Tuesday, July 15, 2008

 

Censure Dianne Feinstein?

The voting is done and here are the results:

Over 12,000 Californians voted on one of the most important questions we have ever asked our community: whether or not the Courage Campaign should re-launch a censure resolution against Senator Dianne Feinstein at the next meeting of the California Democratic Party.

And here's the answer:

95.4 percent (11,524 people) voted YES.
4.6 percent (556 people) voted NO.

The consensus of our Courage Campaign community is crystal clear: we should push to censure the Senator.

And, driven by your mandate to take action, that is exactly what we're going to do. From her FISA votes supporting telecom immunity to her shocking swing votes confirming Bush nominees Michael Mukasey and Leslie Southwick, enough is enough.

For this people-powered "Censure the Senator" movement to succeed, we need your support before the California Democratic Party (CDP) executive board meets again. To hold Sen. Feinstein accountable, it will take money to organize people. It's as simple as that.

If you support pushing to censure the Senator, please contribute $20, $50, $100 or more now to launch our campaign for change within the Democratic Party immediately. If just 500 people contribute $10 (or more) ASAP, we can hire a grassroots organizer and get started now:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/CensureMovement


# posted by David Dobson @ 12:54 PM
Comments:
The CA Dem party is a Machine that is really good at appearing to pay attention and then doing nothing different. Though this Censure effort might not change that right away, it will send a message that a growing number of us are getting fed up and want to and are becoming able to take over the party and they can fight us or start to actually pay attention. Perhaps Dianne will not seek re-election and we can have a truly competitive primary.
# posted by Blogger David Dobson : Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:01:00 PM
 
This is what I commented on the petition: "There are many other issues other than those mentioned above where Senator Finstein has voted with the Republicans and other regressives in the Senate. It is the duty of the progressive majority of the Democratic Party to put all pressure avalible to us to convince them to stand for the principles to which they are pledged." I guess you can tell I voted to renew the effort to censure.
# posted by Blogger Gerald W. Aho : Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:57:00 PM
 

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