[Peace-discuss] Fw: TARGET: Rep. Joe Wilson -- who yelled "You lie!" at Obama

[John W.]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:

Seems appropriate to sign this...
>  --Jenifer
>

Why?  What does it actually mean to "censure" a Senator or Representative?
It's not the equivalent of impeachment, is it?





> --- On *Thu, 9/10/09, Adam Green, BoldProgressives.org <
> info at boldprogressives.org>* wrote:
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> Tonight, during a speech in which President Obama explained the need for a
> public option, right-wing Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) played the roll of
> teabagger and yelled, "You lie!"
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> *Enough*. Can you sign our rapid response petition, asking Congress to
> censure Wilson?
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> Click here to see petition and sign.
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> <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8jPTe%2F61OAmAEpv0TJclZBUgAsc87iyj>
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> Jenifer,
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> Tonight, we saw a momentum-shifting speech from President Obama -- and
> progressives who had the courage to speak up in recent days helped make it
> happen.
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> After an emergency, 6-day campaign -- launched as the West Wing was
> debating what would be in the president's speech -- *President Obama did
> what so many of us urged him to do.*
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> Obama embraced the public health insurance option and explained why
> insurers that profit by denying care need competition. To be fair, there
> were downsides, such as framing a public option with 60%-70% support as a
> left-wing proposal. We'll need to keep urging the president to think big and
> fulfill his mandate.
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> But overall, his speech moved momentum to a better place than it was 24
> hours ago, and Obama used fighting words: promising to "call out" anyone who
> spreads misinformation to kill reform.
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> *One person immediately deserves to be "called out." Right-wing Rep. Joe
> Wilson (R-SC) played the roll of teabagger by yelling "You lie!" at the
> president.* Let's go on offense -- will you sign this petition to
> Congress?<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kccRjXtfXgx4T6G9zdJL5RUgAsc87iyj>
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> PETITION: "Enough is enough. On an issue as critical as health care reform,
> it's time to stop the lies, the misinformation, and the uncivil disruptions.
> Rep. Joe Wilson went way over the line by yelling 'You lie' during President
> Obama's speech, and Congress should censure him immediately." Sign here.<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6ARLqCzjbNVwxlSQSY3WwBUgAsc87iyj>
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> It's getting late at night -- but let's see if we can get 20,000 signatures
> by noon tomorrow. Can you send this email to your friends who watched the
> speech?
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> *After you sign the petition, you'll have the option of chipping in for an
> ad targeting Wilson. *
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> Let's send a signal to President Obama that if he is willing to fight and
> win on the public option, a grassroots movement will be there with him --
> including going to bat against crazed teabaggers who want to kill reform.
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> Can you sign the petition, and pass it on to others? Click here.<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hyz2YyNIYUEl455KtVbIZxUgAsc87iyj>
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> *Censure could be a real possibility if we go on offense now. *Sen. John
> McCain called Wilson's yelling "totally disrespectful." Wilson later called
> his own actions "inappropriate and regrettable" but repeated the same
> misinformation he yelled out at President Obama -- about illegal aliens.
>
> Frankly, an apology is not enough. Apologies weren't enough for Van Jones,
> the bold progressive who right-wingers forced to resign from the White House
> this past week for remarks taken out of context. And House Rules of Decorum
> specifically state that it is not permissible to call the President a "liar"
> -- let alone yell it.
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> Can you sign our petition today asking Congress to censure Wilson -- and
> pass it on?<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tkWrTSsZ%2FD6ec3WvRL4SjBUgAsc87iyj>
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> Thanks for being a fighting progressive!
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> --Adam Green, Stephanie Taylor, Michael Snook, Andrew Perez, Evan Miller,
> and the PCCC team
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