by Deb Cupples | Today is the day to donate to Accountability Now and the Strange Bedfellows Coalition. At the very least, it's a good day to learn about their noble and valuable efforts.
In short, Accountability Now is a PAC whose goal is to pressure politicians into promoting the public interests. Originally, it was a backlash against Democrats who betrayed their constituents on Telecom Amnesty (i.e., retroactive immunity for companies that violated our laws while eavesdropping on citizens without valid warrants).
Since March, people with all sorts of ideological leanings have united with Accountability Now, because we all agree on a couple things: the preservation of our Constitutional rights and the rule of law.
Why is today, August 8, important? Salon's Glenn Greenwald explains:
"Thirty-four years ago today, Richard Nixon was forced from office as a result of mounting public anger, which in turn fueled the bipartisan intent of Congress to impeach him, due to his involvement in the relatively minor Watergate crimes. Accountability of that sort for our highest political leaders is today inconceivable.... (Salon)
Yes, it is inconceivable at present -- largely because Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi betrayed millions of American voters from both parties by taking impeachment of President Bush "off the table." That and Pelosi (and Hoyer and other Dems) made sure that telecom companies that helped the Bush Administration break our laws won't ever go to court -- thus, the evidence of legal violations will remain hidden from us taxpayers.
Greenwald continues:
"To begin this new organization, we created a Money Bomb campaign to provide the initial funding. We chose August 8 -- today -- for its symbolic value, a day that highlights, as our full-page Washington Post last month described, the accountability to which our political leaders were once subjected and can be again (August 8 also happens to be the day in 2006 when 18-year incumbent Joe Lieberman was ejected from the Democratic Party)." (Salon)
Check out yesterday's New York Times article about Accountability Now and Strange Bedfellows. You can read more about the efforts here. You can list yourself (or your group or blog) as a Strange Bedfellow here.
And, again, you can donate here.
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