Police tell anti-war protesters to take down 'Camp Pelosi'

[Newsjock]

Source: SF Chronicle

21:32 PDT -- Anti-war protesters in their 11th day of a round-the-clock vigil in front of Rep. Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights home were ordered by San Francisco police Thursday night to remove protest signs, banners and canopies that adorned what they called Camp Pelosi.

But protesters vowed to stay put until today's House vote on funding the war in Iraq.

"We'll still sit here overnight and tomorrow until the vote,'' said Cynthia Papermaster, a member of Code Pink: Women for Peace, which organized the sit-in.

Read more: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/22/BAGTVOQGIN4.DTL

[Monkeyman]

1. All this does is give ammo to the right wing

[Kolesar]

5. DU's been duking that one out

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2777339

[David__77]

15. How's that? It makes Pelosi look like the left opposes her?

I don't see how your arguments works.

[still_one]

2. curious, when the repukes had the majority did they camp out at Hassert's house?

I hope there was consistency

[Monkeyman]

3. No Way Hastert's house was protected around the clock

[Jim Sagle]

4. That wasn't his house, that was Hastert himself!

[MGKrebs]

6. Whatever happened to faxes and letters and emails?

And press conferences and rallies and parades and meetings and boycotts?
Pelosi needs us to make it easier for her to do what we want, not harder.

[Tesha]

7. Haven't you realized yet that they don't work? (NT)

[rodeodance]

8. I do not think protesters should do the HOMES--of either Dems or Reps!

[Kolesar]

9. I know. I will tell young female activists that "they could become the next Nancy Pelosi"..eom

[BigDDem]

10. Could they not find the White House?

The Vice President's Residence? Condi's place? Colin Powell's house?

[mike_c]

11. Pelosi is part of the problem because she refuses to work...

...toward defeating war funding. Barbara Lee's bill is much better, but Pelosi is siding with the republicans on that one.

[BigDDem]

12. Well dressing up in bad Halloween costumes

and having "wine and cheese" in Pelosi's driveway surely will
get the job done.

[mike_c]

13. with all due respect...

...they have that right, just as you and I have the right to pursue avenues we perceive as being more dignified. I applaud Code Pink for having the courage to engage in street theater. It's not for me, but then it's not MY free expression we're talking about.

[BigDDem]

14. I never said they didnt have the right,

of course they have the right. I think they would be more productive
spending their energy protesting some of the folks who thought going to war was a dandy idea, not the ones interested in stopping it.

If they want to dye their hair pink, contort their bodies to get in camera range and giggle like 10 year olds, hey, have at it, let's see
what that accomplishes.

[Pastiche423]

16. What have our Dem "leaders" accomplished?

[BigDDem]

17. Right.

They've been in charge for what, 2 months?
Shouldnt they have the troops home and Bush impeached by now?

[Pastiche423]

18. On November 7, 2006

The Dems were voted in as the majority. Their constituents voted to stop the war.

The vote today proved my point.

[EFerrari]

20. Apparently not. They just handed 100 billion+ dollars to Bush

and impeachment is off the table.

[EFerrari]

19. Maybe you could come out and show us how it's done.

And you know, if there's nothing to see, it's not a demonstration.

[BigDDem]

21. Will you bring the "wine and cheese?"

[EFerrari]

22. If that's what it takes to get people off their ass, sure.

Myself, I travel light.

[nodehopper]

23. YES