(SEE BELOW FOR FURTHER SAMPLE LETTERS) 

To the Editor of the New York Times
 
The New York Times said 11.7.07 defeating a motion to debate the documented illegal actions of Vice President Cheney “spared the Democrats a potentially embarrassing distraction”.
 
Exactly what is a distraction for the Democrats about putting this imperial and overreaching regime on the defensive during a presidential election year.  The Republicans found putting the Democrats on the defensive with a winning strategy in many elections yesterday. 
 
Revealing and detailing the outrageous illegal and criminal acts by the Bush Cheney team should be the dream come true for Democratic contenders.  This is Politics 101! 
 
Where is the outrage as our troops and our civil rights die and our deficit and destruction threaten the nation and the planet?
 
In fact, 54% of the American people and 76% of the Democrats in a July American Research Group poll wanted the House to start impeachment proceedings. 
 
Are you listening John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi?
 
Mary Ellen Marino
New Jersey Impeach Groups
Central Jersey Impeach Group Chair
Mercer DFA Chair
9 Hornor Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540

Here's one letter /piece :

 Re:If you won't oppose Bush, at least don't oppose those Democrats who
will

Dear Congressman Berman,

On Tuesday Congressman Dennis Kucinich willintroduce a privileged
resolution to impeach Vice President Cheney.

It is a virtual certainty that another member will move to table this
resolution.

What will you do?


We have debated at length our differences on the occupation of Iraq, and
the wisdom of impeachment. Actually, we have no differences of opinion on
Iraq: you havepubliclyagreed with every one of my observations, including
the conclusion that the war makes us less safe; you differ, inexplicably,
in the action that you take.

For years now I have begged you to be part of an opposition Party, to
aggressively address Bush's assault on our country's reputation and bedrock
principles. In this regard I have also demanded that you obey your oath to
protect and defend the Constitution, by holding the Bush administration
responsible for its irrefutably illegal actions.


You have espoused the same excuses I've heard from so many: "Impeachment
will take too long" (though the time remaining is still four times the time
it took to impeach Clinton and Nixon). "We don't have the votes"- as if
they had the votes before they began investigating Nixon, and uncovered the
smoking guns that even the Republicans couldn't deny. "It will keep us from
more important work"- as if the current Congress was some beehive of new
initiatives and unprecedented bipartisan efficiency. In reality, because of
the failure of you and others to oppose Bush, he vetoes everything, and we
pass nothing. The only thing my Party has achieved is to have squandered
the wishes of those Democrats who put you in the majority with a mandate to
stop funding the war and stand up to Bush. Your self described
"conservative" agenda and the Party leadership's brilliant strategy has
achieved one other thing: it has plunged Congress' approval ratings to 11%-
less than half that of Bush's. Remember that, the next time you think my
progressive stance is bad for the Party.




Well, here's you chance. You don't have to go out on a limb and introduce a
resolution, You don't have to join a caucus or co-sponsor anything, or
stick your head up out of the foxhole.This one's simple: I'm asking you to
do nothing. That is,  when the motion is made to table Kucinich's
resolution to impeach, please DO NOT vote to table.


Is that so much to ask? That you not side with the Republicans (again)?
That you let this action take its course, and give us a chance to get
America back on track? That you see which other Democrats might show a
spine?Maybe we'll surprise ourselves.


With Senator Feinstein enabling yet another lying Bush appointee for
Attorney General, I'm so deep in this upside down world that I'm now asking
you to do nothing: Please don't cast another vote that makes us citizen
Democrats sick to heart to be Democrats. Please don't generate another
front page headline in the LA Daily News like the one that read, "Berman
Sides with GOP." Please let this one vestige of Thomas Jefferson's process
take root for.  Bottom line:If you won't oppose Bush, at least don't
oppose those Democrats who will.  Please remember that you took an oath-
one you have yet to respect. Here's your chance. I, and the several hundred
people with whom I'll be sharing this message, will be watching.


Yours,

M. Jay

Los Angeles National Impeachment Center

8124 W. 3^rd St., #216

Los Angeles, CA 90048

July 29, 2007

The Honorable _________

2___ Rayburn House Office Building

United States House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.  20515

Dear Representative ________,

Dear ________________

Representatives from the Los Angeles National Impeachment Center, along with other local constituents, urge you to publicly support the introduction of articles of impeachment against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.  Please note that keynote speakers and endorsers at the Center's recently inaugural included Congresswoman Maxine Waters and former CA State Assembly representatives Jackie Goldberg and Paul Koretz.  Please also note that the Center recently obtained a unanimous Impeachment Resolution for both Bush and Cheney by the West Hollywood City Council on July 19th.  On July 1st, the Center was also successful in obtaining the enthusiastic passage of its impeachment resolution by 15,000 activists at the 2007 U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia.  Finally, please also note that an impeachment resolution against both Bush and Cheney passed unanimously out of committee, and the entire UTLA’s House of Reps (UTLA's legislative body representing over 48,000 teachers in the LA Unified School District) voted overwhelmingly in support.  Please note that copies of the letter by UTLA President A.J. Duffy and all aforementioned resolutions can be made available to you upon request.

