Check-in thread for DUer's that have taken any action with Congress about impeachment

[bobthedrummer]

If you've called, e-mailed, written, gathered petitions, signed petitions, demonstrated or any other thing just check-in here.

I've done a lot of that, I've encouraged it here.

If you have any sensible suggestions as to what to do next voice them.

These criminals have got to be removed and held accountable for what they (that have names) have done-not find some highly financially rewarding position writing more propaganda or quietly living in gated communities.

When the message that was sent by the people via electing new leadership over a year ago has been ignored what else can we, the people do?

So if you've done something check-in here, and if you have some ideas share them.

[defendandprotect]

1. I think this has to come out of the closet --- we need IMPEACH buttons ---

[bobthedrummer]

7. Simple and elegant idea-I'm sure some type of national unity of impeachment

button campaign could happen very quickly

[H2O Man]

2. I have.

Frequently.

[robinlynne]

3. hand written to Pelosi. called, faxed, emailed pretty much all of them.

[robinlynne]

6. oh yeah, and we held huge banners over the LA freeway once. People honked.

[zabet]

4. Emails, multiple.

Snail mail, several.
:patriot:

[Kurovski]

5. Here. (nt)

[pocoloco]

8. We may be shit out of luck.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2382566

[ClayZ]

9. Present!

We call, we write, we send smoke signals, we march, we sing, we cry, we yell... NOBODY HEARS US but Dennis K.

[Redbear]

10. Ive written my congressman and signed petitions

Ive also blogged about it.

Ive also written Nancy Pelosi.

We have to keep trying.

[southerncrone]

11. emailed my Rep--Tanner about I'ing Dickie 3 wks ago. Still no response.

He's a BLUE DOG, so......

I intend to give him another week, then if no contact, I will write him again suggesting we run another DEM against him in his next election.

[sjdnb]

12. Called many on multiple alerts, emailed, snail mailed ...

And, just find myself getting more frustrated by both Congress and the apathetic public.

Almost every day there is more news about the un-Constitutional acts, corruption, fraud, cover ups, etc. and not a dang thing is done about it.

But, find out two consenting adults played around in the Oval Office and all hell breaks loose.

[EFerrari]

13. I honestly don't know what to do any more.

Pelosi has repudiated me as a constituent. I can't tell you what it's like to have your Rep tell you you are not their constituent.

But, it's all right. I don't know what to do right now. The right thing will present itself.

Thanks, bob.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

14. Same story here

K&R

Mass Civil Disobedience is what it will take. Nothing less, perhaps more.

[bobthedrummer]

47. Yep, massive Constitutionally protected non-violent demonstrations

and disobedience of illegal decrees are coming if impeachment and lack of prosecution of these criminals in the Bush/Cheney regime (past and present) continues along with the rising demand for correction and acute awareness of the extent of the corruption.

[Solly Mack]

15. for all the good it has done

:(

[EFerrari]

17. DUer emlev once said that's it very rarely that we see the results

of our political actions immediately.

I believe she is right.

Thank you, Solly Mack. :)

[Solly Mack]

28. Thank you, sfexpat2000!!

I like believing that is true. I hope that it is true.

[robinlynne]

50. hey where is emlev?

[EFerrari]

58. I don't know. Maybe she's working the DK campaign?

[Nite Owl]

20. The good I see that is done

is personal. We can know we did try, maybe we weren't successful but we did try. We weren't silent.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. I have told my kids that I am proud that I have spoken up and done all I have

to get rid of these bastards. Even if they aren't impeached, my conscience is clear (unlike our Dem reps who refuse to push for impeachment).

[EFerrari]

30. LOL! The other day my oldest said, "Why did you have to stick me

with this CONSCIENCE?"

:rofl:

[Solly Mack]

27. That helps. Thanks, Nite Owl

[immoderate]

16. I e-mail my rep, Debbie Wasserman Bush about 3-4 times a week. Tomorrow...

She's having "mobile office hours" at Weston Regional Park. I'm meeting a bunch of other people and we're going to try to talk to her.

We'll see...:eyes:

--IMM

[Nite Owl]

18. I have

and even sent 'Articles of Impeachment' from the Center for Constitutional Rights' to my rep.

Not even the courtesy of a reply.

I'm at a loss as to what to do. They don't/won't listen and voting them out is not an easy task.

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. ME! ME! ME!

Yes, I have emailed, called and even went to DC this summer and lobbied. Since I live in one state and work in another, I lobby 2 congressmen and 4 senators.

