HOT DAMN! Look at all these signatures! (Conyers and the Bush/Blair memo)

[WilliamPitt]

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/letters/bushsecretmemoltr5505.pdf

It is a .pdf, so be aware.

PDA had sent out this alert:

http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/callalert/index.tt?alertid=7532731&type=CO

...to get people to call their House members. 88 of them have signed that letter posted at the top.

DailyKos is on it now:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/6/113947/8072

Keep pushing, folks. Roll the boulder.

[dogday]

1. Meanwhile, the media is ever so silent on this.............

as usual, have now heard a word about this on the news networks....

[WilliamPitt]

9. Knight-Ridder is on it

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002265205_intel06.html

[antigop]

26. FRONT PAGE OF THE STAR-TELEGRAM!

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/11579787.htm

The Knight-Ridder story is on the front page.

[Jo March]

36. FRONT PAGE of the Charlotte Observer - above the fold

Mr. Arnheim even called me this morning to let me know. He was almost as shocked as I was.

Above the fold, folks! Above the fold!!

:woohoo:

[wildeyed]

41. I saw that this morning and did a double take.

:woohoo:

Then I emailed it out to a bunch of friends, start getting the story out.

[troubleinwinter]

2. Here they are:

From RawStory http://www.rawstory.com/aexternal/conyers_iraq_letter_502

Members who have already signed letter:
Neil Abercrombie
Brian Baird
Tammy Baldwin
Xavier Becerra
Shelley Berkley
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Sanford Bishop
Earl Blumenauer
Corrine Brown
Sherrod Brown
G.K. Butterfield
Emanuel Cleaver
James Clyburn
John Conyers
Jim Cooper
Elijah Cummings
Danny Davis
Peter DeFazio
Diana DeGette
Bill Delahunt
Rosa DeLauro
Lloyd Doggett
Sam Farr
Bob Filner
Harold Ford, Jr.
Barney Frank
Al Green
Raul Grijalva
Louis Gutierrez
Alcee Hastings
Maurice Hinchey
Rush Holt
Jay Inslee
Sheila Jackson Lee
Jessie Jackson Jr.
Marcy Kaptur
Patrick Kennedy
Dale Kildee
Carolyn Kilpatrick
Dennis Kucinich
William Lacy Clay
Barbara Lee
John Lewis
Zoe Lofgren
Donna M. Christensen
Carolyn Maloney
Ed Markey
Carolyn McCarthy
Jim McDermott
James McGovern
Cynthia McKinney
Martin Meehan
Kendrick Meek
Gregory Meeks
Michael Michaud
George Miller
Gwen S. Moore
James Moran
Jerrold Nadler
Grace Napolitano
James Oberstar
John Olver
Major Owens
Frank Pallone
Donald Payne
Charles Rangel
Bobby Rush
Bernie Sanders
Linda Sanchez
Jan Schakowsky
Jose Serrano
Ike Skelton
Louise Slaughter
Hilda Solis
Pete Stark
Ellen Tauscher
Bennie Thompson
Edolphus Towns
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Chris Van Hollen
Nydia Velazquez
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Maxine Waters
Diane Watson
Melvin Watt
Robert Wexler
Lynn Woolsey
David Wu
Albert R. Wynn

[Career Prole]

4. Recommended for "Greatest"...thanks for the good news. n/t

[cally]

21. Where's Pelosi? She should sign this!!

Thanks for the list. I just spent several minutes trying to recognize signatures and to make sure my Rep. had signed it. Your list is much, much easier. Woolsey has signed it. :bounce:

[Ernesto]

42. Waxman?

[Bandit]

32. Harold Ford Jr. I'll be damned , good for him

I have to admit I am quite surprised as he usually sucks GOP tit.

[sellitman]

45. Thank you Rosa DeLauro!!!!!

You rock!!!!:yourock:

[Just Me]

3. I know. I know! Isn't it awesome.

:woohoo:

[Chicago1]

5. Where's Rahm Emmanuel?????????????

Very Strange. He's not supporting this???? That smells fishy!

