No More Betrayals: Let's Replace the Bush Democrats

[seemslikeadream]

On Thursday and Friday, the American people were betrayed twice by House "Democratic" Leader Steny Hoyer (right) and his Bush Democrats.

On Thursday, 80 Bush Democrats voted to give George Bush another $163 billion to occupy Iraq and plunder its oil for another year, even though 68% of Americans want to bring our troops safely home this year.

And on Friday, 105 Bush Democrats voted to give immunity to George Bush and the telecoms for illegally wiretapping American citizens even before 9/11, and to allow Bush and the telecoms to keep doing it - thereby shredding the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

We're mad as hell, and we're not gonna take it any more. So let's take the Democratic Party back from Steny Hoyer and the Bush Democrats.

With your support, we will replace each one with an "Aggressive Progressive" Democrat who will bring our troops home from Iraq and fulfill their solemn oaths to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."

And we're starting today with John Barrow (GA12), who betrayed us on both votes. Watch Barrow pledge his complete devotion to George Bush during Friday's warrantless wiretapping debate.

Georgia's primaries are on July 15 - just 3 weeks away. And Barrow is facing a dramatic primary challenge from State Senator Regina Thomas.

Thomas doesn't just look different, she thinks different. She wants to bring our troops safely home from Iraq immediately. And here's what she told me on Friday:

"I was really appalled at the actions of Congress and especially my Congressman from the 12th District in Georgia, John Barrow, for voting in favor of the Bush-Republican surveillance bill that would make it very easy, without a warrant, to wiretap any American citizen."

On Friday, Regina Thomas became our first endorsed candidate of 2008. And that was not just because she's an "Aggressive Progressive," but also because she can win.

In Georgia's Democratic Presidential primary on February 5, 70% of the voters in GA12 were African-American. Thomas isn't running on her race, though, but rather her record of accomplishment over 12 years in the state legislature. This has Barrow running for his political life by avoiding every chance to debate Thomas because he simply cannot compete with a real Democrat.

In a few hours, our endorsement raised over $1,176 from 31 donors. Today we'd like to raise $10,000 by encouraging 1,000 of our 500,000 subscribers to contribute $10 each directly to Regina Thomas's campaign.

Can you help?
http://www.actblue.com/page/bushdemocrats

In 2005-6, we raised nearly $80,000 for pro-impeachment House candidates through ImpeachPAC (and helped elect Keith Ellison in MN05), so I know what we're capable of.

Let's send a message to Steny Hoyer and his Bush Democrats: that the Democratic Party belongs to us, not to George Bush. And starting today we're taking it back.

Thanks for all you do!

Bob Fertik








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Kucinich's 35 Articles of Impeachment - 5 Co-Sponsors and Growing...

On June 9, Rep. Dennis Kucinich made history on the floor of the House by reading 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush, now H.Res. 1258.

In just six days, over 25,000 of you emailed your Representatives to co-sponsor the 35 Articles:
http://www.democrats.com/35-articles-of-impeachment

The first three co-sponsors were Robert Wexler (FL19), Lynn Woolsey (CA06), and Barbara Lee (CA09). On Thursday, they were joined by Tammy Baldwin (WI02) and Maurice Hinchey (NY22).

The charges presented by Rep. Kucinich are so serious that every Member of Congress should demand Judiciary Committee hearings by becoming a co-sponsor.

Here's what you can do to persuade your Representative:
http://www.democrats.com/impeachment-cosponsors-wanted

[flvegan]

1. Does Ms. Regina Thomas have a direct website?

I might have missed it.

[TahitiNut]

2. http://reginathomas4congress.com/

http://reginathomas4congress.com/

[flvegan]

3. Very nice.

What else should I do to keep this kicked?

Pantsless chaps and dancing?

[seemslikeadream]

4. I'll kick by saying I forgot to post it was an email I got earlier tonight

[Digit]

K&R

[Viva_Daddy]

5. I know. I'm angry as well...HOWEVER

The big problem is that the Telecom immunity and more money for Bush's war were COMBINED WITH an extension of unemployment benefits, the new GI Bill for current servicemen and (I believe) the closing of the "Enron Loophole"...thus making it very difficult for any Democratic representative to vote against the bill. What Congress needs to do is to stop lumping non-related legislation together so that there are "clear and clean" votes on legislation.

[Kaleko]

6. K & R

[eridani]

7. We wouldn't be in this fix--

--if more people on the left had started running for local offices in the 70s like Kucinich, Sanders, Wellstone (and all too few others, unfortunately) did. Our farm team was thereby weakened, and our senior Dems therefore trend centrist. Nothing to be done about that except to start from where we are now. Luckily, the Millenials seem a lot more interested in becoming officeholders.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. K&R...

We need to clean house...