Help Knock Out Gonzales

By DFA

After years of evidence that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is both an embarrassment and a danger to the Justice Department, TheSeattle Times reports that Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA), "will introduce a resolution today directing the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should be impeached."¹

Democracy for America has been pushing Congress to take this action for months. Over 80,000 members have already petitioned their representatives.²

Now that we've made real progress on Capitol Hill, will you show your support for the impeachment resolution by becoming a Citizen Co-Sponsor?

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/impeachag

As The New York Times wrote this weekend, "Americans have been waiting for months for Mr. Bush to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who long ago proved that he was incompetent and more recently proved that he can't tell the truth. Mr. Bush refused to fire him after it was clear Mr. Gonzales lied about his role in the political purge of nine federal prosecutors."³

Our wait for justice could soon be over.

The Gonzales impeachment resolution is already co-sponsored by five members of Congress. All of them are former prosecutors. Will you join them?

It is urgent that Congress hears from you and your friends today! Sign on as a Citizen Co-Sponsor:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/impeachag

Thank you for what you have done to move Congress to this point. We still have lots of work ahead of us in order to return integrity to the Justice Department. But, because of you, we are making progress.

Tom Hughes
Executive Director

¹ Inslee leading effort to impeach Gonzales
² http://impeachgonzales.org/
³ Mr. Gonzales’s Never-Ending Story 

http://www.ImpeachGonzales.org

Here is some of the buzz:

The Nation¹: This is a classic "it's-about-time" development. Democracy for America and Greenwald are giving the American people an opportunity to demand that Congress get serious about holding an errant executive branch to account.

The Boston Globe²: It's time for an impeachment, not just to oust Gonzales, but as a salutary warning to his superiors.

DailyKos³: Making those Republicans squirm on this vote makes it worth it in and of itself. Add in the political pressure of the just announced Impeach Gonzales by DFA and BraveNewFilms, this is one issue that's not going to go away for Gonzo, for Bush, or for the GOP.

And in her front page post today, Arianna Huffington⁴ restates her belief that "the impeachment of Gonzalez is richly deserved." The movement to impeach Gonzales is growing. Please sign the petition now:

http://www.ImpeachGonzales.org

When asked about the Senate's push for a possible no-confidence vote against Gonzales to take place in a few weeks, President Bush accused critics of engaging in "pure political theater." He added, "I stand by Al Gonzales."

President Bush has no intention to fire Gonzales. To restore integrity to the Justice Department, Congress has only one option.

If the President thinks this is political theater, it is up to us to make sure impeachment is Alberto Gonzales' curtain call. Please sign the petition right now and then pass it on.

Thank you for moving America forward,

Jim Dean
Chair

(1) The Call to Impeach Gonzales By John Nichols - The Nation, May 21, 2007

(2) Gonzales should be impeached By Robert Kuttner - Boston Globe, March 24, 2007

(3) Stand by Your Man By McJoan - DailyKos, May 21, 2007

(4) Congress Needs to Find Out: Did Bush Order Gonzales and Card to Put the Squeeze on Ashcroft? By Arianna Huffington - Huffington Post, May 23, 2007