You Scum, Scott McClellan. Why did you wait so long?

I received this, as did thousands of others from Congressman Robert Wexler:
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Last night, significant news broke that directly impacts our push for Impeachment Hearings and a possible Inherent Contempt charge for Bush Administration officials such as Karl Rove:

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has revealed in his upcoming book that:

• Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, and Vice President Cheney lied about their role in revealing the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson – actions easily amounting to obstruction of Justice.
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Easily amounting to obstruction of justice? Are you kidding me? Clinton was impeached over the definition of the word “is”. We the People spent $70 million of tax payer’s money to determine the origin of a stain on a blue dress. Rove, Libby, and Cheney participated in outing a covert CIA agent. An agent that specialized in making sure Iran did not get nuclear weapons. [1]

United States Code at 18 U.S.C. § 2381 states "whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States."

It seems to me that outing a CIA agent that is working to prevent a nation our President has termed “Evil” from getting nuclear weapons is giving the aid to our enemies. Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, and Vice President Cheney should all be immediately be investigated by Congress on charges of Treason.

It seems only fair if found guilty, to sentence them to death just as this Texas herd of criminals has imposed the ultimate penalty on so many on Texas’ death row.
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McClellan also admitted that:

• There was a coordinated effort within the Bush Administration to use propaganda to pump up the case for the Iraq war and hide the projected costs of the war from the public.

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The Bush administration paid reporters to tilt their reporting to support administration policies on several occasions. [2] If they would be so under handed as to pay for spin on “No Child Left Behind”, a bogus issue to distract people; then is it a stretch at all to think that they intentionally fed the MSM the exact text and tone of the message they wanted the American people to get? Just look back at the TV footage. Every network uses the same buzz words. Every major network used similar graphics and banners that conveyed not only overt propaganda supplied by this administration, the images and sound bites used were designed to send subliminal messages of fear.

Fear to keep us in line 9/11. Fear to make us follow their lead 9/11 to where ever they want to go. Fear of the world 9/11…Has one day yet gone by that they have not said or referred to 9/11?

As for the cost of the war, what profit is there in making it quick?
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Scott McClellan must be called to testify under oath before the House Judiciary Committee to tell Congress and the American people everything he knows about this massive effort by the White House to deceive this nation into war.

Last week, a subpoena was issued for Karl Rove to testify before the Judiciary Committee. It appears he will take every legal action to block this subpoena. The truth is that Congress has the right – and obligation – to hold him accountable now - not months or years from now. It is long past time to pass Inherent Contempt and bring Rove, Libby and others before Congress.

We simply cannot ignore these recent developments, nor should we postpone serious inquiry until after the next election.
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Unfortunately Speaker Pelosi took impeachment off the table, and seems to be determined to keep it off the table. The Democrats are taking an enormous risk by their laise-faire attitude toward upholding the Constitution. Do they not realize the 2006 win was a mandate to stop this administration from doing further harm?

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Your commitment to accountability for the Bush/Cheney Administration, and the support of 230,000 other Americans who signed up at wexlerwantshearings.com, has inspired and motivated me in my effort to hold impeachment hearings for Vice President Dick Cheney and Inherent Contempt for Rove and others. During the past months I have been a tireless and dogged advocate of this vitally important cause.

Many of you have written me, asking for an update on where we stand with regards to impeachment hearings. I know most of you believe - as I do - that impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney – are not only justified, but that it is our constitutional obligation to look into the serious allegations of wrongdoing that have been raised. This is especially true based on the newest revelations from Scott McClellan.

I believe that it is the duty of Congress to pursue impeachment whenever there's significant evidence of wrongdoing, be it by Republicans or Democrats, regardless of the timing of elections or the current political environment.

Some of you have written me demanding that I deliver hearings or impeachment. As hard as I have been fighting for this cause, I cannot make impeachment happen by myself. What I can do, and what I have been doing at every turn, is trying to communicate two simple messages to my colleagues:

• the serious allegations of wrongdoing and the clear-cut rationale for impeachment hearings;and
• the fact that the public will support our efforts when Congress boldly acts on the side of justice and accountability.

Unfortunately, to date, these arguments have not been enough to convince even a majority of the liberal and progressive Members of Congress to support impeachment hearings. In addition, the leadership of the Democratic Party in Congress genuinely feels that pursuing impeachment will jeopardize our congressional agenda and threaten gains in the November elections. Although I genuinely disagree with this view, to date I have been unable to convince them to change this policy.

I understand the challenges that we are up against, and I recognize the odds that we face. Nevertheless, I remain unfazed and unyielding.

This new evidence from Scott McClellan could be the tipping point – but we must move quickly. I will use the McClellan admissions to help convince my colleagues that we must hold impeachment hearings.

Regardless, I will continue to fight for progressive values and our Constitution. I will do everything I can to pursue accountability for criminal actions taken by this Administration and this Vice President. I will be a furious opponent to any expansion of this misguided war, and I will fight against the use of torture by our government and to protect our civil liberties here at home.

Most of all, I will continue my efforts to convince my fellow members of Congress and voters, that we should not be a party of passivity - but that we succeed when we present the public with stark choices that are based on the guarantees in our Constitution, and not on the politics of the moment.

I will continue - at every pass - to call for impeachment and accountability. While I wish more of my colleagues supported our movement, we must not let our discouragement lead to apathy and distraction in this important election year when we must break free from eight long years of illegalities, corporate handouts, and a tragic and devastating war.

We should not end the calls for impeachment. I will push against the crimes of the Bush Administration whenever I am provided the opportunity. I will use my role on the Judiciary Committee to take on Administration officials – like I have done with Condoleezza Rice, Attorney Generals Gonzalez and Mukasey, and FBI Director Mueller.

I have not given up our fight to hold this Administration accountable and neither can you. I am grateful for your patriotism and your support. I'll continue to keep you informed and part of the conversation.

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This administration has lied to us, endangered us, and has done so willingly. These are not the actions of bumbling idiots that are just making dumb mistakes. The actions of this administration were planned and implemented for reasons I cannot fathom.

I feel that it is my duty as a citizen to take a stand to defend the Constitution against all enemies, even if those enemies are our highest ranking officials. I have written my Congressman. I ask you to do the same.

https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml
Address your email to The Honorable Member of Congress Representative ___________.

Use your own words, be polite and state clearly your reasons for supporting impeachment of Vice President Cheney and the indictment of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby for crimes against the United States in the form of Obstruction of Justice, lying to Congress and the American people about the reasons to go to war, and treason for the outting of an active covert CIA agent.

You will feel better after you do. Keep on writing. They like getting mail.

[1] Muriel Kane and Dave Edwards, "CBS confirms 2006 Raw Story scoop: Plame's job was to keep nukes from Iran," Raw Story (20 October 2007).
[2] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/26/politics/main669432.shtml