Congressman Robert Wexler Awarded Backbone Award

[babylonsister]

Congressman Robert Wexler Awarded Backbone Award
Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2008-03-16 12:45.



Florida Congressman Honored for Standing Up for the Constitution

On Monday at the Deerfield Democratic Club in Broward County Florida Congressman Robert Wexler who represents the 19th Congressional District of Florida was honored with the prestigious Backbone Award. Sheldon Packer and Luis Cuevas of Progressive Democrats of America collaborated with the Backbone Campaign to organize the presentation. Rep. Wexler was very pleased to accept the award. The large and pleasantly surprised crowd of over 100 persons responded with a standing ovation.

The Award was presented after Wexler's speech to the group. "He was both eloquent and passionate," said Luis Cuevas of Progressive Democrats of America. "He promised to help enact a universal healthcare bill on the first day of the 2009 Congressional session and vowed to continue to push for impeachment hearings and to bring Dick Cheney to justice," said Cuevas. Wexler was nominated for and awarded the Backbone Award for his leadership in the House Judiciary Committee. The award inscription reads:


Backbone Award
Honorable Congressman
Robert Wexler
In Gratitude for Your Leadership in
Defense of the Separation of Powers &
The Supremacy of the Constitution of the United States.
From The Backbone Campaign &
Progressive Democrats of America

Over the past months Representative Wexler has led the charge within Congress and specifically within the House Judiciary Committee to insist that impeachment be put back "on the table" in defense of the Constitution and for the Separation of Powers outlined within it to be re-established.

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http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/31842

About the Backbone Award: The Backbone Campaign provides creative tools to the progressive movement to spark the strategic political engagement of progressives through a media-savvy, culturally rich, and inclusive activist art project. A key part of this project is to honor courageous, progressive elected officials and citizen activists by presenting them with Backbone Awards and Spine Awards. In so doing, we affirm the relationship between representatives and constituents, and the importance of courageous, principled actions taken at politically lonely moments. Our intention is to reward those who rise to the challenge at this crucial historical moment, in support of a broad movement aligned with the principles and positions articulated in our Progressive Platform. View Award Criteria and past recipients here.

[mmonk]

1. I'll give Wexler and your post a recommend.

[L. Coyote]

2. 232,631 + K & R & Impeach two too

http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com/
232,5631 signatures!

[L. Coyote]

3. VIDEO: Rep. Wexler responds to AG's refusal to enforce contempt

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x102777

[babylonsister]

4. Thanks for the link. I wish there were more like him. nt

[Juche]

5. I enjoy the company of prositutes for the following reasons

Its a fun thing to do.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Colbert-Robert-Wexler-talks-about-cocaine-and-prostitutes

[babylonsister]

6. He was a riot on Colbert! And a good sport!! nt

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. OMFG. You actually went there and you were SERIES!1!

:rofl:

Thank you Rep. Wexler! K & R.

:kick:

:applause:

[liberal texan]

11. that was the place i learned of his existance

after that appearance i knew he would be a person to watch

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

12. I "watched" him before that. Oh, please.

OMG, newbies signing on quickly to go after Wexler.

:hi:

edit, sockpuppetry extravaganza.

[Cabcere]

9. ...I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do...if you combine the two together

it's probably even more fun. :rofl:

:loveya: Wexler. That was the first time I saw him, and I've liked him ever since. :D

[EFerrari]

7. #5.

:woohoo:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

10. K & R, Congratulations Rep. Wexler. :-)

You deserve any and all awards for speaking truth to power. :applause:

[Blarch]

13. 'standing up for the constitution' ?

Oh please.

What happened to Henry holding hearings for Sibel Edmonds ? Here he is saying he promised no such thing.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZIji9d2rrI

Henry being confronted with holding hearings for Sibel Edmonds.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMy3xylXS9k&feature=related

Henry is part of the cover-up ..face it, it's our reality.

[babylonsister]

14. This is Wexler, not Waxman. nt

[cascadiance]

17. Yes, the topic is on Wexler and not Waxman, but a few cautions on Wexler...

Wexler does have a lot of ties to the Turkish community via his staffer Jonathan Katz... The Kurdish and Armenian communities are a bit at odds with him on things such as his stance on the Armenian genocide issue/resolution, etc. So there could be some relationship with what this poster is talking about, even though he's "not Waxman"...

http://www.theturkishtimes.com/archive/03/0503/l-wexler.html

http://hevallo.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html

I just hope that Congressman Wexler isn't using this as an added incentive to go after Cheney just to make sure he's visibly not tied to the neocon crowd that Sibel Edmonds is pointing fingers at in Washington now (some others like Grossman who've also got ties to Turkey and Clinton are neck deep in it, though the MSM doesn't want us to know that).

His actions though do give me hope that if he does know a bit more about what's going on there, at least he's trying to do something that might bring it to light and distance himself from the perpetrators of the mob-like mess Sibel's trying to bring to the open. I'd like to think he represents the "good Turks" out there, who I know many of...!

With the way Waxman's been acting lately, sometimes it is really hard to sift out who are the real friends and enemies... And what kind of pressure there are on folks that would be your friends, to make them look like your enemies too! AIPAC and the ATC are a really powerful and nasty bunch out there...

[Cha]

15. What an amazing person in politics..I've

liked Robert Wexler since the "let all the votes count" in the Florida, 2000 coup.

[Senator]

16. K&R&ImpeachOrLoseInNov.

[pleah]

18. Glad to hear it! 232,706 signatures and counting!

:applause: :woohoo: