Thursday, April 17, 2008

Condi Rice Must Go!!!

Dear Walter,
 
You might have noticed there's a presidential election happening. It's kind of a big deal, but you wouldn't be able to tell that from the ABC debate last night.
 
 
Secretary Rice chaired repeated White House meetings
approving specific torture  techniques before they were used --
then lied about it to Congress. Sign the CondiMustGo petition
now.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
America wants to hear how our candidates
will handle the tough issues, but evidently ABC is
more interested in gotcha politics and trumped up gossip.
Questions on the economy? Nope. The war? Not really.
Global warming, jobs, $4 gas? Why would America want
to know about that?
Yesterday, Democracy for America, True Majority and
Brave New Films released a smoking gun video of
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lying to Congress.
 
We bought ad time in Philadelphia and pressured ABC to ask:
Will Senators Clinton and Obama call on Secretary Rice
to resign?
I guess ABC couldn't be bothered with important questions.
After all, it's only America's reputation in the world that's
at stake. Join me in asking the question that ABC won't ask.
Sign our petition to the candidates right now:
www.CondiMustGo.com
 
The campaign is taking off and getting covered across the
country; from newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and the
Washington Post to blogs like Huffington Post and
Daily Kos. Here's John Nichols writing for The Nation:
"Despite the fact that it received little coverage in the
media, it was revealed that Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice personally presided over meetings
where top administration officials reviewed, selected
and then encouraged the use of specific torture techniques.
To help the media and the candidates focus on
fundamental issues, TrueMajority.org,
Democracy for America and Brave New Films
-- the people who campaigned so successfully for the
removal of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez
 -- have launched a new website, www.CondiMustGo.com
 and a television ad campaign demanding the resignation
of secretary of state."
We need Senators Clinton and Obama demanding her
resignation and working to hold the Bush administration
accountable. When we hit 100,000 signatures we will deliver
them directly to all the presidential candidates.
Sign the petition now:
www.CondiMustGo.com
Am I upset with the network coverage of the presidential
campaigns? Yes. In fact, you might say I'm bitter.
But I'm going to do something about it. Join me and sign
the petition now.
 
Thank you for taking action,
-Arshad
Arshad Hasan
Executive Director
P.S. In case you missed Jim's message yesterday
announcing this campaign, I have included it below.

 
Dear Walter,
You and I suspected it. Now, ABC News confirms it.¹
 
 
 
Secretary Rice chaired repeated White House meetings
approving specific torture techniques before they were used --
then lied about it to Congress. Sign the CondiMustGo petition
now.
 
 
 
 
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chaired repeated
White House meetings approving specific torture
techniques before they were used -- then lied about it to
Congress.
Now Brave New Films put it all together in a "smoking gun"
video. That's why, Democracy for America is partnering with
True Majority and Brave New Films to launch an aggressive
national campaign with a simple message: Condi Must Go.
Watch the video and sign the petition now.
This is the first time concrete evidence shows that senior
White House officials, "not only discussed specific plans
and specific interrogation methods, but approved them."
The torture meetings were gruesome in detail, often
choreographed "down to the number of times a CIA agent
could use a specific tactic" or combination of tactics.
The ABC news report makes it crystal clear that torture
committed in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay were not
isolated incidents by a few "bad apples". In fact, these incidents
were standard operating procedure dictated at the highest level
of government and led by the current Secretary of State.
Her directives to the CIA were unambiguous,
"This is your baby, go do it."
Join me in signing the "Condi Must Go" petition right now.
Don't sit this petition out because you think
Secretary Rice is untouchable. When we joined with
Brave New Films to push for the impeachment of
Alberto Gonzales last year, no one thought he would ever be
forced out of office. Our critics were wrong then, and they are
wrong now.
That's why we're working with True Majority and
Brave New Films to expose the truth about Condoleezza Rice.
Today, we launch the petition. Tonight, we start a media campaign
with a 30-second ad airing on ABC immediately after tonight's
Presidential debate.
We will not stop until Condoleezza Rice is held accountable.
 Sign the petition now.
Working together, we move America forward.
Thank you for everything you do.
 
-Jim
Jim Dean
Chair
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