SAVE DEMOCRACY NOW

[Wojtek Dworak <madzia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Fellow Citizen,

Thank you for signing EnoughIsEnough and for the work you've done in the
November 3rd election and since.  Act again now in whatever ways you can to
stand up for what you believe in and against this terribly destructive
partisan abuse of law and government. The actions and information below were
gathered from the best of what's happening on the web.

If we don't act, the President will be impeached. The majority leadership is
trying to foreclose the option of censure. Without a censure option, many
moderates will be compelled to vote impeachment. If impeachment passes on
the House floor, the nation will be paralyzed for months as the President is
put on trial in the Senate.

1. Related sites worth attention:

o Censure and Move On

o People for the American Way

o Online Jopurnal -- Stop Coup

o Stop Starr Now

o Truth in America

oCitizens Campaign to Preserve the Elected Presidency

o Committee for the People's Choice

o Michael Moore

o Contacting Congress


Much of this is reprinted from Censure and Move On


o FREE CALLS THRU WEDNESDAY (POSSIBLY LONGER). Call your Member of Congress.
Constituents' calls are taken most seriously. CALL 1-877-TO-MOVEON
(1-877-866-6836) and give the operator your zip code, to be connected to
your representative for FREE. We have the toll-free line through Wednesday
12/16, and we have to keep up the pressure. You can call the congressional
switch-board at any time directly at 1-202-224-3121.

Once you reach your representative's office, let the staff member know:
-- that you are a constituent (by giving your name and city)
-- that you are opposed to impeachment,
-- and that you expect Congress to immediately "MOVE ON" to important
issues.
Express your own personal concerns and ask for a response from your
representative.

Free calls are provided courtesy of Working Assets Long Distance
() and People for the American Way.

If you get a busy signal, try again later or use the direct number
1-202-225-3121. Capitol Hill offices are open between 9am and 6pm EST. You
can also leave voicemail after hours in many offices. If the Capitol Hill
switchboard is busy, you can get your representative's direct number in
Washington from the People For the American Way website.

Click on  so they can count your call
and report totals to the press.

o Tell everyone you know about moveon.org and 1-877-TO-MOVEON. If you are a
member of any existing organizations that might mobilize their membership --
give those contacts special attention. This kind of networking is extremely
important.

o Call the Speaker of the House. The incoming Speaker of the House, Bob
Livingston, is really responsible for this process. If he lets his party
members vote their conscience, impeachment will probably die and members
will vote censure. If he continues to threaten the "full wrath of the
Republican party" to members who break ranks, the President will be
impeached on a purely partisan vote.

Use the 1-877-TO-MOVEON number to call Bob Livingston's office now. If the
toll free number is busy, call his office directly at 202-225-3015
(Washington office) or 504-589-2753 (local district office). Let his staff
member know (1) that you are opposed to impeachment and support censure, (2)
that you believe that your Member of Congress should be allowed to vote
his/her conscience, and (3) that you expect Congress to immediately "move
on" to important issues.

o Contact Swing Votes. There is a short list -- getting shorter all the
time -- of Members of Congress who are considered swing votes on
impeachment. Go to  for a list of key
fence-sitting Members of Congress or see the info below.  Calls denouncing
impeachment and supporting censure could be very important in swaying fence
sitters, or in emboldening mavericks breaking party lines. Dial
1-877-TO-MOVEON (1-877-866-6836) or dial direct if you're getting a busy
signal. Start with Members of Congress in your state or region, and then
work down the rest of the list as far as you can get.

Urge them to serve as a  Profile in Courage.  It is high time GOP moderates
to liberate their party from the extreme right and to stand up for the
nation. Capitol Hill addresses are given below, as well.  Follow up the
calls with letters.Web pages are given as well, but using them for emailing
Congressmen must vault you through a sophisticated filter system. Phoning
and writing are most effective.

Pass this list to others, and ask THEM to continue the chain. Just eleven
anti-impeachment votes are needed.

