Video: War, Media, Impeachment

[davidswanson]

With Amy Goodman, John Nichols, David Swanson, Larry Everest, Mark Manning, Robin Andersen, Sam Husseini, Normon Solomon, Jeff Cohen, Peter Hart, Russ Baker, Sunsara Taylor, Peter Phillips
By David Swanson

At the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tenn., on January 13, 2007, a bunch of us got together and organized a couple of ad-hoc panels about the war and impeachment. On a day's notice, we packed the rooms and drew crowds that wanted to discuss these issues as long as the speakers would stay. If you didn't make it to Memphis, you missed a great conference. You can find videos of Bill Moyers, Jesse Jackson and other speakers here.

Here are the videos and audio of our war and impeachment events. Enjoy!

[illinoisprogressive]

1. did cspan tape it for showing?

[puebloknot]

2. K&R #1 Thanks for the link.

[pat_k]

3. Impeachment is the key to opening the floodgates of outrage at Bush.

The crowds drawn to the last minute panel is just more evidence that impeachment is where the energy is.

From http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=257824&mesg_id=258133

The election was a cry for help; a cry to "Get us out of Bush world."

Instead of answering that cry by impeaching Bush and Cheney (the ONLY way out of Bush world), the Congressional leadership has done everything in their power to suppress that outrage with drivel about "bipartisanship" and declarations that "impeachment is off the table."

As long as impeachment is "off the table" the national outrage has no outlet.

Sure, Americans are outraged that Bush, Cheney, and their minions terrorized us into the quagmire in Iraq with threats of mushroom clouds, but there is no good way out of a quagmire. National ambivalence about what to do stifles energy.

When the Congressional leadership recognizes their duty and finds the courage to stand up and make the irrefutable case for impeachment they will give voice to the outrage and engage voters across the political spectrum.

The Democratic Party's failure to take up the fight for impeachment is symptomatic of a deeply ingrained pattern of self-defeating behavior. (We have seen the enemy, and http://journals.democraticunderground.com/pat_k/8">it is us). Their failure stand up and fulfill their oath is deplorable, but what makes it so heartbreaking is that they are failing to seize an unprecedented opportunity to tap into the motherlode of energy and seething outrage.

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• http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3161834&mesg_id=3164183">Failure to impeach just confirms the impotence of the Democratic "leadership"