMS]

31. Link

Just emailed the link off to my addy book. It'll sprout from there, guaranteed.

[babylonsister]

33. Thank you!

:hi:

[tbyg52]

32. Ah. All is explained. Thank you. I am blind.

For some reason I just plain didn't see that number in the corner of the signup box. While looking for a number, I saw the one here: http://www.wexlerforcongress.com/news.asp?ItemID=0 , which, you're right, hasn't been updated.

Ha! Edited to say that I have an excuse - you have to scroll down to see it, and I didn't because I had already signed it. I realize this doesn't explain why I didn't see it when I signed, except I guess that my focus was on signing, not looking for a number.

I think they need to make the one on the petition page much bigger and put it at the top. Up to 57,482 as of now. Very good. Hope it makes 100K before the end of the weekend. I've done my part with my minuscule mailing list.

Now that I know where it is, I can entertain myself by reloading from time to time and watching it go up....!

[Wizard777]

44. 58,915 n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

30. 57468 at this moment. n/t

[TahitiNut]

34. 57669

57669
signed up
and counting...

[texanwitch]

36. Done.

Now the count is 57837.

[omega minimo]

37. 58,273

[Blue_In_AK]

38. 58,304 n/t

[NMDemDist2]

39. I signed the first day, but just sent it out to our County Democratic Email list

hopefully that will get a few more eh?

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

40. 58,410 that's over 100 people in 9 minutes!!! n/t

[babylonsister]

45. That's a wonderful idea, and thank you, AZDD(NM)6! 59,670 now!

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

46. that's 1500 votes in less than 2 hours!

:wow:

edit for bad math :blush:

[Franc_Lee]

41. If this ever got any traction Cheney would merely feign heart probs and fade into the future...

[NMDemDist2]

42. could be, but at least we'd get his evil ass out of the WH. Welcome to DU

and you may find our handy glossary both informative and entertaining!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x190

:hi:

[eleny]

43. Not a bad deal!

[Disturbed]

48. It will take 50 Million in order for the House to start the

Impeachment Inquiry.

[in_cog_ni_to]

47. Yay! A KICK & R for MORE signatures!

:woohoo:

[proud2BlibKansan]

49. Great news

[NMDemDist2]

50. 60,750!!!

:woohoo:

[babylonsister]

51. 61,346! nt

[2tr4nqued]

52. Alert the Media!!!

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

http://www.democracynow.org/contact?to=1

Use your persuasive skills to get them to mention the website and petition.

[leaninglib]

53. We are in the middle of a presidential campaign--there will be NO impeachment.

:boring:

[Faux pas]

54. Far F-ing Out! Good job DUers! n/t

[mnhtnbb]

55. But it's Sunday night football. Blondes, tits, trucks and beer.

[spirit of wine]

56. Way to go everyone!

Lets hope this one works.

[babylonsister]

57. 63,129! nt

[caligirl]

58. thanks, justadded my hubbys name so one more. 63319

[micraphone]

59. Middle of the night

And they are still coming in at about one per second!

[babylonsister]

60. Pretty cool-spread the word!! nt

[Ignis]

61. +1 = 64629 (nt)

[NMDemDist2]

62. hubby said "Sign me up too." now at 65524 n/t

[FreedomRain]

63. 65845 !

320 in 20 minutes, about 1 every 4 seconds. Sweet

[NMDemDist2]

64. it's getting some legs..... n/t

[L. Coyote]

65. 65,929

[sandyd921]

66. 65,951 now

Signed myself and sent the link to my e-mail list.

[wuushew]

67. signed

:kick:

[Blue_In_AK]

68. Just topped 66,000. n/t

[babylonsister]

69. Whoa! And supposedly Wexler wanted 50,000. I hope he's impressed;

I am!

[babylonsister]

70. Up to 67098-the word is getting out! nt

[MzShellG]

71. Wow this is amazing...

Great job....Keep up the good work.

[bjobotts]

73. This is just people on the web. Imagine if the country could ph. in.

[babylonsister]

77. This wouldn't happen if it wasn't on the web. It's not been broadcast on the

news AFAIK.

[bjobotts]

72. It's just appeasement. Pelosi or Conyers-neither will sign on.

Pelosi is complicit in covering up torture and Conyers just says what he thinks you want to hear. When confronted he always chickens out...."It's not off my table"...yeah, right.

[rocktivity]

74. I don't care about the Dems not succeeding at this. I care about Dems not even TRYING.

The worst thing that can happen is that we'll have the hearings on public record, which in turn gives us a weapon to beat the Repubs with in November. That's more than enough.

:headbang:
rocknation

[BigBearJohn]

76. I am more disappointed in Conyers than Pelosi. Conyers used to be my hero.

[babylonsister]

78. They both are ignoring us. Maybe this new attempt will get their attention. nt

[Eurobabe]

75. Count is now up to 67,772 and growing by the minute...

Impeach the EVIL DARTH!!

[orleans]

79. current count: 69162 n/t

[radfringe]

80. 69526 at 5:10am et (Monday 12/17)

[Yukari Yakumo]

81. Online Petition = Beyond Worthless

If you want to send a real message, put feet to street and get actual signatures.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, takes online petitions seriously.

[2008]

82. signed, kicking, recommended (nt)

[namvet73]

83. Added another!

[Caretha]

84. 70340 n/t

[Botany]

86. 100 more in the last 10 minutes

it is now @ 70444

[EFerrari]

85. Great job! All kinds of people are sending me the link so

it does seem to be going all over. :)

:kick:

[cap]

87. Let's start putting out the word to the major progressive sites...

now...
Let's not mobilize just us... let's get everyone who's been on record to get the word out and let's get everyone on the fence off the fence.

Think viral marketing.

71,000+ and counting as of Monday morning

[babylonsister]

88. 72,063 at 8:31am CT. Whooo! nt

[L. Coyote]

89. Monday Morning Momentum building. Now nearing 2,000 per hour.

America WOKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobthedrummer]

90. You ignore our message at your own peril, leaders...