[CitizensTruth] [Fwd: Wexler Attacked for Impeachment Support - Help Respond!]

[Geri Perry]

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Dear Geraldine,

Last Thursday the largest newspaper in my congressional district - the 
South Florida Sun-Sentinel - published an editorial lambasting my 
enthusiastic support for immediately holding impeachment hearings for 
President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.  Numerous 
letters to the editor have also criticized my support for this movement.

Below, you'll find the original Sun-Sentinel editorial, followed by my 
response, which was printed yesterday. 

I assure you that I will not back down from this fight – no matter the 
consequences or political cost.  The only thing that matters is that we 
deliver accountability for the Bush Cheney Administration and defend our 
government and our constitution.

If you would like to write a letter to the Sun Sentinel, you can 
email letters at sun-sentinel.com <mailto:letters at sun-sentinel.com>.

Thank you for your continued support.

*Robert Wexler
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*_Sun-Sentinel Editorial
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*Impeachment not worth another minute of anybody's time
*South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board

June 12, 2008

/ISSUE: Some in Congress want an impeachment./

The nation does have a few pressing issues pending that could use some 
attention from our federal lawmakers.

Let's see. There are a couple of wars going on, unemployment is on the 
rise as the value of a house continues to fall, millions of Americans 
have no health insurance, and did we mention that gas prices are 
expected to hit $5 a gallon? You get the idea. And still, some in 
Congress feel the nation is just itching for another presidential 
impeachment.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, who has made a career out of eye-rolling  
issues like these, said this week he wants the House to consider a 
resolution to impeach President Bush. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Delray 
Beach, who is smarter than this, supported the Articles of Impeachment, 
which won't go anywhere and thankfully have been buried in a committee 
not likely to hold hearings before Bush leaves office.

Last year, Kucinich led the misguided charge to impeach Vice President 
Dick Cheney, and Wexler supported that. In the case of Bush, Wexler 
called it a "sworn duty" of Congress to act.

Actually, it's nobody's sworn duty to take up any time to go after a 
badly battered president with only a few months left in office. This is 
a president so unpopular, presumptive Republican presidential nominee 
John McCain won't make many public appearances with him. This is a 
president who is such a non-entity, peace activists didn't even
bother to protest his appearance in Berlin this week.

Nor should Congress bother with the ridiculous idea of impeachment,  
which Kucinich contends is warranted because Bush deceived the nation 
into war.

There's plenty of evidence to fuel Kucinich's ire, but not his choice of 
remedy. If Congress needs more things than impeachment to keep lawmakers 
busy, it has myriad options.

BOTTOM LINE: Get on with REAL issues.

/Copyright (c) 2008, South Florida Sun-Sentinel/

*_The Wexler Response:

_*The Sun-Sentinel recently ran an editorial criticizing my support for  
the articles of impeachment against President Bush opining that Congress 
should instead "get on with REAL issues" such as the Iraq war.  In fact, 
it is this very war -- entered into following an unprecedented campaign 
of lies and manipulated intelligence by the Bush Administration -- that 
necessitates impeachment hearings.  This war has cost us the lives of 
4,090 US soldiers, injuries to over 30,000, and more than a trillion 
taxpayer dollars when it is all said and done.

It is a dark day when the Sun-Sentinel has the gall to tell the parents 
of the soldiers who have died in Iraq that pursuing
consequences for those that prosecuted this war of choice based on 
outright deception is not a "REAL" issue that Congress should address.

Sadly, the war is only the beginning. We now know that 
this Administration illegally ordered the torture of prisoners, 
obstructed justice by lying about the outing of a covert CIA agent and 
authorizing warrantless spying on American citizens.

No one can deny that if proven these allegations amount to High Crimes. 
Our failure to act sets an awful precedent and enables future Presidents 
to break the law and violate our Constitution without sanctions from 
Congress.

The Sentinel says impeachment is the wrong "remedy" for this litany of 
crimes.  What then is the proper remedy? A harsh lecture? A strongly 
worded editorial? Or how about doing absolutely nothing in the face of 
these outrageous abuses of power?

Impeachment hearings need not distract us from other important 
priorities such as the economy, gas prices and bringing the troops home 
from Iraq.  Congress can and should address all important issues - 
including safeguarding our constitutional rights and obligations.

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