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One week after the House Judiciary Committee hearings on the "Imperial Presidency," where many congressional members and expert witnesses called out for the immediate impeachment of President George Bush, none of the offices of three of the congressional major players in the hearings, Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Conyers (D-MI), or Trent Franks (R-AZ) has issued any public statements on the results or public response. "One week follow-up" calls on August 1 to all three offices showed staff very busy trying to keep up with increased public calls for information on the impeachment, despite what Kucinich District Office staffer, Marian Carey, characterizes as "minimal media reaction." Carey did however a share her excitement over the wave of citizen action the hearings have generated, calling it "very positive" and urged all citizens to continue calling their congressman. Kucinich's office also commented on the importance of the new July 30th ruling by Federal District Court Judge John Bates, one of the pro-GOP Bush appointed judges, that Harriet Miers and Josh Bolton are not exempt from complying with congressional subpoenas. "It's two ahead of Rove, so it is really good news," Carey noted. Over at Judiciary, staff called this week's citizen call volume "tremendous" and confirmed citizen reports that there will be an official Judiciary Committee statement on the hearings released on August 15th. Even after a double check that date held firm. For those keeping track, the confirmation of a soon-to-be-released public statement by the committee is a backpedal from an earlier mid-week backpedal, when Judiciary staff denied their earlier claim of an upcoming public statement. Trent Franks' office also had no public statement, but also allowed that their office had experienced a marked increase in citizen phone calls on impeachment. "There have been a quite a few calls this week on that," the staff member acknowledged. Franks had been one of the major GOP players in the hearings, condemning and insinuating that those calling for impeachment hearings were friends and/or agents of the terrorists. Upon Franks' office request, the following list of questions was submitted via email to Franks' press staff member, Bethany Barker: 1. Has the Representative issued any public statements or have plans to issue public statements regarding the July 25th hearings? 2. Does he have a position on the role party politics has played in giving the accusations made in the hearing fair light? 3. Does he have reassurances for either constituents, or Americans in general, who are concerned with hearing witnesses' extensive claims of criminal behavior by the Whitehouse and congressional GOP complicity? We await their reply. Meanwhile at the Whitehouse, Press Secretary Dana Perino's office acknowledged that the presidential website and press office had not released any public statements thus far, though promised to look into press accounts of the hearings and the public response to them and get back to this reporter for a statement. 
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For info from a subsequent follow-up set of calls, SEE my 8/4/08 diary entry and the (hopefully) soon to be posted column, "Impeachment Effort IS Worth It." -yzur-- by mikel weisser (49 articles, 3 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 87 comments [3 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:27:54 PM  (0+)
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Unbelievable!
After watching the proceedings twice I find it very hard to believe that impeachment proceedings were not begun immediately. If it were not for the silenced major media failing once again by ignoring real news, I am quite sure that a national uprising of anger and calls to action would have swept this country. That the Congress has taken their 5 week vacation in the midst of this is just one more intolerable action by a branch of our government that has been effectively cut off. In order to bring this government back to the peoples control we need to start voting almost all incumbents out of office in every election from now until such time as Congress begins to listen to the will and voice of We, the People. Until this occurs we need to push Congress to pass laws to remove the "free press" from the ownership of non-media companies, enect term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court, make elected officials much easier to be recalled or removed, setup wealth account monitoring of all elected or appointed officials, and many other ethics enforcing laws. The Constitution was put into place to protect this country and it's citizens and now it needs protection from the government itself. by Hayesml47 (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 540 comments [10 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:59:17 PM (0+)
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A DUAL REALITY RE IMPEACHMENT
Nancy Pelosi said she feared Impeachment would divide the nation...what she has done by taking it off the table has done just that ....it is the division between WE THE PEOPLE and those elected officials who are puppets to their own financial interests instead of protecting democracy. Give the American people some credit...we know the difference between the Bill Clinton adventure into Impeachment Land and what needs to take place for a true criminal...guilty of true impeachable offenses..in the opinions of many on BOTH SIDES of the aisle and in all political parties..Does this form of government of checks and balances work ?....or is their OWN checks and Balance the legislators are more concerned with ?.. by Marie Prescott (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:10:24 PM (0+)
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Reply: Excellant!
Excellant points Marie! Thanks for adding this to the mounting rationality that our "Congress" just cannot see. It seems to come down to who is the bigger criminal, the Bush gang or the "city hall" that is protecting them. Both of these groups of miscreants need to be indicted, convicted, and sent to Guantanamo for life. Thanks again for your post and remember to vote against almost all incumbents this fall! by Hayesml47 (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 540 comments [10 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:38:26 AM (0+)
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doing something useful
As a candidate for Congress in this upcoming election, I see and hear a lot of talk about stuff but not much action that will actually change the makeup of Congress after this next election. Rather than hounding elected officials who have no real inclination to defend the Constitution, why not put your energies into helping someone get elected who is so inclined so that you don't have to waste your time that way anymore? Mark A. Goldman by Mark A. Goldman (81 articles, 2 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 243 comments) on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:46:13 PM (0+)
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Reply: Come On!
Come on Mark! Why can't we do both! The law makers/breakers need to be shown for what they are and our laws need to be enforced and protected now as well as later. Why have laws(Constitution) if they are not going to be enforced, particularly by those that make the laws. This is putting the very base of our society and country to the test and as of now we are failing miserably. The impeachment investigations must be started and done so in as public a way as possible. From our once free press to our own personal liberties, it is all in very real jeopardy and Alex Trebec cannot save it. by Hayesml47 (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 540 comments [10 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:32:51 AM (0+)
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I'd say...
...that the Whitehouse has already had QUITE the "reaction", with the "Apparent" Suicide of the Anthrax Scientist (conveniently just before he was to testify) , joining the Downing St Memo guy and others who could spill the beans on the "rest of the story".. I'm afraid there will be much more of this. by Bia Winter (6 articles, 2 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 756 comments [119 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:38:41 AM (0+)
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Reply: Tis getting Spooky!
Bia, the amount of conspiracies that may have transpired within our government is very scary. The Library of Congress could not hold all of the possible variances of conspiracy theories made possible by what we know of DC today. It is even spookier to think of what we do not know about in this creepy melodrama. Daytime soaps could not write this kind of stuff. by Hayesml47 (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 540 comments [10 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:42:35 AM (0+)
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Conspiracies
Keep in mind the sheer number of servicemen, Pat Tillman and the airforce members related to last fall's "accidental" shipping of nukes for SD to LA, who have died in mysterious circumstances, one car crashes, bullet holes in the forehead, that get called "innocent accidents." Individually we are all targets and need to act in large groups to overcome the dangers of challenging such a devious and deadly authority. by mikel weisser (49 articles, 3 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 87 comments [3 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:54:51 PM (0+)
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