ImpeachPAC Raises Over $20,000 in First Weekend

[Barad Simith]

ImpeachPAC, a new political action committee created to support congressional candidates who favor impeaching Bush and Cheney, raised over $20,000 in its first weekend. ImpeachPAC was launched late Friday at www.impeachpac.org, and by early Sunday evening had raised $21,304 from 472 donors giving an average contribution of $45 each.

"The response to our announcement has been tremendous," said ImpeachPAC founder Bob Fertik. "As the CIA scandal sinks in, as the death toll increases in Iraq, as fresh evidence of pre-war lies is revealed, and as George Bush's polls fall through the floor, Americans are ready for a change. They want to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney - and they are ready to do it now," Fertik said.

Over the weekend, impeachment became a major discussion topic on progressive blogs and talk shows. Technorati lists 10,196 blog posts on "impeach Bush", while Google blog search lists 11,991 posts.

Despite broad support for impeachment - and months of lobbying by activists - not a single Democrat in Congress has yet introduced Articles of Impeachment. ImpeachPAC is using internet-based fundraising to prove to Democrats that a majority of Americans will support incumbents and candidates who step forward to begin the impeachment process.

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1. Who is in charge of this pac?

[Barad Simith]

2. About Us

http://www.impeachpac.org/?q=about

ImpeachPAC is a Political Action Committee registered with the Federal Election Commission. Its purpose is to raise money to elect Democratic candidates for Congress who support the immediate and simultaneous impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney for their Iraq War lies.

Bob Fertik is the Founder and President of ImpeachPAC. Fertik is co-founder and President of Democrats.com, which launched in 2000 as the first major news and community Website for Democratic Party activists. In November 2003, Fertik co-founded ImpeachCentral.com to build grassroots support for impeachment. In May 2005, Fertik co-founded AfterDowningStreet.org to raise awareness of the secret British documents that proved the Bush-Cheney administration deliberately lied to the world about its reasons for invading Iraq.

David Swanson is the Washington Director of ImpeachPAC and of Democrats.com. He is co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, creator of MeetWithCindy.org, and a board member of Progressive Democrats of America. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997. His website is www.davidswanson.org.