REASONS FOR YOU TO ENDORSE IMPEACHMENT

The undersigned are writing to urge you to support House Resolution 333, Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President George W. Bush.  We urge you, as a legislator, to step forward to protect our democracy from further harm.

 The heart of the current crisis is a Constitutional one.  The American people elected a democratic majority to restore our system of checks and balances, the rule of law, and our international standing as an exemplar of democratic leadership and values in the world community. It has become clear to an ever-increasing majority of the American people that the President and Vice President are actively opposing progress in these endeavors. To date, the evidence of impeachable offenses is overwhelming; However, the commuting of Scooter Libby’s sentence by President Bush, and the recent statement by Dick Cheney that the Vice President was not part of the executive branch of the government and so did not have to comply with Congressional requests and subpoenas convey a clear message: The President and the Vice President will continue to ignore the rule of law, continue to further the concentration and consolidation of state power in the executive office, and will continue to flaunt this lawlessness with shameless impunity before Congress and the American people.

As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, you can play a pivotal role in restoring our constitutional rights and preventing further abuses of power by the Executive branch.  While we commend the committee for pursuing criminal proceedings against the Bush administration, we also realize that the Bush administration will be loathed to investigate itself, thus necessitating the launch of impeachment hearings.  Among other issues, such hearings should focus on the Bush administrations' use of illegal wiretapping and other forms of electronic surveillance, violations of the U.N. Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention,  torture and extraordinary rendition, signing statements, and war lies.  These activities individually and certainly collectively warrant a complete immediate investigation by the Congress.

REQUEST OF AUGUST DATE TO MEET AND DISCUSS

We urge you, as a legislator, to step forward to protect our democracy from further harm. We would like to set up an appointment for a delegation from your district to meet with you during your August recess to discuss impeachment.  Please let us know a date and time for such a meeting. We are also considering organizing a High Noon Patriotic Impeachment Rally in front of your office, a gesture of support and encouragement for you to take a courageous stand during these critical times. 

We look forward to hearing from you.  Please contact either Marcy Winograd (President of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles) at (310) 795-2322 or Peter Thottam (Executive Director of the L.A. National Impeachment Center) at (310) 497-7255 to schedule a meeting.

Sincerely,

 Los Angeles National Impeachment Center

July 21st - LANIC volunteers writing over 150 letters to House Judiciary representatives and local elected officials (including LA City Council representatives).

From: Ned Boyer <ommitted>
To:  <thottam@bcimpeach.com>
Subject: FW: opinion piece/impeachment
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:53:09 -0800

. Dear  Peter at the Impeachment Center --

     Here's the text of an opinion piece I wrote for the Pasadena Weekly; it's on the verge of running (Thursday, Nov. 8, issue if the paper's intention holds strong). There's more material than I was able to squeeze into the paper's space constraints but I'm hoping this will prove useful.

     I send it to you knowing that you might share it with others and perhaps motivate more people to speak out. I'd gone as far as I could through "polite channels" with my Congressman: phone calls, letters, even a meeting with Dennis Loo and two others in Mr. Schiff's office with the Congressman himself.
    I've now realized that our officials can (and do!) ignore us and consign our concerns to the "round-file" (trash basket!). To hold Mr. Schiff accountable, I had to get into the public prints.
     Perhaps others will take the initiative in parallel ways to expose their own members of the House of Representatives, to call them on the carpet.
     Hope that you'll think this piece is worth disseminating.
     I'd welcome your comments.
     If you can give me a call, that's faster (626-799-####) since I get to the library for e-mail about once a week at best.
     Best wishes and thanks for all your good work,
     Ned Boyer (Peter! we spoke for a bit after the Kucinich rally in Sierra Madre)
    

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ADDITIONAL SAMPLE LETTERS

Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Fax 202-225-8259

July 13, 2007

Dear Speaker Pelosi:

There is no other president in the entire history of the United States who deserves to be impeached more.

In May, as a member of the Human Rights Committee of United Teachers of Los Angeles, I introduced a resolution to start investigations into impeachment of BOTH Bush and Cheney. It passed UNANIMOUSLY out of committee, and the whole House of Reps (UTLA's legislative body) voted OVERWHELMINGLY for it. Copies of the letter by UTLA President A.J. Duffy and the resolution are attached.

Does this or the groundswell of support for impeachment matter to you?

