John Conyers; Don't Be Brave. Be Smart- Smart Enough to Use the Claw of the Impeachment Hammer.

2) Since President Bush has commanded his appointees to refuse to respond to house judiciary committee subpoenas to testify in hearings, and since Bush's Attorney General is refusing to enforce Congressional subpoenas, do you believe that the committee should use all the laws at its disposal to get to the truth by requiring the witnesses to testify at hearings, in spite of Bush's interference in the judiciary proceedings? This would then allow testimony to proceed.

3)Are you aware that impeachment is a tool used to get to the truth, through hearings, and not just a vote in the house, then a trial in the senate?  

4)  If the only legal means to require witnesses to testify in the face of claims of Executive privilege is to open impeachment hearings, which are not subject to executive privilege, would you support starting the hearings, so the evidence and testimony can be accessed?

5) If your legislator supports impeachment HEARINGS, to enforce subpoenas so testimony and hearings can proceed, would you be more or less likely to vote for your legislator. 

I"m not a pollster, though I've commissioned and participated in developing a few polls, so these are not the way the final poll questions will or should look. But the step by step approach is the way to really see if voters actually support or oppose impeachment. I've put in a call to get pricing on the poll and it could be done in under 10 days, if we can raise the funding for the poll. Then, we'll know what voters really think. 

Mr. Conyers, what you could be doing now is helping to educate the voters and the legislators. You could be doing that by following through on what you told me, that impeachment is "not off the table." Then, do some rounds on TV, making it clear what impeachment would look like, so the pundits and legislators are straightened out.  

We have a constitution and a democracy to protect and fear of reactions by Republicans is no way to run a democracy. Your legacy is at stake. You have the power to go down in history as a hero who was smart and courageous enough to navigate the impeachment through the most treacherous of waters. That's a much more arduous and challenging task than resting on your career's already estimable laurels. I hope you chose the more difficult path. 

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