"Congress: Stand Up to Bush!" "We are the deciders"

[Luckyduck]

Actor Sean Penn summed up the new energy - and the new focus - of the anti-war movement Saturday, when he turned George Bush's own words against the president. Just hours after the president had again reasserted his false claim to the authority to pursue a war unwanted by the American people or the Congress, Penn told anti-war demonstrators gathered in Washington that Bush would be wise to review the Constitution.

"In a democracy," he told the cheering crowd, which organizers said was in the hundreds of thousands, "we are the deciders."...

So it was that one of the most popular signs at Saturday's rally in Washington read: "I Voted for Peace." An equally popular sign, distributed by United for Peace and Justice, the group that played a central role in organizing the demonstrations, read: "Congress: Stand Up to Bush!"...

While Bush and Vice President Cheney continue to peddle the fantasy that they have the power to wage war as they choose, Congressman Dennis Kucinich corrected the latest lie from the White House. "It is time for George Bush to understand that Congress is a co-equal branch of government," the Ohio Democrat said. "Congress has the power to end this war."

http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/index.php?ntid=116708&ntpid=0

[goclark]

1. Go Sean Penn nt

[AndyA]

2. "Congress has the power to end this war."

Just do it, guys, just do it.

Quit talking about it and just do it!

We're going to wind up with WWIII if you don't get the lead out.