{"id":2294,"date":"2007-06-22T21:11:26","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T03:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:17:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:17:50","slug":"cynicism-and-generosity-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/cynicism-and-generosity-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynicism and Generosity to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/zxuncle_samjust-impeach-shirt-thumb.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/zxuncle_samjust-impeach-shirt-thumb.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"zxuncle_samjust-impeach-shirt-thumb.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>OpEdNews<br \/>\nBy David Swanson<\/p>\n<p>In May of 2005 the Downing Street Memos came out, and some of us started a website and coalition called After Downing Street.  And for many months we worked closely with Congressman John Conyers and many other Democrats in Congress, holding unofficial hearings, trying to pass resolutions of inquiry, and educating the public about impeachable offenses.  But for the past year or so, including the past six months of Democratic majority, Congress Members have been much less interested in this project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_david_sw_070622_cynicism_and_generos.htm\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpEdNews By David Swanson In May of 2005 the Downing Street Memos came out, and some of us started a website and coalition called After Downing Street. And for many months we worked closely with Congressman John Conyers and many other Democrats in Congress, holding unofficial hearings, trying to pass resolutions of inquiry, and educating&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-related-oped"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cynicism and Generosity to Congress &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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