Waiting for the IMPEACHMENT WHILE THE SCANDALS KEEP UNFOLDING


America's Work Stories
http://usaworkstories.blogspot.com
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[troubleinwinter]

15. Rep. John Conyers said that they'd have had many more signatures

...if they'd had more time. So, just because a signature is missing doesn't mean they don't support it... it was a rush thing.

[TahitiNut]

19. Signatories are all members of the "Progressive Caucus"

Rahm's a NDO/DLCer, if I recall correctly.

See http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp

[stevedeshazer]

25. Not all,

Earl Blumenauer is my representative, and David Wu is from my neighboring district, and they aren't part of the Progressive Caucus but both signed on.

But it looks like a majority of these are Progressive Caucus members, good observation.

[TahitiNut]

28. Yeah, I noticed they got 'friends' to sign, too.

Carolyn Kilpatrick (Kwame's mom) signed it and she's certainly not in the Progressive Caucus. But she does represent the 13th CD adjacent to John Conyers' 14th CD, and is also in the CBC.

[jono]

56. The one that gets me is Doc Hastings

Glad to see it, but :wtf:

[kurtyboy]

57. Alcee hastings IS NOT Doc Hastings

Alcee Hastings is a democrat from the 23rd District of Florida. Doc "I love Tom Dleay and will honor, serve, protect and lick-boots-of-his" Hastings is a GOP suck-suck from the 4th District of Washington.

When you say Doc Hastings, you just said "Tom Delay wannabe". Don't get a good Democrat confused with a scandal-hiding scum like Doc DeLay......

[jono]

59. Oh, I read the signature wrong.

That makes much more sense, thanks.

I know very well who Doc Hastings is. That's precisely why I thought it so weird to see what I thought was his signature.

[TahitiNut]

66. (Whew!) Had me going "wtf" there! (I know Doc Hastings. He's no lib.)

I lived in his CD for 5 years. He was (supposedly) my Rep. What a total scum bag reichbot! (Yechh!) :puke:

He's not quite as bad as Knollenberg (my current Rep), Hayworth (my aunt and uncle's Rep), or Hunter (my cousin's Rep), but he's close. Why is may family afflicted with reichbots? We work hard against them.

[Darkhawk32]

6. Question: If it's determined that they did explicitly illegal actions....

and that all members of the administration had knowledge of the plans and such, then is it possible to have all of them thrown out of office?

[FreedomAngel82]

10. I think so

The whole administration should go down. They're all guilty of lies etc. I'm happy to see Harold Ford junior on the list.

[Bandit]

33. No it is not possible

As long as Republicans have control they will not allow accountability. There will be no investigations or hearing or Impeachment because all have to be initiated by the Majority and we know they have no consideration of right and wrong only POWER.

[MuseRider]

7. YAY!

This is wonderful. Sorry, I did not call but I will. It will make little difference in my case because even if my guys got 100% asking them to sign they would not do it. Their loyalites are in Bush's** ass. God I wish there was someone, anyone I could call that would actually listen. I am not certain I would know what to do if that did happen.

[kimpossible]

8. I called mine yesterday

Rep. David Price of NC hasn't signed the letter - yet. When I called yesterday, his staffer was only vaguely familiar with the issue.

We need to let these people know that it's an important issue that a lot of their constituents have an eye on.

Call your representative today!

For a one-click way to look up your representative and get contact info, go to

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

[VelmaD]

11. YES YES YES!

Of course my representative in exile (Lloyd Doggett) signed it like I knew he would. Unfortunately the Rep from my new, Perry-mandered district is likely a lost cause. :(

[bear425]

12. I just sent an LTTE to several media outlets asking for coverage

Use this link it's easy!

http://www.capwiz.com/lwv/dbq/media /

Here's my little letter:

USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Dr.
McLean, VA 22108-
Dear USA Today:


Representative John Conyers (D-MI) has written a letter calling on President Bush to answer questions about a secret U.S.-UK agreement to attack Iraq.