I have helped collect signatures on petitions. In September, we turned in 1000 signatures we had collected in less than a month!

I also wear my IMPEACH CHENEY hat nearly everywhere I go.



And I covered up that stupid question mark before I ever put the hat on my head. Ain't no question about it!



I also wear an IMPEACH shirt as often as possible.



I even sell these shirts.

Oh if you want one, here -> http://www.wavelengthclothing.com/impeach_bush.html



And here is my newest shirt:



Same link if you want one.

[Hun Joro]

21. I've sent emails and made phone calls

And signed petitions.

[Joe Fields]

22. I have. And I have a couple of ideas.

We will never get our leaders to listen to us, unless they are forced to.

I would love to see the blogosphere band together and use it's collective force to slap some sense into our dem leadership. If we could get the members of KOS, Atrios, TPM, DU and other progressive sites together and have coordinated mass letter writing campaigns, mass call-in campaigns, or even form a PAC, we just might be able to make a difference.

[proud patriot]

23. on many occasions

My Rep. knows how I feel .

[MaryRN]

25. Done it all....when do we start the "Walk to Washington?"

[lame54]

26. check and double check

We do all of the above check out the vids we made for Impeachment

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fCutvXccFlA

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qGwvSwOP7Ow

patty lame's wife

[EFerrari]

29. IMPEACH!

[Kurovski]

40. Are all the people in the exclamation mark naked?

Just wondering.

[EFerrari]

41. Wearing orange jumpsuits. They're The World Can't Wait folks.

And I can attest to that as a resident of the letter H. lol

[Kurovski]

43. Hmmm...I was JUST thinking

of how exceptionally brilliant and appealing that "H" appeared, even from such a great height.

[Poiuyt]

31. I've sent emails AND talked personally with my Congressman

Haven't gotten too far though. He's a freshman Dem in a traditionally Rep district so I don't think he wants to shake things up too much right now. Still I think he would support impeachment if only the Dem leadership were for it.

[rateyes]

32. Checking in. nt

[Pastiche423]

33. I've done all of the above plus face-to-face

My rep's response?

If we impeach cheney, then * will make Fred Thompson his VP. Do you want Fred Thompson as VP?

The room's response back to him was a loud groan. We weren't buying that shit.

It was the 1st time I did not shake his hand after a townhall meeting. (No one else did, either.)

[annm4peace]

36. They Need to start the Hearing

I would like to see which Dems and which Republican's vote against Impeachment.
Pelosi said the votes aren't there.. but so what.. let us see who votes for it and who doesn't so we know which Representatives we need to focus on.

HERE IS A WEBSITE FOR IMPEACHMENT CLOTHING, Bumperstickers, stamps, etc.

http://www.beachblogger.net/store/tee_shirts.html

[MannyGoldstein]

34. I Was At An Affair And My Buddy mentioned It Within Earshot of Barney Frank

Barney turned red... flailed his arms around... steam blasted from his ears... told my friend that that this was the worst thing that could happen.

Sad.

[EFerrari]

35. It's okay. Even Barney can be wrong sometimes. It happens. n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

46. It Was Weird Though - A Year Before He Was Calling For Impeachment

It's like he drank some sort of Kool-Aid.

[EFerrari]

56. I think the progressives all got a very strongly worded fax.

Conyers got talking points, for sure.

[MissDeeds]

37. Count me in

For the past five or six years I have written to countless representatives and journalists requesting/demanding impeachment, and have signed every on-line petition imaginable. I have bumper stickers on my car calling for impeachment and for our troops to be brought home now - two demands that could get me beat to a pulp in this red state. I am beyond disillusioned and angry. Our country is being destroyed and nothing is being done about it. :cry:

[madokie]

38. phone calls and emails

I've called Pelosi's office twice

[EFerrari]

39. Nancy, set the table!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

42. Do I need to show my papers?

Suggestions for change. Be involved locally in all aspects of your community. Speak your mind freely and keep your emotions in check. Touch peoples lives personally with the information you have gleaned.

[EFerrari]

44. And whenever possible, rent a blimp!

[magellan]

45. Yo.

And I have no ideas. At this point I think even if half of America carried torches and pitchforks to DC we'd be ignored.

[sandnsea]

48. That's why I came here in 2003

I thought for sure when this country found out they had been lied into a war they would impeach the son of a bitch. I spent a month gathering evidence, building the case, citing the laws broken, submitting it to the House and Senate, creating petitions.