Fax numbers for swing and leadership votes/202 area code
> Roukema: 2259048              Shays:2259629
> Skeen: 2259599                Franks:2259460
> Frlinghuysen:2253186  Castle:2252291
> Berman2253196         Johnson:2254488
> Porter:2250837                Ewing:2258071
> Pappas:2256025                Forbes:2253143
> Lazio:2254669                 Trent Lott:2242262
> Daschle224-2047               Nickles2246008
> Ford2240046                   Gingrich2254656
> Armey972-444-8626     Gephardt2257452
> DeLay2255241                  Bonior2261169
> Fazio2255141                  Boehlert:2251891
> Walsh:2254042         Paxson:2255910
> Tauzin:2250563                Ramstad:2256351
> Gutknecht:2253246             Myrick:2253389
> Ballenger:2250316             McCarthy2255758
> Maloney2254709                Boehlert2251891
> Paxon2255910                  Greenwood:2259511
> Weldon:2258137                Pitts:2252013
> Wamp:2253494          Hyde:2251166
> Bono:2252961                  Sensenbrenner:2253190
> McCollum2250999               Gekas2258440
> Coble2258611                  Smith 2258628
> Gallegly2251100               Canady2252279
> Inglis2261177                 Goodlatte2259681
> Bono2252961                   Buyer???
> Bryant2252989         Chabot2253012
> Barr2253012                   Jenkins255714
> Hutchinson2255713             Pease???
> Cannon2255629         Rogan2255828
> Graham2253216

Moderate Republicans
Cong. Marge Roukema, New Jersey -- 202-225-4465 --
       Rm. 2469 == Rayburn House Office Building
       Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Christopher Shays, Connecticut  -- 202-225-5541 --
       Rm. 1502 -- Longworth House Office Bldg.,Wash, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Robert Franks, New Jersey -- 202-225-5361 --
       Rm. 225 -- Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen -- New Jersey -- 202-225-5034
       Rm. 228 -- Cannon House Office Bldg.Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Peter T.King -- New York -- 202-225-7896
       Rm. 403 -- Cannon House Office Bldg.Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Michael N.Castle -- Delaware -- 202-225-4165
        Rm. 1227 -- Longworth House Office Bldg.
        Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Nancy L. Johnson  -- Connecticut -- 202-225-4476
        343 Cannon Office Building Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. John Edward Porter -- Illinois -- 202-225-4835
        2373  Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Thomas W. Ewing    -- Illinois --  202-225-2371
        2417 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Michael Pappas   -- New Jersey -- 202-225-5801
        1710 Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Michael P. Forbes -- New York -- 202-225-3826
        416 Cannon House Office Bldg.Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Rick Lazio -- New York -- 202-225-3335
        2444 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Sherwood L. Boehlert -- New York -- 202-225-3665
        2246 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. James T. Walsh -- New York  -- 202-225-3701
        2351 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Bill Paxson  -- New York -- 202-225-5265
        2412 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. W. J. (Billy) Tauzin -- Louisiana -- 202-225-4031
        2183 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 10515
        

Cong. Jim Ramstad -- Minnesota -- 202-225-2871
        103 Cannon House Office Bldg.Washington, D.C., 20515
        
Cong. Gil Gutknecht -- Minnesota -- 202-225-2472
       425 Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Sue Wilkins Myrick -- North Carolina -- 202-225-1976
        230 Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
        

Cong. Cass Ballenger -- North Carolina -- 202-225-2576
       2182 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. James C. Greenwood -- Pennsylvania -- 202-225-4276
       2436 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Curt Weldon -- Pennsylvania -- 202-225-2011
       2452 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Joseph R. Pitts -- Pennsylvania -- 202-225-2411
       504 Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20515
       

Cong. Zach Wamp -- Tennessee -- 202- 225-3271
       423 Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 10515
       

o Call Your Senators. If the House of Representatives votes to impeach, the
Senate will conduct a trial. We want Senators to pressure the House
leadership to put this issue to bed. Let them know their constituents care
about this issue. Use the 1-877-TO-MOVEON (1-877-866-6836) number to call
the two Senators from your state. Their site has a complete list of Senators
and direct phone numbers by state. Let the staff people know (1) that you
are a constituent , (2) that you are opposed to impeachment, and (3) that
you believe your Senator should do everything possible NOW to help Congress
avoid a distracting, divisive and ultimately meaningless trial in the
Senate.