Please consider covering this very important development regarding the planning of the Iraq invasion. It's imperative that the mainstream media fulfill its promise to the American people by reporting the real news!

Here is a link to The Rawstory article and letter: http://www.rawstory.com/aexternal/conyers_iraq_letter_5...

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

[VelmaD]

13. This feels like a stupid question...

but have any Repugs broken party ranks on this?

[Terre]

18. Nope, not a Repug on the list

but that's not surprising.

[understandinglife]

14. "In a letter, Conyers and other members say they are disappointed the ...

.... mainstream media has not touched the revelations."


Raw Story link:
http://www.rawstory.com/aexternal/conyers_iraq_letter_502



Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us - HOW MANY MORE LIES AND ATROCITIES DO WE ALLOW BU$H AND HIS NEOCONSTER BUDDIES TO COMMIT IN THE NAME OF AMERICA?

[Jo March]

37. That picture hurts

It really does.

What's the big deal if * lied? Well, fundies and right wingers, check out that picture. That's the deal.

Clinton's c*m never killed a child.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Well, what do you know. I may have to vote for my rep after all.

Brian Baird, WA. He's all over the map with his votes. But, I like this one.

[dogday]

17. I just called my Congressman and got the run around

They did not even know about this. How great is my Congressman?

[City of Mills]

20. Kick!

I've been posting the .pdf link in newsgroups all over the place, help spread the word!!!

[progressoid]

22. Ya know, I'm glad this is out there and that some Democrats

have grown a spine but I'm skeptical of any thing beyond an outcry from the left. How many of crimes have we seen go unpunished in the last 4.5 years?

Prediction:

The Administration denies, smokescreens, ignores and throws up legal roadblocks. The end.

I hope I'm wrong but...

[City of Mills]

23. Maybe so, but this drops FOR SURE if we don't make NOISE

So LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE!!!

:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:
:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:
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:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:
:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:
:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:

[stevedeshazer]

24. WOW!!

Thanks, and I'm now calling my own congressman to thank him for signing this.

[Terre]

27. List of Dems that missed the signing

for one reason or another.

