We're Sitting In at the House Judiciary Committee Office Right Now

[davidswanson]

A dozen of us have begun a sit-in at the House Judiciary Committee office. Come join us at Rayburn 2138. Leslie Angeline and Ellen Taylor of Code Pink are the leaders here. Laurel Jensen is here, and Michael Heaney, Thalia Doukas, Darryl Love, Ed Dickau, Michael Beer, Jes Richardson, Mike Marceau, Dan... People are joining us every few minutes. We're sitting around in the main room of the office. We have two video cameras going, and we're discussing...

10:40 Actually, a staffer just came out and said that everyone could go back to another room to meet with Chairman John Conyers "except for David Swanson."

10:45 A few of us are talking in the big room while everyone else is in a back room with Chairman Conyers and some staffers. Staffers with whom I worked two-and-a-half years ago and who are mad at me for disagreeing with their turn against impeachment are all here: Perry Applebaum, Ted Kalo, Jonathan Godfrey. Back then they were working with us on impeachment and did not tell us that only elections mattered. Back then, the voters wanted impeachment and justice demanded it, so we didn't ask which was the motivation. In 2006, when the RNC demanded a ban and Pelosi complied, everything changed. The Judiciary Committee now acts on a pair of false beliefs: Elections are more important, and impeachment would be bad for elections. One is immoral, the other just uninformed.

You can let the House Judiciary Committee know your opinion at [phone]. Please do so right now. They're good people. I know they are. But something is blocking them. Help break the logjam!

UPDATES COMING AT:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/32442

[babylonsister]

1. WHOA! "except for David Swanson." That's impressive, David.

Sounds like your reputation precedes you. Good luck!

[Quantess]

13. Yeah, what was that about?

LOL, maybe I shouldn't ask.

[ensho]

2. hope more people join you today - good luck

nt

[wtmusic]

3. Rock on, David.

Keep us up to date.

[Luminous Animal]

4. K&R (n/t)

[Fireweed247]

5. Can you head over to Kucinich's office and see what is holding him up?

He said he would introduce articles of Impeachment of Bush, what happened with that?

He also promised 9/11 hearings- is there progress on that?

And what happened to his integrity now website?

Thanks David!

[kestrel91316]

6. IIRC he DID introduce articles of impeachment. The ball is now out of

his hands and the articles languish in committee.

[Fireweed247]

18. Kucinich promised to introduce articles of Impeachment of Bush

so far, it was only Cheney.

He has also promised 9/11 hearings on insider trading. When we finally get to the truth of 9/11, this national nightmare will be over. No more bullshit war of terror.

[Individualist]

8. What happened with that??

:eyes:

Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment April 24, 2007.

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/04/kucinich-takes-steps-to-impeach-cheney.html

[Fireweed247]

17. Kucinich has not introduced Impeachment of Bush

He promised to do that at the State of the Union this year but backed out at the last minute.

What you posted about is Impeachment of Cheney. Why are you rolling your eyes at me? I follow this stuff pretty closely.

[mmonk]

7. Thanks David.

Don't be deterred.

[spanone]

9. k&r

is it true that the RNC demanded that impeachment is taken off the table and pelosi agreed? i've never heard this before.

[bleever]

10. K&R.

:kick:

[bdamomma]

11. very good David, I support you and others for doing this.

elections is their key premise, geez, why don't they just wake up? and use impeachment for the cure of this disease.

[L. Coyote]

12. The other possibility is they are right, better informed, and will achieve the greatest result.

It can be difficult to keep an open mind on that one, I realize, but sometimes others know better.

Disturbing their work is not how to move this issue forward. If anything, these are the very last people in the world an impeachment advocate should alienate. It can result in getting shut out of the process for good reason, as you can read here.

[Truth2Tell]

23. "others know better"

Move along kids. The Very Serious Adults running the Party know best. Really. Truly. You can stop thinking for yourself now. They've got it covered. They have a double super secret plan to restore the Constitution. But it's based on triple top secret political information only they know - so they can't tell you about it. So please, move along.

[pleah]

14. I wish you well.

Hope you all make some headway on this!

[flvegan]

15. Back to the top with you.

K&R

[jazzjunkysue]

16. K&Humongous R! What's the upshot? n/t.

[Disturbed]

19. Thank you David for all of your efforts as a true American.

:thumbsup:

[gateley]

20. I was so pleased to see Code Pink members

in the audience at the SFRC hearings on Iraq yesterday -- instead of being hauled out of the building by security, as we've seen too many times.

[Fireweed247]

21. hoping for an update

:kick:

[cui bono]

22. Keep up the effort! n/t

[Senator]

24. Everyone: "It's The Torture, Stupid!"

Only impeachment can stop the torture. Forget all the "other impeachable offenses."

If they mention elections to you, demand to know "Why Our Side Gets To Benefit From Torture?". Who told them it was impossible to win an election by opposing torture instead of defending torturers?

If they say it's impossible, tell them "only because you refuse to act."

Impeachment remains our ONLY moral, patriotic option.

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[Fireweed247]

25. How did this end?

Did anyone hear about it?