When you took the office of Speaker, I was elated that a woman has finally had the opportunity to rise so high in our government. The joy was tempered immediately by your proclamation that "Impeachment is OFF THE TABLE."   I guess it may be appropriate to ask you to explain yourself.

As lying, corruption and flaunting the laws of our nation continue unabated, Congress just holds hearings with NO apparent link to the obvious consequence of IMPEACHMENT. If you're looking for a reason your approval rating has plummeted to LOWER than George W, well, there is it.

Last week in Los Angeles, there was an opening of the FIRST IMPEACHMENT CENTER pulling together all of the various groups who have previously worked independently. The opening attracted TV and radio news crews as well as the Los Angeles Times.  Since that time, activity on the website increased 2000%.

You need to re-visit your earlier decision and reverse it before this president does any more egregious acts. You need to do it NOW! I long for the days of the courageous Congressional leaders of the past who saw their duty and did it.

Sincerely,

Linda Sutton

 June 21, 2007            

 Dear Honorable Representative Pelosi:

United Teachers Los Angeles, at its House of Representatives meeting May 23, voted to support the attached resolution calling for an investigation into the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Introduced by the UTLA Human Rights Committee, which voted unanimously in favor of it, the resolution was overwhelmingly supported by the full House on the floor. Speaking for the committee in favor of the motion, Linda Sutton (West Valley) cited the devastating impact war spending has had on educational expenditures and the fact that our students are being actively recruited. No one spoke against the measure.

United Teachers Los Angeles represents 48,000 teachers and health and human services professionals within the Los Angeles region and is one of the largest teacher union locals in the country. The House of Representatives is our guiding policy body and includes elected school leaders as well as other members elected from each region of the school district.

We urge you, as a legislator, to step forward to protect our democracy from further harm.

The reasons for an investigation into impeachment are compelling. Beginning with intentionally misleading the Congress and public regarding the threat from Iraq and taking us into a war that has cost us thousands of lives and billions of dollars to the subversion of the law with the removal of habeas corpus, electronic surveillance of American civilians, and violations of the U.N. Torture Convention and the Geneva Conventions, these activities warrant a complete investigation by the Congress.

Sincerely,

A. J. Duffy

IMPEACHING DICK CHENEY :

Tell Congress: Impeach Dick Cheney

Former President George H.W. Bush said it best when he called those who reveal the identities of covert agents "the most insidious of traitors." In reviewing testimony from the Scooter Libby trial, there's simply no question that Libby acted at the direction of his superiors when he leaked Valerie Plame's identity to multiple reporters. Libby worked, of course, directly for the Vice President.

The exposure of Plame's identity as a CIA agent almost certainly has had severe consequences for everyone she worked with overseas in trying to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The loss of these assets and networks has done immeasurable harm to our country's security. Dick Cheney is directly responsible for that harm.

Mr. Cheney has also:

·                                             systematically deceived Congress and the citizens of the United States regarding the potential threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq;

·                                             systematically deceived Congress and the citizens of the United States in fabricating links between Iraq and al Qaeda which have never existed; and

·                                             repeatedly threatened aggression against Iran, in violation of the United Nations charter, a treaty which the U.S. has signed and is thus -- according to our Constitution -- the supreme law of the land.

We believe that the above last three charges form the basis of House Resolution 333, Articles of Impeachment against Dick Cheney, introduced by Representative Kucinich of Ohio. As of July 10, 2007, fourteen members of Congress have signed on to H.R. 333. Ask your representative to sign on as a co-sponsor.

SEND A MESSAGE

·                                             Your Congressperson

·                                             cc: Your Senators

“Dear Congressman,

I write to you to ask you to support Impeachment of  Dick Cheney.  Testimony from the Scooter Libby trial has made it perfectly clear that Libby did not act on his own in "outing" covert CIA agent Valerie Plame.  Rather, he acted at the direction of his boss, Vice President Cheney, when he spoke with multiple reporters about Plame.  Disclosing a CIA agent's identity -- or directing others to do so -- is a crime of treason against our nation; Vice President Cheney must be impeached and removed from office immediately.

In addition to this crime, Mr. Cheney:

 - Repeatedly lied to the nation about the potential threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, provoking the invasion and occupation of that country, with catastrophic results for our nation;

 - Continues to lie and distort intelligence regarding links between Iraq and al Qaeda; when such links simply did not exist before our invasion; and

 - Continues to threaten aggression against Iran, in violation of the United Nations charter and in a manner that destabilizes the region and harms our national security.

All of these actions certainly meet the constitutional test of high crimes and misdemeanors.  So I ask that you join your colleagues in co-sponsoring H. Res. 333, Articles of Impeachment Against Dick Cheney.  I look forward to your response to my letter on this most serious of topics.”

Sincerely,

[Your Name]