Cramer, R.E. (Bud) Jr. 	AL 	5th 
Davis, Artur 	        AL 	7th 
Berry, Marion 	        AR 	1st 
Ross, Mike 	        AR 	4th 
Snyder, Vic 	        AR 	2nd 
Faleomavaega, Eni F. 	AS 	Delegate 
Pastor, Ed 	        AZ 	4th 
Baca, Joe 	        CA 	43rd 
Berman, Howard L. 	CA 	28th 
Capps, Lois 	        CA 	23rd 
Cardoza, Dennis A. 	CA 	18th 
Costa, Jim 	        CA 	20th 
Davis, Susan A. 	CA 	53rd 
Eshoo, Anna G. 	        CA 	14th 
Harman, Jane 	        CA 	36th 
Honda, Michael M. 	CA 	15th 
Lantos, Tom 	        CA 	12th 
Matsui, Doris O. 	CA 	5th 
Millender-McDonald, J 	CA 	37th 
Pelosi, Nancy 	        CA 	8th 
Roybal-Allard, Lucille 	CA 	34th 
Sanchez, Loretta 	CA 	47th 
Schiff, Adam B. 	CA 	29th 
Sherman, Brad 	        CA 	27th 
Thompson, Mike 	        CA 	1st 
Waxman, Henry A. 	CA 	30th 
Salazar, John T. 	CO 	3rd 
Udall, Mark 	        CO 	2nd 
Larson, John B. 	CT 	1st 
Norton, Eleanor Holmes 	DC 	Delegate 
Boyd, Allen 	        FL 	2nd 
Davis, Jim 	        FL 	11th 
Barrow, John 	        GA 	12th 
Marshall, Jim 	        GA 	3rd 
Scott, David 	        GA 	13th 
Bordallo, Madeleine Z. 	GU 	Delegate 
Case, Ed 	        HI 	2nd 
Boswell, Leonard L. 	IA 	3rd 
Bean, Melissa L. 	IL 	8th 
Costello, Jerry F. 	IL 	12th 
Emanuel, Rahm 	        IL 	5th 
Evans, Lane 	        IL 	17th 
Lipinski, Daniel 	IL 	3rd 
Carson, Julia 	        IN 	7th 
Visclosky, Peter J. 	IN 	1st 
Moore, Dennis 	        KS 	3rd 
Chandler, Ben 	        KY 	6th 
Jefferson, William J. 	LA 	2nd 
Melancon, Charlie 	LA 	3rd 
Capuano, Michael E. 	MA 	8th 
Lynch, Stephen F. 	MA 	9th 
Neal, Richard E. 	MA 	2nd 
Tierney, John F. 	MA 	6th 
Cardin, Benjamin L. 	MD 	3rd 
Hoyer, Steny H. 	MD 	5th 
Ruppersberger, Dutch 	MD 	2nd 
Allen, Thomas H. 	ME 	1st 
Dingell, John D. 	MI 	15th 
Levin, Sander M. 	MI 	12th 
Stupak, Bart 	        MI 	1st 
McCollum, Betty 	MN 	4th 
Peterson, Collin C. 	MN 	7th 
Sabo, Martin Olav 	MN 	5th 
Carnahan, Russ    	MO 	3rd 
Taylor, Gene 	        MS 	4th 
Etheridge, Bob  	NC 	2nd 
McIntyre, Mike  	NC 	7th 
Miller, Brad    	NC 	13th 
Price, David E. 	NC 	4th 
Pomeroy, Earl   	ND 	At Large 
Andrews, Robert E. 	NJ 	1st 
Menendez, Robert 	NJ 	13th 
Pascrell, Bill Jr. 	NJ 	8th 
Rothman, Steven R. 	NJ 	9th 
Udall, Tom 	        NM 	3rd 
Ackerman, Gary L. 	NY 	5th 
Bishop, Timothy H. 	NY 	1st 
Crowley, Joseph 	NY 	7th 
Engel, Eliot L. 	NY 	17th 
Higgins, Brian  	NY 	27th 
Israel, Steve   	NY 	2nd 
Lowey, Nita M.  	NY 	18th 
McNulty, Michael R. 	NY 	21st 
Weiner, Anthony D. 	NY 	9th 
Ryan, Tim 	        OH 	17th 
Strickland, Ted 	OH 	6th 
Boren, Dan      	OK 	2nd 
Hooley, Darlene 	OR 	5th 
Brady, Robert A. 	PA 	1st 
Doyle, Michael F. 	PA 	14th 
Fattah, Chaka    	PA 	2nd 
Holden, Tim 	        PA 	17th 
Kanjorski, Paul E. 	PA 	11th 
Murtha, John P. 	PA 	12th 
Schwartz, Allyson Y. 	PA 	13th 
Langevin, James R. 	RI 	2nd 
Spratt, John M. Jr. 	SC 	5th 
Herseth, Stephanie 	SD 	At Large 
Davis, Lincoln  	TN 	4th 
Gordon, Bart    	TN 	6th 
Tanner, John S. 	TN 	8th 
Cuellar, Henry  	TX 	28th 
Edwards, Chet   	TX 	17th 
Gonzalez, Charles A. 	TX 	20th 
Green, Gene     	TX 	29th 
Hinojosa, Rubén 	TX 	15th 
Ortiz, Solomon P. 	TX 	27th 
Reyes, Silvestre 	TX 	16th 
Matheson, Jim   	UT 	2nd 
Boucher, Rick   	VA 	9th 
Scott, Robert C. 	VA 	3rd 
Dicks, Norman D. 	WA 	6th 
Larsen, Rick    	WA 	2nd 
Smith, Adam     	WA 	9th 
Kind, Ron       	WI 	3rd 
Obey, David R.  	WI 	7th 
Mollohan, Alan B. 	WV 	1st 
Rahall, Nick J. II 	WV 	3rd

