March 15, 2007

By People for the American Way (View author info)
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On Tuesday, People For the American Way launched a national petition calling for the resignation or removal of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales from office. 20,000 responded immediately by signing the petition, building the core of a national movement that has been snowballing ever since!

Join the movement and help us reach 50,000 signatures by week's end - 50,000 American voices telling Congress to demand Attorney General Gonzales' resignation or removal from office!

http://www.pfaw.org/go/GonzalesMustGo

Getting Gonzales out of office is a crucial first step in reining in the Bush administration's record of contempt for the law and the Constitution, and its resistance to oversight. This return to checks and balances is what we hoped for when Congress changed hands in November. Our leaders are finally ready to listen to the people.

Since we launched our petition, additional leaders have joined us in calling for Gonzales' resignation or removal, including Senator Harry Reid, presidential candidates John Edwards and Hillary Clinton, and Republican Senator John Sununu. We need to keep the momentum going and YOU can help.

Since we launched our petition, news reports in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and other major papers have been painting an increasingly vivid picture of how White House and Justice Department officials worked hand-in-hand to target certain U.S. Attorneys for replacement, and how there were definite political motives involved.

And since we launched our petition, Attorney General Gonzales has engaged in a P.R. campaign of excuses, admitting "mistakes" were made, but sidestepping the real issues of corruption and abuse of power.

We know this is about more than "mistakes." The media knows it. Every day more and more Americans know it. And now it's up to us to get Congress to do something about it.

The time is ripe for people-powered change. Fortunately, the new majority in Congress is taking its oversight role seriously and congressional leaders are ready to listen to the people. Now's the time to speak out and DEMAND accountability.

Join PFAW's national petition to congressional leaders calling on them to pressure the resignation or removal of Attorney General Gonzales.

http://www.pfaw.org/go/GonzalesMustGo

Laws were broken. Power was abused. And Gonzales has failed the American people as Attorney General. Gonzales Must Go.

-- Your Allies at People For the American Way

http://www.pfaw.org/go/GonzalesMustGo