{"id":4404,"date":"2008-01-06T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T04:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:45:29","slug":"wexler-impeachment-petition-gathers-over-181000-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/wexler-impeachment-petition-gathers-over-181000-signatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Wexler Impeachment Petition nearing 200,000 signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>special to <a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/index.php\">ImpeachforPeace.org<\/a><br \/>\nby IFP cofounder Mikael Rudolph<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFlorida Representative Robert Wexler is steadily closing in on 200,000 signatures on an <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160306142137\/http:\/\/wexlerwantshearings.com\/\">online petition<\/a> he posted in December calling for citizen support of impeachment proceedings commencing at once against Vice President Richard B. Cheney.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/impeachcheney.jpg\" alt=\"impeachcheney.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nRep. Wexler, a member of the House Judiciary Committee where impeachment proceedings are considered, has said that he plans to submit this list to the HJC when the House of Representatives returns to session the week of January 15th.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFormer Democratic Party Presidential nominee Senator George McGovern announced today that he has finally painfully come to agree that impeachment hearings are warranted and are in the best interest of the nation. McGovern did so in an article published in Sunday&#8217;s Washington Post entitled: <a href=\"http:\/\/mparent7777-2.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/why-i-believe-bush-must-go-george.html\"><i>Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse.<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf you agree with Rep. Wexler and Senator McGovern and believe that an investigation of Cheney&#8217;s pre-war statements and actions is warranted and are interested in adding your name to the petition, you can do so online at: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160306142137\/http:\/\/wexlerwantshearings.com\/\">www.WexlerWantsHearings.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>special to ImpeachforPeace.org by IFP cofounder Mikael Rudolph Florida Representative Robert Wexler is steadily closing in on 200,000 signatures on an online petition he posted in December calling for citizen support of impeachment proceedings commencing at once against Vice President Richard B. Cheney. Rep. 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