o Contact media outlets.  For suggestions on how to approach the press, see:
.
Two key points to make to the media::
   (1) The House must be allowed to VOTE ON CENSURE and
   (2) House Members must be allowed to VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE.
Customize these letters to your own community and fax them in to local
newspaper and/or to a national outlet:
-- The New York Times - FAX: 212.556.7614
-- The Washington Post - FAX: 202.496.3936
-- Time Magazine - FAX: 212.522.1530
-- Newsweek - FAX: 212.445.4120
-- The Wall Street Journal - FAX: 202.862.9266
-- NPR - FAX: 202.414.3329
-- AP - FAX: 202.776.9570
-- CNN - FAX: 404.681.3578
-- Chicago Tribune: FAX: 202.824.8302

o Call Talk Radio programs and make your voice heard throughout your
community. To receive a phone list of talk radio programs in your area, call
(202)488-5038

Sample letter:
Dear Representative,

Soon, our country will face an historic vote about whether or not
to impeach the President of the United States over what many consider to be
a private matter.  Your vote may well determine the outcome, and thus, the
future course of our nation.  I therefore ask you to search your conscience
about the following matters before you vote.

Our country's entire system of justice is based on the ideal that
the individual is protected from unwarranted prosecution by the
government.  Yet we are embroiled in an investigation turned prosecution
which has ignored that basic tenet.  Illegally obtained evidence (Tripp's
tapes) provide the foundation for the entire prosecution. Those tapes led to
discovery in a dismissed civil case (which in the real world would be called
frivolous) which, although ruled immaterial, provided government prosecutors
the fodder to PURSUE A CRIME WHERE NONE HAD EXISTED. The same government
prosecutors then offered Monica Lewinsky immunity from prosecution at a time
when NO CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED.
Process does matter;  it is the very thing our ancestors fought and
died for some 222 years ago.

Setting that very important issue aside, let us examine the
ALLEGATIONS of perjury.  (A President, like any citizen of the United
States, is innocent until proven guilty.)
After careful examination of the testimony, we can clearly see that
both Lewinsky and the President agree that some kind of sexual activity did
occur, presumably oral sex.  They both agree that Judge Susan Weber Wright's
narrow definition of sexual relations excluded oral sex.  So the entire
allegation of perjury rests on whether Mr. Clinton touched Ms. Lewinsky in a
way intended to gratify her. She says he did.  He says he did not. No one
else was there to know.

So, in truth, the allegations of perjury rest on a case of "he said, she
said," in a case of consensual sex. Could a jury convict based on this
evidence?  Would a case even be brought to trial based on this evidence?

I ask you to carefully consider the impact your vote will have, not
just on the future of this presidency, but on every future presidency,
and more:  the legal precedents which are being set here will impact the
boundaries of criminal investigations of real people nationwide.

Therefore, I ask that you listen to the wisdom of the People of the
United States, and do your Constitutional duty:  Vote NO on impeachment.

Sincerely,

Excerpts from a Commentary in this week's Newseek:
"Censure, and Move On" by Jonathan Alter

There was not much debate on impeachment at the Constitutional Convention,
but the gist of the argument is unmistakable. Impeachment, George Mason
proclaimed, was for "crimes against the state." In The Federalist No. 65,
Alexander Hamilton wrote that a clear sign of when not to impeach was when
the dispute between Congress and the president was "connected to
pre-existing factions," Old World parlance for "partisan."

The Constitution calls for impeachment for "treason, bribery or other high
crimes and misdemeanors." The "other" suggests that those crimes be on the
order of treason and bribery. Is Clinton's lying about whether he touched
Monica Lewinsky's breasts comparable to treason?

What about the oath members of Congress also take--to uphold the
Constitution? It demands not just fidelity to the truth but respect for
what's known as the "delicate balance" that makes our system work. Samuel
Beer, one of the most distinguished political scientists of this century,
had no doubts when applying a balancing test before the committee last week.
Clinton's offenses "don't begin to outweigh the enormous damage of removing
a president from office," he said.

Of course, the worst thing about impeachment is that it is being rammed down
the throats of the American people. Last month the electorate issued a clear
mandate against impeachment by upending 65 years of political tradition and
awarding congressional gains to the president's party in a midterm election.

In a democracy, such a mandate should be ignored only in cases of dire
emergency, when the president must be removed to protect the country. This
is not that moment. Impeaching a president without a consensus is like going
to war without a consensus--unhealthy, undemocratic and unlikely to result
in anything but years of painful recriminations that degrade our politics
and harm the nation.

-- Newsweek, December 21, 1998