[Bandit]

34. No Senators allowed I guess..

:shrug:

[Terre]

44. John Conyers, Jr. Congressman

is in the House of Representatives. I don't think he can just stroll on over to the Senate and ask for their signatures?

Maybe one of our Senators will draft a similar set of questions to put before *?

[rodeodance]

68. hard to believe Obey of WI did not sign-he has been an outspoken

critic of the Bush administration.

Obey, David R. WI 7th

[Coexist]

29. great news!

[cosmik debris]

30. Please send this link to you local paper

And ask them to cover the story. I suggest that you refer to it as "The Smoking Gun Memo" FRAME the issue, we can have our memes too!

[unblock]

31. i couldn't sign that

it has "honorable" and "bush" in the same sentence.

hey, i gots my principles.

:evilgrin:

[sellitman]

43. That bugged me too!

lol :rofl:

[proud patriot]

35. wow Tauscher signed ...whoopee

:D

on edit I just called to thank her

[Califooyah Operative]

38. awesome. please call if you haven't already. nt

[DearAbby]

39. Great news....Kick to da Moon!

:kick:

[AuntiBush]

52. Brilliant Pict!

:thumbsup: Nice! Says it all!

[lala_rawraw]

40. Woooooooooooooo n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

46. I wonder why Sheila Jackson Lee didn't sign?

I didn't see her signature.

[jono]

55. She did - it's on the PDF

on the top line (page 2) on the right-hand side.

[Raksha]

47. My congresswoman's legislative assistant ACTUALLY returned my call!

She's Grace Napolitano, and her name is on the list. The assistant informed me that not only did she sign the Conyers letter, but she questioned the administration's assertions all along and therefore voted against going to war with Iraq. That makes my day!!!

[AndyTiedye]

48. I Called My Congresswoman's Office

Said I hoped she'd sign this.

[yella_dawg]

49. Woo Hoo! Austin Texas' Lloyd Dogget signed!!

A real Texas Democrat from back in the days when Texas was blue.

[harpo]

54. Send Dogget over to Cornyn's office and make that putz sign it

[yella_dawg]

65. If I send anything over to Cornyn's office

it'll be a pack of rabid wolverines.

[mia]

50. Go Debbie Wasserman Schultz !

http://www.house.gov/schultz/

[understandinglife]

51. Support this PDAmerica effort. Spread the press release far and wide.

http://www.pdamerica.org/field/Press-Release-Bush-Blair.php

In case you want to provide some context when you send the press release to someone requesting they cover it or distribute it, just send them this photo:



What you get from illegitimate president -- an illegal war and countless crimes against humanity


www.missionnotaccomplished.us - STOP THE ATROCITIES; INDICT AND PROSECUTE BU$H AND ALL THE OTHER WAR CRIMINALS

[althecat]

53. PR Posted to Scoop

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0505/S00125.htm

Cheers Will

:yourock:

[brettdale]

58. kick

kick

[Swamp Rat]

60. kick

[oasis]

61. kick

[oasis]

62. kick

[mzmolly]

63. This is fantastic, but I'm discouraged that our "liberal" media isn't

pursuing this matter. I hope to goodness Knightridder is joined by others.

[mzmolly]

64. On second thought ... CNN is talking a bit.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3613235

I only hope people give a shit.

[BlueIris]

67. I didn't post this. You didn't read it. And I was never here.

Every time I get my hopes up that one of these attempts to expose/defeat/damage Bush will catch on--it's like it jinxes the effort...so, yay!...but now I have to go.