Well silly me. People found out and turns out they didn't care all that much after all.

And since then I've found out very few people live the values they preach.

I don't know what can be done about that.

[Breeze54]

49. All of the above and

I bought an Impeachment hat! :P



Get your's here! http://usalone.com/impeach_cheney_cap.php

$5.00 & up! ( depends on how big your head is! ) :rofl:

[kas125]

51. I have done all of those things plus

met with my reps in person - at home and in DC. The second time I left printed materials from afterdowningstreet which refuted every single argument they had. I've used my senator's speech when he voted that Clinton should be removed from office and sent his own words back to him many times, with the message that if those words were true about a president then, they surely are now. I've stopped being polite and told them that if they don't DO SOMETHING, they are culpable and responsible for the shredding of the Constitution and the erosion of our rights, to their faces. If I could think of anything else to do to convince them, I'd do it, but I have no idea what more to do.

[uppityperson]

52. Yes. eom

[goodgd_yall]

53. A couple of phone calls

and letters. Frankly, I've given up.

[WA98296]

54. Called and emailed all my representatives, as well as Pelosi.

[Hekate]

55. Phoned several times with some variant on "For the love of God when are you going to impeach them?"

I identify myself as a resident of California, and try to say something nice about their service if I can. My Congresswoman is very sympatico, and John Conyers and Henry Waxman are heroes around here. Nancy Pelosi -- eh. But still.

I can't remember what incident provoked the "For the love of God!" cry, but there it was.

It's not that they don't know, by this point.

Hekate

[spanone]

57. i have, i will, but frankly congress doesn't give a shit what we think

[Patsy Stone]

59. Me

I've called, and written.

The lady in John Conyers' office was lovely and seemed interested.

[rosesaylavee]

60. Emailed. Written letters. Phoned. Emailed. Written letters. Phoned.

Repeat.

I have no idea what's going to sway them. Apparently the concerns of their constituents mean nothing.

[lonestarnot]

61. If there is anything I haven't done, short of selling my first born, I would like to know what the

hell it is.

[tekisui]

62. Have called, emailed and written to Congress.

I have written LTTE's and have two Impeachment bumper stickers on my truck.

IMPEACH!!!

[flvegan]

63. Phone, fax and e-mail.

[VP505]

64. I have, I do, and I will, lots more!

:spank: :spank: :spank:

[hootinholler]

65. Checking in. NGU! n/t

[bobthedrummer]

66. One simple thing occurs to me, we need a coalition of established

opposition groups-groups that have been attacked here by so-called centrists, special interest groups and single issue activists. The key is to truly get beyond the partisanship and factionalism-and have a coalition of diverse opposition groups such as CREW, Move On, CCR, DFA, Code Pink, IVAW/VVAW, etc.

The rallying point is our Constitution-and I'm thankful that Senator Whitehouse revealed another facet of what lies behind the facade of the secrecy of the BFEE--just like the Iran NIE and other things.

Necessity and the imminent danger of allowing this administration to follow it's arbitrary criminal traitorous agenda (which it will until removed) calls for a unified national coalition asap.

It's simple, but how can we achieve that with all the infighting and power struggles?

???

[EFerrari]

69. Impeach Pac . org.

:hi:

[bobthedrummer]

67. Call out kick for others to check-in...

[EFerrari]

68. kICK

[w8liftinglady]

70. I called my pals Barton,Cornyn,and Hutchison,as well as multiple letters to the editor.

It's a tough crowd in Red Central Texas

[Individualist]

71. Checking in

[catchnrelease]

72. Yep

"If you've called, e-mailed, written, signed petitions, demonstrated..."

All of the above over and over. Am so disgusted I could scream, esp with Feinstein and Pelosi.:argh:

[Subdivisions]

73. Called Pelosi's office and spoke to a staffer.

I urged the Speaker to pursue impeachment of Cheney.

[burrowowl]

74. Yesand sent Heather Wilson NM Rep

Copy of Amrican Lawyers Guild why we should impeach.
Heather's response: just because you don't like Cheny doesn't mean he should be impeached.

[bobthedrummer]

75. We need to continue and find more effective methods-NGU

[EFerrari]

76. We need people to go sit on the steps of the Federal Building here

in the district.

The local effort to get the message out has slowed down some from burn out. We need help here.

[toadzilla]

77. I've called, emailed, signed petitions, marched in DC...

on numerous occasions. I dont feel like any of it does any good, but i cant do nothing.