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November 24, 2007 at 00:48:37

ANNOUNCING THE NEW BROOM COALITION

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ANNOUNCING THE NEW BROOM COALITION

FOR A CLEAN SWEEP OF CONGRESS

SEEKING CANDIDATES

We are a group of challengers for Congressional seats currently held by people who won't support impeachment. http://sances.info/newbroom
We are Democrats, Greens, independents, from around the country, who believe that most of the current Congress is craven and corrupt, complicit with the crimes of the Bush administration. We are seeking like-minded candidates. Our goal is to have challengers in every Congressional district, both in the primaries and in the general election; thus we can have up to two challengers per district.

We believe that by next November, we can put enough of our candidates into Congress to change the direction of this country, no matter who is elected president.

To join, a candidate must subscribe to our mission statement- see below.

If you are a candidate, or know a suitable candidate, please contact us through our website http://sances.info/newbroom

Or email me directly, at cwolman@mcn.org
MISSION STATEMENT

1) We believe Bush and Cheney have committed many impeachable offenses. If elected, we will work to impeach them in the first two opening weeks of the 111th Congress, and will continue the process after they leave office. We will get rid of precedents they have set, and make them subject to criminal proceedings, which will strip them of the perks and protections that ex- executives usually receive. We will restore the rule of law, and bring lawbreakers to justice.

2) We will seek to restore the Constitution, especially the balance of powers among the branches, and the Bill of Rights.

3) We will work to restore paper ballots and ensure the integrity of the election process.

4) We will work for withdrawal from occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, stop threatening Iran, and seek a negotiated peace with these countries, on a fair basis. We will work actively for world peace, and put an end to endless war.

5) We will make it priority to address global concerns such as global warming, and to work with other nations on the basis of leadership, not military might. We will put planetary survival and restoration of ecological balance above private profit.

6) We will seek to control nuclear weapons by restoring the nuclear NonProliferation Treaty, pressuring Israel, India and Pakistan to join it, and start the process of disarmament of nuclear nations mandated by Article VI.
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Carol S. Wolman, MD is a psychiatrist in Northern California. A lifelong peace activist, she has written extensively on the psychology of our times. She is a cochair of Bay Area Impeach Bush-Cheney. You can join or form a local group at http://impeachbush.meetup.com/ She ran for Congress in '06, and is now a Gteen candidate for Congress in CA district 1. She is a coordinator of The New Broom Coalition, for a clean sweep of Congress.

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Editor of Common Sense Political Thought, mostly Republican (but not always), mostly conservative (but again, not always), always interesting.
Dana PicoEditor of Common Sense Political Thought, mostly Republican (but not always), mostly conservative (but again, not always), always interesting.

Silliness

OK, let's assume, for the moment, that you get your wish, and sweep out every Democrat who does not support impeachment, replacing them with Democrats who do.
The next Congress will take office on January 3, 2009 -- and President Bush's term ends on January 20, 2009. Do you somehow think that you are going to impeach and remove President Bush from office during the last seventeen days of his term?

by Dana Pico (7 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 161 comments) on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 8:43:11 AM

Carol S. Wolman, MD is a psychiatrist in Northern California. A lifelong peace activist, she has written extensively on the psychology of our times. She is a cochair of Bay Area Impeach Bush-Cheney. You can join or form a local group at http://impeachbush.meetup.com/

She ran for Congress in '06, and is now a Gteen candidate for Congress in CA district 1. She is a coordinator of The New Broom Coalition, for a clean sweep of Congress.
Carol WolmanCarol S. Wolman, MD is a psychiatrist in Northern California. A lifelong peace activist, she has written extensively on the psychology of our times. She is a cochair of Bay Area Impeach Bush-Cheney. You can join or form a local group at http://impeachbush.meetup.com/

She ran for Congress in '06, and is now a Gteen candidate for Congress in CA district 1. She is a coordinator of The New Broom Coalition, for a clean sweep of Congress.

not as silly as you think

The New Broom Coalition (NBC) is putting incumbents on notice that they'd better start voting for impeachment, or they'll be OUT! This strategy works NOW! It's already changed the energy of the country- we're going on the offensive, rather than simply lamenting the onrushing of fascism and WW III. As the energy shifts, our chances of getting to Congress improve.
Even if we vote for impeachment AFTER Bush and Cheney leave office, it will negate the precedents they have set for the "unitary executive" and restore the balance of powers among the branches of government.
Peace, Carol Wolman

by Carol Wolman (220 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 105 comments) on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 9:33:45 AM

Editor of Common Sense Political Thought, mostly Republican (but not always), mostly conservative (but again, not always), always interesting.
Dana PicoEditor of Common Sense Political Thought, mostly Republican (but not always), mostly conservative (but again, not always), always interesting.

Much sillier

I went to the New Broom Coalition's website, and to their mission statement, where they said that they would:
continue the process after they leave office.
Perhaps the Coalition members have never actually read the Constitution, but the impeachment power is limited to trial and removal from office, and disqualification from ever holding another federal office. Once President Bush and Vice President Cheney have left office, there's nothing the Congress can do to them -- unless they plan to pass a Bill of Attainder, which is also unconstitutional.

by Dana Pico (7 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 161 comments) on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 10:04:29 AM

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