Reps are heading home. Watch for "town mtgs" Call for impeachment.

[pat_k]

Members of the House and Senate are on 'district break' for the next couple weeks. Most, like U.S. Rep. Chris Carney in PA, will be holding town meetings.

Watch for them. Show up. It's long past time to stop rationalizing their refusal to impeach. http://journals.democraticunderground.com/pat_k/22">Like squatters, Bush and Cheney are laying claim to unconstitutional power through openly hostile possession. (With the emphasis on "open.")

Remind them that their oath is an INDIVIDUAL oath. It doesn't matter if they stand alone, or with a majority of the Democratic caucus -- it is long past time to introduce articles of impeachment and call on their colleagues to act on them and commence impeachment hearings.

The Times Tribune
March 31, 2007
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18153466&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6">Carney holds town meeting

. .It was the first in a series of “listening” meetings where Mr. Carney not only speaks about his views but also listens. And he got an earful, with residents asking him about numerous issues, such as the war in Iraq, health care, Iran and illegal immigration. . .

James Jennings, of Brooklyn Township, also called for the impeachment of President Bush. . .

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Remember when the thought of Impeaching Shrub received jeers?

Anyone not in the 1% are outsiders now.

[pat_k]

4. Whenever the "I" word is uttered, the cheers are loud and long. . .

To date, they have been too politically deaf and dumb to see (and hear) the motherlode of energy and action just waiting to be tapped. But we need to remember that they are really just people. People trapped in a fog of rationalization, but they can be reached.

When impeachment does get mentioned, and the crowd does go wild (where ever I've been, it always gets the loudest and longest reaction), we need to walk up to them at the end and point out the obvious:

"Did you hear the reaction? The energy behind impeaching Bush and Cheney is incredible. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=525095&mesg_id=540285">And the crowd's reaction is echoed in the polls.) You can open the floodgates. You have an unprecedented opportunity to become a champion of the People's Government and the Constitution. Frankly, people "out here" are mystified that you've failed to see what you are passing up. It's not just the RIGHT thing -- the ONLY thing that can rescue our Constitution -- it's a political winner!

(And, in case you can't get close enough, have a note ready to hand to an aide.)

Just forcing them to speak their lame rationalizations out loud -- rationalizations that are met with "jeers" -- can break through the wall of group think, rationalization, self-censorship, and denial.

Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-larson0325.artmar25,0,4343972.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics">Larson Is Told: Impeach Bush
March 25, 2007

. . . "As long as Bush is going to veto everything you try to do, it kind of cuts your options," Cochran, 82, said in a slow, even voice. "Maybe you'll be able to get a few more Republicans to vote on your side, but that doesn't sound too promising as far as really having enough to overcome a veto.

"From my viewpoint, I think the only option left is impeachment."

The reaction from the crowd of about 100 was loud and instantaneous. Nearly 20 seconds of applause, punctuated by a cry of "Show some guts, John!"

Larson reacted with an uncomfortable smile and a challenge: "So you want Dick Cheney, huh?". . .

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. Kicking and R'ing. Thanks for the reminder! n/t

MKJ

[rodeodance]

3. hey, the Dems are not talking impeachment either

[thedeanpeople]

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[pat_k]

6. Meant representatives ("Reps") not Repubs. . .

. . .(sounded like you may have read as "Repubs" -- although I could be misreading your reply).

[Kurovski]

7. K&R.(nt)