August 9th (aka Dump Dick Day) is the anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation in the face of impeachment. Of course, Tricky Dick was a rank amateur compared to Darth Cheney and The Decider. They’ve not simply repeated his crimes—they’ve committed abuses of power beyond his wildest dreams.
Spineless Democrats try to justify their own inaction by saying that impeachment would divide the nation, take too much time, and ruin their plans to win the 2008 election. Well, the Nixon case disproves that bloviating nonsense. The proper use of impeachment didn’t traumatize our nation, but healed it. When Congress finally stood up to Nixon, he was gone in 3 months. And the Democrats won the biggest victories in recent memory in the elections that followed their decision to uphold the Constitution.
Democrats.com is offering a $1,000 prize for the best (according to popular vote) video that draws the parallels and makes the case for impeaching Cheney. Rules below the fold...
To enter, simply join the Dump Dick Day YouTube group and add your video. Be creative. Be funny. Tell everybody you know to vote for your video. It can be as simple as talking into your webcam for two minutes or it can be a major Hollywood production if you've got the budget and the time. But hurry--the deadline for submissions is high noon on Dump Dick Day.
To vote, watch any or all of the videos that get posted to the Dump Dick Day YouTube group and give them a rating of one to five stars. Voting will remain open until noon on August 11. If there’s a tie, we’ll put up a poll online where you can vote for the finalists. I'll try to remember to post a reminder to vote on August 9th.
Good luck!