Conyers resolution for impeachment is about Iraq not illegal wiretaps

[Marleyb]

I was just reading David Swanson's article which is really good about how we need to push for impeachment now, not after election 2006 and he makes alot of good points...

Some commentators say we can't push impeachment until after non-Republicans win a majority in Congress.

This makes no sense to me, because first we need a reason to vote the Democrats a majority. You don't get a majority without offering people a reason to vote you one.

If 85 percent of Democrats want candidates who stand for impeachment, impeachment could help win a majority. These two goals are not opposed, but impeachment may need to come first if winning Congress is to be achieved.

Winning Congress for the Democrats may or may not be needed in order to impeach Bush and Cheney. It also may or may not lead to impeachment. This will depend on what sort of Democrats we elect, how we pressure them once they're in, and whether we've built a massive campaign for impeachment that is already up and running once they get there.

I have been thinking this for quite some time, that it is in the pushing for impeachment and the upholding of our constitution that we win back congress. Not by being wimps until the election hoping for the best.

but this is where it all goes wrong...

We need to demand right now that they sign on (as 23 of them have) to H Res 635, John Conyers' bill to create an investigation that will make recommendations on impeachment.

First of all we don't need a resolution for a committee to investigate, the facts are all out on the table. We need him to introduce articles of impeachment(ask Carl Sheeler for his excellent write-up) and then let us use our voices that demand our representatives join in.

Secondly, Conyers needs to introduce articles of impeachment over the illegal spying which cannot be denied. This is the issue that everyone is concerned about and paying attention to. This is the impeachable offence that we can all unite around, republicans and democrats, because there is no denying what happened. Bush admitted to an impeachable offence on national TV.

So my question...why did Conyers introduce this now, and not after the downing street memo? Isn't it sort of misleading to pretend you are doing something about the illegal wiretap issue when you are not?